Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye . |
| 2 | A vet described it as the worse case of neglect he 'd ever seen . |
| 3 | An ad in the Sevenoaks Chronicle led him to the white 1988 Sierra Sapphire 1.8 LX , advertised at £3750 . |
| 4 | A car passed them on the single track road , heading north ; they stood aside to let it pass , waving at the single occupant when he waved at them . |
| 5 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
| 6 | Sure enough , a high-pitched peeping drew me to the stable , and there on the floor was the hen with one minute black puff-ball of a chick . |
| 7 | The long black limousine drove them through the wintry city . |
| 8 | A boat returned me to the little coral landing-strip ; Friendly Islands Airways took me down to Tongatapu ; and within half a day I was settled in a small hotel in Auckland , waiting for the weekly Cathay Pacific jet home . |
| 9 | Should they attempt to influence the bishops , Archbishop Felici warned them on the first day of the new session , they would lose their privileges , a threat that caused considerable resentment as much among the fathers as among their advisers . |
| 10 | A minibus took me through the early morning light to Makindye , in the southern suburbs of the city , where the first Uganda National Women 's Festival of Music and Drama was in full swing in a large church hall . |
| 11 | Well she 'd gone out through the door and the wind took her down the bloody street ! |
| 12 | ( Paradoxically the release of tension enabled him in the next week to run up , turn out , patch together , a poetical melodrama about Cabestainh with which the house-guests had some civilised fun . ) |
| 13 | The whole interview reminded him of the English card game in which you not only had to guess what cards your opponent held , but decide what he thought yours were , and so on . |
| 14 | They found that he knew what he wanted ; that he was persuasive in trying to get it ; that what he wanted was good ; and they suddenly realized that this new young professor dragged them into the twentieth century . |
| 15 | Fear gripped her at the demoniacal glint in his dark eyes . |
| 16 | After a dry tour , the brewery directed them to the local pub — which sells a RIVAL brew . |
| 17 | Is it not outrageous that so much British taxpayers ' money should have been spent trying to suppress a book which in part told us about the treacherous activities of the security services in trying to undermine the democratically elected Government of Harold Wilson ? |
| 18 | It was difficult to remember the route , but Lowell 's van in the bottom field signposted them in the right direction . |
| 19 | Mum told me about the various forms of contraception but apart from that we did n't really talk about it . |
| 20 | Grooms took their horses whilst a pompous steward of the Prince 's household led them up the main steps into the spacious hall . |
| 21 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
| 22 | In 1939 appointment to the Disney chair of archaeology distinguished her as the first woman professor in the university . |
| 23 | The Queen received me with the greatest kindness and consideration . |
| 24 | The chairman of the committee telephoned me in the late spring of 1976 to say that they were organising a series of public meetings at Wapping when the committee 's plans for the area would be disclosed to the local population for the purpose of hearing their comments and enquiries . |
| 25 | That is the same price Leeds council paid them in the mid 1980 's and about £2.5m less than the local authority are looking for now . |
| 26 | The main street of the village faced them on the other side of the Westport road . |
| 27 | A ragged laugh escaped him at the startled look in her eyes . |
| 28 | The young lady took me through the untidy garden to the house . |
| 29 | The ride home took us through the Red Light district ( not that I noticed ) . |
| 30 | Because McKenzie know little or nothing about rugby , the coach tossed him into the front row . |