Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Muddiman continued to report the doings of both Monck and the Rumpers until they quarrelled , whereupon he used his papers to support the former . |
| 2 | She went on to say that although she 'd done what she could from her Oxford home , and encouraged her friends to do the same , eventually she just had to pack and go to Orkney . |
| 3 | After all , Fidel Castro managed to give up smoking , and urged his people to do the same . |
| 4 | I had a terrible time last Friday — your paper sent me proofs to correct the same day so I had to struggle up with them . |
| 5 | It was a big step to take , but there was no way I could contemplate settling down to bring up my family in London , and I knew my wife felt the same way as she loved the sea and country . |
| 6 | Bumping into a German , the Colonel , with natural politeness , said ‘ Sorry ’ before the man surrendered and persuaded his mates to do the same . |
| 7 | Demand for his services exceeded his capacity to meet the many requests and in the second year of the scheme he acquired a car to provide greater mobility . |