Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pron] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So his political background and other skills made him the logical candidate ’ . |
| 2 | The pose of the bald egg-shaped heads , the jointed arms stiffly flexed in a parody of benediction , the staring eyes and curved arrow-like lips gave them the hieratic look of a couple of painted deities . |
| 3 | When asked which of all their various roles gave them the greatest satisfaction , 47% opted for being a mother , 22% simply being themselves , 15% being a partner/lover and just 10% being a working woman . |
| 4 | Now ecologists found themselves the veritable gurus of our age . |
| 5 | Our instructors taught us the correct names for the parts of the Topper . |
| 6 | To her relief , she was back to full fitness in time for the British Stroke-Play at Southerness where a 78 and 77 carved out of near gale-force winds gave her the half-way lead . |
| 7 | He argues that a demand which emanated from the earnings of export staples became itself the driving force behind even greater efforts to balance the increasing import of desired English manufactured goods . |
| 8 | The panic attacks gave her the perfect excuse , as no blame could possibly be attributed to her . |
| 9 | However , although Leese 's virulent anti-semitism and racial fascist beliefs made him the nearest equivalent in outlook to an English Hitler , his personality and attitude to leadership were very different . |
| 10 | The British Association of Industrial Editors awarded me the 1992/93 Chairman 's Award about ten days ago , which was a real surprise and honour — in respect of voluntary input over five years , most notably efforts re Education & Professional Development . |
| 11 | Unbeknown to all , though , Harry 's bird arrived in Lisbon in 1975 , where it 's Swiss owners gave it the wrong name a nom-de-plume if you like . |
| 12 | On top of that , scoring the third in the 3–1 win over the Sky Blues made him the youngest scorer of a First Division goal . |
| 13 | The maids found her the next morning hunched up in the laundry cupboard on the landing , dozing lightly . |
| 14 | You see a woman see a woman and your man did n't know where he was , and then she walked out one night and put her hand through the window and she ripped it from there to there and she said the doctors told her the only thing that stopped her the arm from coming off was the bone . |
| 15 | The distant klaxons told him the whole camp was being mobilized . |
| 16 | The teachers said it the English way , |
| 17 | Well as I say , the police stopped them the other morning and one of the lads had a chat with the driver and all this and he carried on . |
| 18 | Those who liked the Prince called him Slender Billy , while his detractors called him the Young Frog . |
| 19 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , you may be amused to hear that one of my sons spotted you the other day training with Korchnoi and the Brighton and Hove Albion football team . |
| 20 | The bookies gave him the tightest odds of any of the outgoing MPs , but he was still two-to-one on to win . |
| 21 | The sheep had huddled together to keep warm and as the drifts covered them the weaker animals were trampled and crushed beneath the stronger sheep that were struggling for air . |