Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A bit o' glass 'ad caught him on the fore'ead , but otherwise we 'ad n't a scratch to show for it between us .
2 He gave me the most trouble by returning more potential Pathfinders than any other CO : hut not only — aircrew he walked about Gransden with a wad of railway warrants in his pocket , and anyone who offended got one on the spot .
3 She 'd heard him at the glass door — a double knock , very light .
4 He said he 'd heard it on the radio this mornin' .
5 His daughter Diane Perry said she was rung by her husband from work after he 'd heard it on the radio .
6 But there was some trouble with her in her early teens and perhaps she 'd guessed something of the truth .
7 He was obviously peeved that we 'd squared it with the music teacher while he did n't know anything about it .
8 Then I 'd wondered if some women who 'd stopped me on the path had taken it .
9 He 'd added nothing since the night James came .
10 She had the fleeting impression that she 'd caught him on the raw .
11 ‘ I was actually satisfied with that , if only because I 'd resigned myself to the fact that I 'd never be thin , ’ she admits .
12 ‘ I did n't do it grudgingly , I 'd resigned myself to the fact that football was his burning passion .
13 They were some of the best he 'd ever taken , he said , but it was difficult to tell since he 'd dropped them in the water when he was changing film .
14 They were adamant that it had been clear all along , they 'd suspected something from the start .
15 They 'd met them in the pub a couple of weeks back .
16 He 'd met her on the beach walking with a dog , a wire-haired terrier called Dolly which had come sniffing up to him .
17 By 25 past , we 'd made it to the car when I realised that I wanted to push — panic !
18 I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics .
19 She stopped me in town funny enough erm oh a good couple of weeks ago like , she says to me oh have you heard , cos I was saying about oh we 'd seen something in the shop , it was ever so nice , I said oh I 'm too fat for that she said ooh have you seen , she must be erm infat you know bloody infatuated with dieting
20 He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them .
21 I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich .
22 She stared at him and , as her eyes met his , once again , like the moment he 'd seen her in the pool , she seemed unable to look away .
23 He recognised Kurz and Hinterstoisser , he 'd seen them at the hotel ; strikingly handsome fellows , especially Kurz , an officer of the Wehrmacht , blue-eyed , blond-haired .
24 He went to where he 'd seen him by the fence and looked down towards the woodpile .
25 Lucy reckoned that , for the man in charge , he had some staggeringly dull tasks to handle ; she 'd seen him in the stockroom once , counting every bottle in every crate of tonic water .
26 ‘ Nothing — I asked if he knew if she 'd seen anyone in the hospital recently , before we contacted Records .
27 I 'd seen it along the end of the track .
28 Anyway I went there and I was impressed , I 'd seen it from the ship and I completely concur with everything that 's been said .
29 It was a look she recognised instantly , although it was the first time she 'd seen it in the flesh .
30 Well only because we 'd seen it in the shop
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