Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] of the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Felipe 's possessive attitude rid her of the attentions of Peter Rainford and when Felipe offered to show them Ana 's skills neither of them looked overjoyed . |
| 2 | During a recent visit to an old people 's home , the officer in charge told me of the efforts she had to make to prevent the local children from taunting and mocking the residents-often through the windows . |
| 3 | The colour reminded him of the paintings of hell by the mediaeval painter , Ferdinand Breughel . |
| 4 | She had heard tales of the sunshine , the flowers and bright colours of the upper world , but her father warned her of the perils that haunted the surface , in particular the giants that in those days walked the wilds of Dartmoor . |
| 5 | The jury cleared him of the charges of criminal mischief , reckless endangerment and operating a vessel while intoxicated . |
| 6 | Tyson 's past had come back eerily to haunt him — this time not in street violence but in the way Desiree Washington , a competitor in the Miss America Pageant accused him of the crimes that were to see the world heavyweight champion 's status reduced to that of a common criminal . |
| 7 | Her death reminded us of the dangers of complacency in Africa . |