Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [be] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Soon she came by the local gymnasium , and then the local Cedok tourist office , and from there she turned into a part which she was growing more familiar with , and in no time found she was back in the colonnade area . |
2 | Bet you never even noticed I was there for the first three years . " |
3 | It seemed she was up at the Jubilee Tower practising the tango with Nigel and they would be down shortly with the papers . |
4 | He 'd thought her a little too old for his own purposes , but always assumed she was there for the taking . |
5 | His demise was predicted by party colleagues who believed he was frequently in the news for all the wrong reasons . |
6 | At last he recalled it was not in the Nightingale Gallery but in the one running to the left . |
7 | She realized she was down from the morph-plus , and that her senses were sharper than they had ever been before . |
8 | Su Ragazzi have lost only once this year — to Jets earlier this month — but showed they are back on the rails on Saturday by defeating Team Fife for the loss of only 13 points , 15-3 , 15-5 , 15-5 . |
9 | ‘ Their emergency planning was very good , ’ he said , ‘ but the lack of experience of the Chinese showed up in their preparedness and their procedures showed they are still at the development stage in their nuclear programme . |
10 | Meanwhile , Arfon Council 's planning section in Caernarfon confirmed it was still considering the Sainsbury 's plan and the application would be judged on its merits . |
11 | ‘ What is the matter ? ’ his mother said , her hand on the teapot ; the daily maid who served them was out of the room . |
12 | Inevitably , months later , some actor will hiss , ‘ Heard you were in for the first half the other night , ’ prompting instant fabrication of husband having a miscarriage and mad cow disease in row F ) . |
13 | ‘ It was funny to see those agents ’ faces when they discovered they were up against the famous Marc Vila ! |
14 | The court heard they were both at the end of their tether . |
15 | No one knows who first made this ingenious invention , although as already indicated it was probably towards the end of the thirteenth century . |
16 | In the event , I discovered he was out of the country for a while . |
17 | We heard he was down at the station this morning . |
18 | ‘ Yes , Tel , it 's called murder and the last I heard it was certainly against the law . |
19 | When the storm broke they were literally in the front line , but they continued to stock The Satanic Verses and in many cases display it prominently . |
20 | Labour supporters in Bristol had considered canvassing known overseas voters but decided it was not worth the expense . |
21 | Once we were fed and watered it was back onto the dance floor to practise what we had learnt and add , would you believe , a small jump to our repertoire . |
22 | The first time I met her was up on the platform . |
23 | ‘ When … when I said this was new to me , I meant I 'm hardly in the habit of sexual intimacy on such … such short acquaintance ! ’ |
24 | I knew I was out on the motorway |
25 | It probably fooled the listeners as only the presenter knew I was actually in the studio . |
26 | I thought I was off on the usual , rather tedious type of assignment ! |
27 | She was about to risk departing for an early lunch , a move which she would not have dared to make if Miss Coldharbour had been in the office , but Julia gathered she was out for the morning and not expected in until two fifteen . |
28 | Mr Taylor said he had no forwarding address for the woman , but knew she was somewhere in the London area . |
29 | Anne knew she was back on the Nightmare Express . |
30 | All she had wanted to do was make sure her followers knew she was back on the road to recovery and fit enough to joke " the Scottish people have so amazingly walked into my heart the impact has been far more powerful than I could have imagined " . |