Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [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 | 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 . |
| 9 | Victoria met her in the hall , saying , ‘ You look frozen . |
| 10 | Biff lowered him to the ground , and untied the rope . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Trent found them on the floor and watched the old man thread the sprung arms over his ears . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Trent caught him by the forearm . |
| 17 | This particular guitar is a bit of a video star ; Dave Stewart used it in the promo for The Eurythmics ' The City Never Sleeps . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | David Beaton clapped him on the shoulder . |
| 20 | Maisie pecked him on the cheek . |
| 21 | Mr Trelawney met us at the cave . |
| 22 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 23 | Teodor chucked her under the chin suddenly , affectionately , and as suddenly Sophie threw an arm about her . |
| 24 | Angie led him through the living room . |
| 25 | Hari led him to the bench and watched as Lewis tied on his apron . |
| 26 | Scalding tears brimmed over , and James Halden checked them with the cushion of his thumb . |
| 27 | David clapped him on the shoulder and simply said : |
| 28 | Bernice lowered herself into the hole . |
| 29 | Tilda cared nothing for the future , and had , as a result , a great capacity for happiness . |
| 30 | Comments included ‘ Scott helped me with the photocopying ’ , ‘ Can we stay in the groups because I really like working with Bobby ? ’ and ‘ Why could n't we stay all day ? ’ |