Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The very prospect of her life being picked over like some succulent titbit chilled her to the bone . |
2 | The rather flat results of the autumn sales of nineteenth-century paintings in New York indicated that the market remains somewhat thin , although , as usual , good pictures , attractively priced , nearly always sell , if not for the frequently high estimates given them by the auction houses . |
3 | His sad tones prepared them for the news as he announced that German troops had not withdrawn from Poland and consequently Britain was now at war with Germany . |
4 | On the same day Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka said that she would firmly use the increased powers given her by the small constitution , including giving orders to ministers , which had not been possible before . |
5 | The Macedonian royal house was deeply involved with Persia : Gygaia , the sister of Alexander I , was given in marriage to a Persian called Boubares , and they lived off the revenues of a Phrygian city given them by the Persian king ( Hdt. viii . |
6 | During the two shorts months that it took to draft the White Paper , opposition could be quelled , using the new powers and wholehearted support given him by the Prime Minister . |
7 | The cool threat chilled her to the bone . |
8 | As for Jessie herself , she had held her in her arms and reassured her that her Robbie would be all right , even though , from the scanty information given her by the nurse , she could n't know for sure if he would be . |
9 | Deep-set eyes quizzed her in the candlelight . |
10 | Darkened windows separated them from the chauffeur . |
11 | The blue eyes regarded her across the stretch of mahogany desk . |
12 | Part of the confusion came from the unworthy pleasure given him by the prospect of holding onto his ward a little longer . |
13 | All shale and weeds and winds that picked up speed as they swooped in off the ocean , this strip of barren land prepared you for the final desolation of the Crumbles . |