Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Father Devlin clapped him on the shoulder with a large heavy hand . |
| 2 | Devlin clapped him on the shoulder . |
| 3 | Patrick flung himself on the mattress which Sarah was to use , and jumped up and down on his knees , full of boyish energy . |
| 4 | But after three disappointing Five Nations games , Ciaran Fitzgerald drafted him into the side — as well as making him captain — for the game in Paris . |
| 5 | Trent seated himself on the taffrail . |
| 6 | Bernie Scholtz passed her on the iron stairs as she was hurrying out . |
| 7 | The web tangled and clung mawkishly around her reasoning as Fernando lowered her to the bed . |
| 8 | Henley prides itself on the accessibility of its Faculty whose services extend well beyond the formal classroom environment . |
| 9 | Alison led me through the hall into the kitchen , a sprawling space with a flagstone floor dominated by a huge table , a Welsh dresser and rows of large cupboards . |
| 10 | Victoria met her in the hall , saying , ‘ You look frozen . |
| 11 | Biff lowered him to the ground , and untied the rope . |
| 12 | Two months later Minton visited him in the country , pale from a pub crawl in Ipswich , and seemed to Lehmann ‘ more settled with Rickie [ sic[ off the booze ’ . |
| 13 | The pyramids were already 2,000 years old when Herodotus visited them in the middle of the fifth century BC , but he found the Egyptians still told tales of misery about their construction , the horrors suffered by the populace . |
| 14 | In the morning , Punch brought a letter from Trelorne , whose contents Aunt Emily did not reveal , but Alexandra found her in the drawing-room after luncheon . |
| 15 | As you drive , this NVH manifests itself in the form of tiny vibrations fed back through the steering wheel and the gruff , uninspiring sounds from the SE-FHE engine . |
| 16 | Stewart joins us on the line now good morning Mr . |
| 17 | Trent found them on the floor and watched the old man thread the sprung arms over his ears . |
| 18 | Nine months on Mr Boulton is still waiting for the two and a half thousand pounds he claims Brit-Pol owes him for the coach . |
| 19 | She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine . |
| 20 | Trent caught him by the forearm . |
| 21 | This particular guitar is a bit of a video star ; Dave Stewart used it in the promo for The Eurythmics ' The City Never Sleeps . |
| 22 | In traditional manner Rolle treats the gifts of the Holy Spirit listed as Wisdom , Understanding , Counsel , Might , Knowledge Piety and Fear of the Lord in Isaiah 11 in the inverted hierarchical order Counsel , Understanding , Wisdom to relate them to the process of withdrawal from the world and achievement of that inner discretion which is the ground of contemplation ; he then deals with strength , piety , knowledge and the fear of the Lord itemised as forces which stimulate man to self-knowledge and help the soul to endure against sin , all aspects of a more active spirituality . |
| 23 | Two weeks later , to my horror , Mr Taylor stopped me in the corridor and asked me if I 'd consider doing another talk — to another class . |
| 24 | David Beaton clapped him on the shoulder . |
| 25 | Maisie pecked him on the cheek . |
| 26 | Mr Trelawney met us at the cave . |
| 27 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 28 | Teodor chucked her under the chin suddenly , affectionately , and as suddenly Sophie threw an arm about her . |
| 29 | Angie led him through the living room . |
| 30 | She did n't care about anything ; she just wanted Meredith to see her on the back of the Prince 's white charger . |