Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
| 2 | However , the prior hypothesis led us to the finding in the rural high oil worker category ( table II , both for all ages and the 0–4 age group . |
| 3 | There is little evidence that peasant faith declined , but the authority of village priests was progressively undermined : in terms of culture and way of life they differed too little from the ordinary villagers to inspire much respect , and the miserly provision made them by the State resulted in constant friction over money matters between priest and parishioner . |
| 4 | A twenty-five-foot wave flung itself at the canoe from an unexpected angle and before the crew could turn to absorb the blow , the Hokule'a rose up the face of the wave at forty-five degrees , and was capsized as it flew off the peak . |
| 5 | She confessed that the bitter jibes and over-exposure led her to the precipice . |
| 6 | Bridhe and Seamus Ban consulted him about the amount of drink that would be needed , and were told to double it . |
| 7 | The blow caught her on the cheek and she fell against Gilbert . |
| 8 | Spice drew us round the world , showed us it was round , and led us to confront ourselves again . |
| 9 | ‘ The middle sister found her by the pool in their garden . |
| 10 | The gang assaulted him during the drive to Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire , then threw him out of the car . |
| 11 | ‘ There would need to be an awful lot of call-offs before the five players untried at this level found themselves on the field at the same time , though , ’ said the coach . |
| 12 | When Thomas tried to grab the child away , the lash caught him in the eye . |
| 13 | Within a day the vet phoned me with the news that the dog had two intact testicles ( a matter I 'd hardly been musing upon ) and was suffering from a bit of diarrhoea — but had been put on a milk diet which would soon clear it up . |
| 14 | His mouth feathered hers with the softness of thistledown and then , incredibly , as her lips would have clung , he moved away from her , and it was like the sting of rejection , the icy dash of water cascading over her heated flesh . |
| 15 | The barman reinstalled himself behind the jump and enquired after my pleasure . |
| 16 | Oddly , thoughts of the stranger haunted her for the rest of that day . |
| 17 | Anxiously , they waited as Delaney 's black figure lowered itself into the fog , and was lost , bit by bit , from view , suggesting a primordial creature descending into a tropical , mist-covered swamp . |
| 18 | But the stroke made none of the impact she was expecting . |
| 19 | Seeing the ice hold beneath their weight , the last of the Russian rearguard flung themselves upon the lake in thousands . |
| 20 | Protestantism concerned itself with the inscription of dogma , attention to the text , was more emphatically scriptural . |
| 21 | Andrew Chubb , prosecuting , claimed Blissett elbowed Uzzell after the defender beat him to the ball and headed it away . |
| 22 | Sorrel excelled herself with the meal , although her father never mentioned it . |
| 23 | She was still deep in thought when the sound of a car drew her to the window . |
| 24 | The handlebar caught him in the groin . |
| 25 | The President drove him to the station . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ My agent told you about the remuneration ? ’ |
| 28 | Davide had turned up a coin , one afternoon , when he was mooning around ; it was a common enough type , the professor told him in the museum at Riba , where he took it for an opinion . |
| 29 | Certainly , as his mind prepared itself for the acceptance of the |
| 30 | For a day and a night the feasting on the horse filled everyone in the enclave with a dreadful exultation , but gradually it died down as the garrison came to realize that one horse was hardly enough to stay their hunger for more than a few hours . |