Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these factors have some role in Emerson 's make-up , but it is that old Paulista go-ahead mentality that made him one of the most disciplined , most consistent and , in his prime , ablest of drivers . |
| 2 | It was this that made it possible for the whole of the cuckoo 's breeding cycle to be filmed , resulting in an early classic of wildlife photography , The Cuckoo 's Secret . |
| 3 | Only last year the four-star Tiroler Adler underwent an extensive renovation that made it one of the best hotels in Kirchberg . |
| 4 | It 's them that made it worse for the others , if everybody had a stayed up together , and and stayed out , we we everybody had the same troubles , money trouble . |
| 5 | The second fact is that Labour , despite the recession and its junking of almost all the policies that made it unelectable in the '80s , has not made a significant advance . |
| 6 | The county was overrun with underwood that made it impervious to the traveller . |
| 7 | It is certainly amongst the oldest of the European herbs , and it was its very pungency that made it popular with the palates of our tougher ancestors . |
| 8 | And in the final twist in a tense and nerve-racking game , Glenn Hoddle 's trip allowed Kenny Irons to score the penalty that made it 3-2 on the night . |
| 9 | but you would be the one that got it wrong at the end of the week if you did n't |
| 10 | That was the one that started it all at the 1976 Montreal Olympics . |
| 11 | A thing that worried me all through the deliberations … was this : supposing we made all the right recommendations and supposing the Government gave effect to them in legislation , how long would it be before the judges turned everything upside down ? |
| 12 | We talked a lot , laughed a lot , drank a lot — another round in the warming game of friendship that left me happy at the time , and aching afterwards as I contemplated the lonely bed . |
| 13 | … a round shot struck a seaman at one of the guns near them on the breast and laid him dead on the deck , before he had time to utter a groan . |
| 14 | He had accused , judged , and branded her all in the space of a few seconds . |
| 15 | Taking a step back , he flung the blanket aside , cursing aloud as the movement wrenched his arm , and lowered them both to the hard bench . |
| 16 | And made him one of the leading authorities on the fourteenth century , which was arguably the most terrible century that had ever been , at least until the present one . |
| 17 | This enabled him to tell old jokes as if they were new and made him one of the ‘ all time great ’ story tellers . |
| 18 | The course of events after 1931 clearly revealed the inadequacy of pure aspiration as the basis for a science of international politics , and made it possible for the first time to embark on serious critical and analytical thought about international problems . |
| 19 | The headmaster paused , reminding himself of his conclusion that the privilege of educating the sons of the royal house had been conferred on this school because it was uniquely endowed with a philosophy which informed all its actions and made it equal to the task . |
| 20 | The immediate popularity and novelty of ITV 's programmes forced the BBC to review its output and made it aware of the need to survive in an increasingly competitive environment . |
| 21 | As he began to shout his reply , he only managed the words , ‘ Bloody tacky , ’ when , at the sound of his raised voice close to her ear , Daisy swung her head towards him and caught him full in the chest with her nose . |
| 22 | Angrily she tore her hand away from Rune 's clasp and slammed it palm-down on the table . |
| 23 | As I was recovering , Hannah , the housekeeper , came to sit with me , and told me all about the family . |
| 24 | When we reached Dunkil we could have done two things , we could have said to the Bible class , We had a marvellous journey up and told them all about the glory of God as we saw him in the mountains , or we could have said , We almost had an accident on our way up here . |
| 25 | I sat down in Dad 's chair and told him all about the old lady and her brother , or at least what I knew , which was n't much . |
| 26 | He had picked up a group of experienced hunter-killers from the Phoenix NoGo , and turned them loose on the remaining sandrats . |
| 27 | This has been realized for a long time , and it is on record that John Dalton analysed the water supply for the firm of Sykes & Co. at Stockport and declared it suitable for the purpose . |
| 28 | My wife also read it and declared it superior to the equivalent magazine sent her by her old University — Oxford . |
| 29 | And then er so our Emma said , Oh well if you 're not do n't want do n't want these to come she said alright and she said she all the invitations and threw them all on the fire . |
| 30 | His brother Arthur , ( Lord Ardilaun ) landscaped St. Stephen 's Green , once a medieval common , and threw it open to the public . |