Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [vb pp] [prep] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendants knew that the actress was aged 34 and was of normal weight and appearance : the article had heaped upon her the kind of reckless insults which could not have reflected an honest opinion . |
| 2 | One night a drunken man had staggered after her the length of Rosamunde Street . |
| 3 | If because risk had passed to him the buyer has to bear some loss , it follows that he is not excused from carrying out the contract . |
| 4 | Only a prisoner and the nurse had spoken to me the night before I cut myself . |
| 5 | The word stirred her , and she recalled what her mother had said to her the previous day : that Cork had been her home all her life , with no suffering and no want — a safe and secure home . |