Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pineapple pyramids : I always felt that the Jews made them to mourn all the slaves before them that the Egyptians had broken with building their mighty pyramids . ’ |
| 2 | I got them to try all the recipes in the book — even a mouthful of chitterlings . |
| 3 | to Steve on t' phone , I says , I helped her fill all the forms in , you do n't mind do you ? |
| 4 | I got myself invited along as I wanted to find out what drove him to travel all the way from Surrey to South Wales nearly every weekend . |
| 5 | When the morning came they saw all the gardeners and weeders coming up to the wall and every one was looked at by three guards . |
| 6 | It seemed he held all the cards — there were other agencies who could handle his business , and if he denied Grantham and Marsh the opportunity because of her stubbornness how could she explain it to Sebastian ? |
| 7 | Montague managed to convince Mortimer of his innocence , but his narrow escape did not discourage the king , and when the coup came it had all the appearance of being carefully planned . |
| 8 | ‘ What made you come all the way out here just for a drink anyway ? ’ enquired Sheila . |
| 9 | But Julie claimed she had sub-let the studios and had nothing to do with them any more . |
| 10 | She allowed herself to feel all the pain she 'd denied herself for so long . |
| 11 | they asked him to remember all the things he could about the trip from earth . |
| 12 | I thought I had all the answers although I did n't know what was going on . |
| 13 | That meant we had treble the amount of data we really needed . ’ |
| 14 | He felt her shaking all the way through her bones and into his . |
| 15 | ‘ Ah , but that meant they missed all the glory , too ! ’ |
| 16 | Annie Garnett had no formal training in design , but her natural ability , love of flowers and colour enabled her to design all the textiles produced at The Spinnery . |
| 17 | Then again , he was averaging 303 yards a drive — which meant he carried all the course 's major hazards . |
| 18 | When his father died he burnt all the letters he could find . |
| 19 | Everyone knew he had all the attributes a golfer needs , and his swing was poetry in motion . |
| 20 | The group went on growing until St Augustine , or rather his source , made it include all the barbarians : " Atlantici Libyes , Aegyptii , Indi , Persae , Chaldaei , Scythae , Galli , Hispani " ( Civ. dei 8.9 ) . |
| 21 | It was then I noticed a small cut on his forearm , at least it looked small until it opened up and I realised it went all the way through all the underlying muscles . |
| 22 | If Dunn admitted he owed Rich the money he claimed , and he had it — he was always going to pay but just forgot — he paid it over and that was the end of the matter . |
| 23 | Phil did I turn that the fire off at home ? |
| 24 | Did you eat all the sandwiches , all the cake and all the banana ? |
| 25 | Did you walk all the way ? |
| 26 | Did you arrange all the tracks so you could play them solo , using just an acoustic , if you had to ? |
| 27 | ‘ Did you check all the drawers ? ’ |
| 28 | Nurse Avery — Juliet — did you see all the details on the forms ? |
| 29 | Did you see all the goals this morning ? |
| 30 | Where did you put all the paper ? |