Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You did n't run — that only made them eager for the chase . |
| 2 | The author of this memoir , while an undergraduate , once borrowed fourteen books about history from Edward Wynn and , on the way to return them , inadvertently dropped them all into the River Pem — and so is better placed than anyone to testify how good a man was Edward Wynn . |
| 3 | ‘ I just threw them all in the bin , ’ remembers Judith , 27 , from Cambridge . |
| 4 | Lord Cholmondeley 's mother once showed me some of the sets of seat-furniture that were in store at Houghton . |
| 5 | It was easy for him ; the cloak of arrogance he habitually wore probably made him oblivious to the speculation of people like the receptionist . |
| 6 | Once he even knocked them both down the stairs and sent them to bed with no dinner because they had returned with nothing . |
| 7 | He then made it clear to the FA that he was unhappy with Parker 's handling of the game . |
| 8 | And Francis almost made it five on the stroke of half-time , cutting in from the right and curling a left-foot shot just wide . |
| 9 | Mother ! ’ almost lifted them both from the couch . |
| 10 | Werewolf placed one of the paint pistols in my belt holster , then offered me one of the pennants . |
| 11 | I regarded it with distaste , decided that the rain would have washed it reasonably clean , then dragged it clear of the bog myrtle and looked around me for somewhere to dump it out of sight . |
| 12 | Faye could not paint or draw while lying in bed , but in the mornings Belinda usually read to her for an hour while she rested her eyes , then left her alone for the remainder of the morning to rest or scribble ideas for future painting projects . |
| 13 | Skip however showed us more of the struggle it took to get recognition as a serious competitor . |
| 14 | THE Coleraine club and local competitors again did us proud at the European Championship meeting at Kirkistown . |
| 15 | ( Andrew Collins , 2/5/92 , who actually made it Single Of The Week — Not ! ) |