Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [art] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked the committee to review the licence ’ , says the minister , ‘ but by early August it was withdrawn ’ . |
| 2 | In this way an allegation to the effect that the officer did not apply the brake correctly may be quickly dealt with by saying ‘ After ( the officer ) tested the brakes and found the handbrake to be defective I asked the defendant to apply the handbrake . |
| 3 | It was scarcely credible that this should happen at so late a stage and I asked the department to get the minute to me at once . |
| 4 | When I cut my wrists it was night and I made no attempt to get the staff . |
| 5 | In fact er just prior to the start of the operation er I made a decision to change the shotgun holders over . |
| 6 | After school the following afternoon , Alf Norris and I made a beeline to see the damage . |
| 7 | ‘ In Portugal we 've been restricting our developments to Lisbon and the North , ’ Vitor went on , ‘ but recently my board and I made the decision to bring the d'Arcos style to the Algarve . ’ |
| 8 | I know I unlocked the cupboard to get the morphia at about eleven in the morning . ’ |
| 9 | You see , I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs . |
| 10 | It 's always been on my mind — I suppose it always will — and I 've always said that if I got the opportunity to kill the man I 'd do it , and I would take the consequences . |
| 11 | Yeah , I I wrote the thing as you remember about eighteen months ago , but it had no conflict in it you know we 're all the same and stories must have conflict , so I got the house to burst the ceiling on the wife |
| 12 | In accordance with the procedures of the House , two weeks ago today I tabled a question asking the Secretary of State for Scotland to meet Scottish chief constables to discuss the need to inform the public about when nuclear waste material was passing through their areas . |
| 13 | In Committee , my hon. Friends and I tabled an amendment to increase the discount from 25 to 50 per cent . |
| 14 | That is why my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough ( Sir J. Farr ) and I tabled an amendment linking the motion to the electrification of the main line from St. Pancras to Sheffield . |
| 15 | I tried every trick to ease the pain , both shorter and longer steps , walking stiff-legged , then on my toes and then on my heels . |
| 16 | The weather then turned very cold , so cold in fact , that I installed a heater to warm the water up . |
| 17 | I randomly tried a number of careers offices , and I received a fax showing the situation in Derbyshire : Alfreton 56 , Derby 832 , Ilkeston 184 , Long Eaton 105 , Matlock 37 , and Swadlincote 103 . |
| 18 | Recently , while driving a friend home , I turned a corner to find the road ahead severely flooded . |
| 19 | I expressed a desire to enter the religious life and decided to come to England . ’ |
| 20 | I swung the rucksack containing the bagpipes , and my kit , on to my shoulders . |
| 21 | I spent the time making the house look nice ; I wanted him to know just what a lovely home I could build for us . |
| 22 | Pa being occupied with his sermon , I grabbed the chance to empty the teapot which , for economy reasons , is only done once per week , there being , according to Pa , ‘ A power of goodness in well-mashed leaves . ’ |
| 23 | I watched the officer present the pineapple to the girl . |
| 24 | I watched the executioner light the faggots but apparently the kindling was too green and the fire did n't catch . |
| 25 | I watched the tree hit the ground in a cloud of snow . |
| 26 | To convince ourselves of the specificity of the bursting effect , Roger and I repeated the experiment using the electroshock amnesia approach I referred to above ; the bursting activity , like the biochemical and structural changes , occurs only in the animals which remember the task . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been away so long I felt a bit like the new boy walking into the old school when I arrived at the studio for Carry On Columbus , ’ he admits . |
| 28 | One Queens district resident said : ‘ Yesterday I looked out my window and I saw a guy doing the back stroke down my block . |
| 29 | I saw the mouse ascend the ancient timepiece , |
| 30 | I chose a café overlooking the port . |