Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hazel stakes are unquestionably the best but when I caught rabbits professionally I had the estate make me up a set of iron stakes of only ⅜ inch ( 1 centimetre ) diameter , with a small shoulder at the top to prevent the top line sliding down the stake . |
| 2 | Eventually I interrupted the diatribe to point out that I was paying him to take me to the newspaper , not for his opinions about it . |
| 3 | Suddenly I sensed the ground disappear and for seconds we were airborne . |
| 4 | And so I took the opportunity to describe in some detail conditions in the attic . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | As I did so I grabbed the banister to save myself . |
| 7 | So she kept the tune trapped in and it marched up and down inside her head . |
| 8 | So she let the boat pass by . |
| 9 | ‘ So who did the French hang ? ’ |
| 10 | Out of 10 speakers from the floor on two composite motions reaffirming the conference 's right to the final word on policy determination , only one backed the procedure adopted by the leadership for the review . |
| 11 | So we made the decision to go up Beinn Damh , not a Munro , but nevertheless a divine mountain of 902 metres situated conveniently behind the cottage . |
| 12 | So we had the end cut off and to stop him ripping the bandages off we |
| 13 | Norma Thomson , secretary of New Deer Community Association , said : ‘ Perhaps whoever did the break-in knew there would n't be a policeman going back and forth and that he would be tied up at the meeting . ’ |
| 14 | Together they watched the passing parade . |
| 15 | Very gently he drew the bed covering away . |
| 16 | Suddenly he felt the car beginning to skid and in his panic trod on the brakes . |
| 17 | If I asked for money from my husband he would talk of all the expenses , of how much it cost the family to keep me . |
| 18 | Aläia was also expected to appear on the runway riding on the shoulders of Jean Paul Goude , but apparently he hid the bag containing his gold evening dress so he did n't have to do it . |
| 19 | That 's how long it took the 18-year-old to score with his first touch on his Roker Park debut . |
| 20 | How long it took the teacher to become familiar with the control of the program and to consider how to use it with his pupils . |
| 21 | A new field of activity seemed to be opening up for him if only he had the courage to grasp the nettle . |
| 22 | And would n't it be awful if he ever realized that it 's not very important to us , that we 'd rather not be safe if only he had the courage to take our safety away … " |
| 23 | Only He had the authority to forgive sins … |
| 24 | Iftikhar Sirohey as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would end in mid-August , but Khan blocked Sirohey 's retirement on the grounds that only he had the right to make such decisions . |
| 25 | After a week in the country , Baxter 's health greatly improved and so he took the opportunity to preach in some of the needy country churches in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire . |
| 26 | The ceremony began , and soon I heard the priest come to the point in the wedding where he had to ask , ‘ Is there any reason why these two people should not be married ? ’ |
| 27 | " There was some confusion at this stage because the target began to behave in an odd way , we knew she was supposed to go up the River Stour to off load , but finally I made the decision to go alongside her at sea . |
| 28 | She had decided , in fact , to return the outfit , and Faye 's mentioning it like this forced the issue so that finally she found the courage to speak . |
| 29 | Somehow she found the courage to hold the gleaming brilliance of his gaze with her own , as if by this encounter of eyes she could mesmerise , draw him to her . |
| 30 | Somehow she found the strength to pull away . |