Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IAN McCANN cruises the mean streets of Kingston to find out what a crap fist they 're making of the great man 's legacy , and to talk to some of those who helped make him the Third World 's finest musical ambassador . |
| 2 | So it was that her charisma and undoubted beauty helped to make her the first lady air correspondent in the world . |
| 3 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 4 | ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby . |
| 5 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 6 | He had heard it the first time as a child , in his grandfather 's yurt on the Khirgiz , and going to Burun 's quarters had found him awake also . |