Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [vb past] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Since the UndergrounD Group took over , the Company 's cars had carried the statutory lettering at the bottom of the rocker panel , but had displayed no badge or fleet name . |
2 | They 'd taken the motorised dinghy across to explore the fairy-tale clarity of the water in the natural sea caves of the Blue Grotto , then on Roman 's orders had spurned the small cove he 'd mentioned as too crowded , and returned to take the yacht further out to sea , choosing a peaceful place to drop anchor and eat the picnic he 'd stowed away as a surprise … |
3 | In Africa Rommel 's forces had driven the weakened British units right back across Cyrenaica into Egypt , while the Balkans were firmly in German hands following the fall of Yugoslavia and Greece , and an invasion of Crete seemed imminent . |
4 | Henry 's clerks had perceived the important truth that asking the right questions was the path to consolidating gains . |
5 | In that cold war atmosphere that was mingled with the chill dictatorship of Franco , I felt that the American ‘ innocents ’ of Henry James 's novels had become the sophisticated manipulators his Europeans had once appeared to be . |