Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [vb past] [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind . |
| 2 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 3 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 4 | The selectors kept faith and picked him for the first Test at Edgbaston , where he bowled 42 overs without trouble , taking four wickets in his maiden Test , which England won , fairly comfortably , but 100 runs . |
| 5 | His great-uncle took Charles under his wing and prepared him for the job ahead . |
| 6 | At Zog Central they found the policewoman and asked her for the key to their spaceship . |
| 7 | Time was the theme that fired his heart as a young student and affected him for the rest of his life . |
| 8 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 9 | However , perhaps the National Deaf Club 's most distinguished member was Arthur James Wilson , who succeeded S. Bright Lucas to the presidency and held it for the rest of his life . |
| 10 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |