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3 His sad tones prepared them for the news as he announced that German troops had not withdrawn from Poland and consequently Britain was now at war with Germany .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 .
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