Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [conj] the [noun sg] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They told me that the girl 's father had been as coy as any nineteenth-century English maiden . |
| 2 | They told him that the horse 's previous leader — an old man — had died suddenly . |
| 3 | Our research also told us that the Student 's Book had to be in colour , so we took out the pictures and began again — using two pictures instead of one wherever possible — so that we stay up to date with the latest modifications to the Interview , Paper 5 . |
| 4 | The Brigade Major informed me that the Brigadier 's party would be in the restaurant for at least one-and-a-half hours , which gives me time to look around the town . |
| 5 | Animal instinct warned him that the car 's appearance meant more enemies that he could handle in his present condition . |
| 6 | Mr Mladenov then offered his and the politburo 's resignation and suspended proceedings . |
| 7 | That was Henry VIII and he wrote it because the King 's daughter , Princess Elizabeth , was getting married . |