Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is ironic that by privileging sexual difference Scruton shows himself the victim of precisely the modern intensification of sexuality which in other ways he might regard as contributing to a legitimation of the perversions he repudiates .
2 Just for a moment Merrill allowed herself the luxury of imagination .
3 For the ultimate freedom to explore at leisure Citalia gives you the choice of a motoring holiday .
4 And last night Doyle told me the truth behind the bizarre and evil campaign .
5 When the head of the Commissioners , Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve , who was no man to be trifled with , arrived a few days after the Commissioners approved the expenditure , the butler Alexander showed him the restoration already complete .
6 Sheriff Paterson told her the charity had been devastated as a result of her actions .
7 When I insisted on more information Wendy gave me the address of a flat in Copenhagen where they 'd stayed — the three girls , this Svend and two other boys .
8 In that year Coenwulf allowed himself the luxury of the elaborate royal style rector et imperator Merciorum regni ( CS 289 : S 153 ) , ‘ the first time a western ruler had called himself ‘ emperor ’ in an official record since the Roman Empire ’ .
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