Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used up the last of the film and we headed towards the airfield . |
| 2 | I felt just the same after my own mother 's death when my father mentioned her . |
| 3 | I knew the course because of playing it in my army days , and I knew where the worst of the rough was , but that did n't count for much after the first day . |
| 4 | I wondered why the two of them had come to live so far away from anyone else . |
| 5 | She poured out the last of the coffee , then looked up into my horrified eyes . |
| 6 | She sniffed away the last of her tears and slipped the piece of dirty , rose-covered wallpaper into her carrier bag . |
| 7 | Clara was not fully aware of Miss Haines ' interest , because it was hidden by a sharp and brisk demeanour , and by an almost excessive severity , so she worked all the harder in her efforts to impress . |
| 8 | She felt all the better for it . |
| 9 | It is time we took up the second of my headings , language as screen . |
| 10 | Possibly the latter was due to our handling of it — we were accustomed to pressing woollen garments to within an inch of their lives and we did much the same to our synthetic garments . |
| 11 | For example , they selected only the second of Byrd 's two four-part In Nomines , and neither of the models ( by Tye and Parsons ) that were evidently in Byrd 's mind when he composed his own pair . |
| 12 | Sweat poured from their bodies and they wore only the thinnest of breeches . |
| 13 | They looked both the same to me . |
| 14 | Having disposed of Chertsey and Witney , they did much the same in the fourth qualifying round against Marlow , equalising at home in the 82nd minute and winning the replay 2-1 with a goal in the 90th . |
| 15 | Having disposed of Chertsey and Witney , they did much the same in the fourth qualifying round against Marlow , equalising at home in the 82nd minute and winning the replay 2-1 with a goal in the 90th . |
| 16 | They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first . |
| 17 | Then he made out the thousands of tiny rings that studded the ceiling . |
| 18 | The next day he drew out the last of his savings from the bank and left for Cornwall . |
| 19 | As he turned away the second of his pursuers appeared on the pavement in front of him , drawing its hand from his pocket . |
| 20 | It brought out the best in our members and it brought out the best in the trade union movement . |
| 21 | It brought out the best in our members and it brought out the best in the trade union movement . |
| 22 | It brought out the worst in Bank Management in terms of intimidation . |
| 23 | He sent out the Twelve to the towns and villages of Israel with this charge , ‘ Go and preach , ‘ The Kingdom of Heaven is near ! ’ ’ |
| 24 | Drawing the sheet up over her shoulders he saw how the bruising on her neck was developing . |
| 25 | It was n't that he would n't help , often he did , but he believed that by delegating he brought out the best in people , that they would rise to the challenge , and he had other things to be done . ’ |
| 26 | McLeish expressed qualified enthusiasm and Charlie assured him he felt exactly the same about his younger brother . |
| 27 | And he felt all the better for it . |
| 28 | As he strode down the 18th in the morning alongside Parry , the pair looking like the leaders of the Lilliput Open , he appeared every inch of his 64 ( to Parry 's 66 ) a champion . |
| 29 | Encouraged by her lack of resistance , he tore all the harder at the blouse . |
| 30 | He angered even the faithful by doing it in the middle of the night , announcing he would slash spending to close a gaping budget deficit and promising to use the new tax revenue to bolster poor school districts . |