Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pron] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and we 'll be joining all the Irish folk at Cheltenham … do n't think Carmody 's mare will be running … but we 'll be following those that are with special reports from the festival all next week … for football fans the big one is tomorrow … at the Manor Ground its the Central South second division derby Oxford against Swindon … |
| 2 | Christina cringed as Susanna pronounced it the American way . |
| 3 | Yeah Sue told me the other day that er she wo n't come out till she 's , she 's right cold . |
| 4 | Monsieur Saulnier informed me the other day that it was not usual in this part of Normandy to have so many mosquitoes . |
| 5 | That is why , when the French economy was screaming for lower interest rates , President Mitterrand increased them the other day . |
| 6 | Dennis gave me the vague smile of complicity that men exchange in lavatorial situations . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a fine idea , but Mrs. Olinton told me the other day that Mr. Olinton would n't lend any of his buildings to Scouts or Guides or Brownies or Cubs . |
| 8 | Sandison told him the whole story , the one he had told to Mrs Wilson : that he was Elsie 's brother , that he was convinced she was still alive even though she had disappeared so many years before . |
| 9 | They stamped round the sofa and did that tricky bit of acrobatics that Sid and Ethel showed us the other night . |
| 10 | People said things like for instance well females are n't intelligent enough to make choices and er which is , which is clearly pretty silly , and er there was also I think and the uncomfortable erm prospect that females could in some way or another control the evolution in males which I do n't think it appealed to the Victorians either and in fact many social Darwinists like Edward Westermark for example rejected the whole concept of sexual selection as Darwin called it the female choice , because it did n't promote survival of the fittest . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ Alan rang me the other night and told me to bring my hosepipe because he 's on fire at the moment . |
| 12 | Wickham gave him the withering look of a man whose junior reads too many detective stories . |
| 13 | Azharuddin gave him the three-fours-in-an-over treatment , driving all three off the back foot . |
| 14 | It was said that Gertrude gave him the final result . |
| 15 | After all , days before the invasion surprised President Bush , his ambassador , presumably not speaking just for herself , told Saddam in so many words that Washington gave him the green light on Kuwait . |
| 16 | He was created baronet in 1837 , but Sir Robert Peel refused him the Irish peerage promised him by Melbourne . |
| 17 | The bus took a very long and roundabout route to Linby , through a dozen tiny villages and hamlets , but Cheryl thought the journey was worth it when Jessica handed her the promised signalling flags . |
| 18 | Mona asked what the dear child was burbling about , and led him to Bumface 's vacant chair by the fire . |
| 19 | ‘ I knew Faye had some complications and needed a nurse — Tom mentioned it the other day — but I had no idea you were a sort of watchdog as well . |
| 20 | ‘ Kenny called me the other week to congratulate me the day after I broke Roger Hunt 's club scoring record at Manchester United . |
| 21 | He eventually came to Madeira where Zarco gave him the large area of fertile land around Madalena do Mar . |
| 22 | I was pleased to see his grin varnish when Mala gave him the vicious edge of her tongue for ignoring the Ardakkean request for discretion , causing the FedPol squad to visit Vadinamia . |
| 23 | ‘ Philip told me the splendid news , Eileen . |
| 24 | They told , Diane told me the other night though , she 's had three years that she should n't have had . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , Flupper showed us the deadly thorn bushes that wrap round their prey like octopuses : and then whooshed us off at savage speeds — sometimes so fast he aquaplaned over the water . |
| 26 | Jessamyn handed him the still-smoking gun . |
| 27 | They followed a pattern which was virtually invariable , for Haussmann decided what the optimum height should be in relation to street width and perspective , a feature which was most noticeable in the avenue Napoleon III ( now avenue de l'Opéra ) , which had as its focal point Garnier 's great Opera House , the epitome of Second Empire architectural style . |
| 28 | Behind her back he said , ‘ Punch saw you the other day , going out in a carriage . |
| 29 | ‘ Garvin put it the other way : if it was me , there 'd be trouble . ’ |
| 30 | Dr Sasaki found himself the only doctor in the hospital who was unhurt . |