Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [pron] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I followed the telephone cord and found where it went into the wall . |
| 2 | To qualify as a model foster parent you had to be at the wealthier level of the middle class , with an already established family ; it helped if you lived in the country ( away from urban enticements ) , spoke a little German , and could tolerate moody children who suffered bouts of depression and were inclined to long silences . |
| 3 | Otley objected as he waited under the trees with his bunch of Brits . |
| 4 | Leonora bristled as she marched into the other room , realising she 'd expected murmurs of appreciation to greet her offering . |
| 5 | Eva grumbled as she stood in the cold , carrying her case . |
| 6 | There was something about the atmosphere of a theatre that never failed to stir her blood , Shannon mused as she walked along the corridors . |
| 7 | Maxham winced as he walked across the kitchen . |
| 8 | Anne Hopper winced as she looked at the remains of the bullock lying on the large wooden worktop in the prison kitchen . |
| 9 | ‘ Touch nothing ’ , he shouted as he sped towards the police station . |
| 10 | ‘ Georgina , ’ the Dean shouted as he passed through the hall . |
| 11 | Otley shouted as he raced towards the bridge . |
| 12 | Helluva fella ! they shouted as he thumped into the chair beside the student , one hand gripping round her shoulder , the other smearing red drops from lips and chin . |
| 13 | ‘ Wotcher ! ’ he shouted as he scraped on the strings . |
| 14 | Kress stopped as he looked at the blued muzzle of the .38 . |
| 15 | er sale occurred when they went through the electrical register and asked people who lived in flats whether they wanted a green cone , they did n't even have a garden , let alone a window box but nevertheless erm I the green cone extends ought to be reported on , ought to be encouraged and such like because it is the individual person who is going to recycle using their own garden in their own small way as opposed to transporting the stuff maybe to a waste tip and such like where it has to be dealt with at a an expensive way and if a the best part of the expense of dealing with waste of course is actually to transport and transport throughout the roads and if you do it in your own gardens so much the better and I , I , I should like to er and taking part in the green cone experiment er further experiments like that whereby the individual person is encouraged to do it . |
| 16 | Anne exclaimed as she came into the . |
| 17 | His voice trembled as he stood in the pulpit . |
| 18 | The first memorable and momentous occasion for the ornithologist occurred as he strolled beside the river at sunrise and caught sight of a ‘ new and beautiful pigeon ’ , a bird never before encountered by any of the natives he questioned or any of the stockmen at the out-stations . |
| 19 | The needle immediately showed a reading , which then strengthened and weakened as he moved about the warehouse . |
| 20 | Gall equalised when he towered above the Derby defence to head in Munday 's free-kick , but Meade should have brought them level immediately after Gabbiadini 's first goal but slid the ball wide six yards out . |
| 21 | The crux of the matter today is that those children were not listened to or believed when they complained to the very people in whose care we had put them for protection . |
| 22 | Outwardly he was calm and composed as he walked in the warm evening sunshine towards the House , but like the swans gliding serenely across the water , he too was paddling like hell underneath . |
| 23 | I half slept , then woke as we sped by the rest house where we had stopped for juice on that first visit to Al Ain . |
| 24 | I say nearly because he woke as I stopped at the next petrol station . |
| 25 | Our walks have been outstandingly enjoyable , and yesterday we walked on the estate which you and Bob pained when we went to the Crinan Canal . |
| 26 | It 's a dream for me to be here making an album with them ’ she added as she arrived in the UK five months after her visit to record ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ . |
| 27 | His tongue-in-cheek comment came as he departed from the text of his speech launching a campaign to encourage hotels to adopt environmentally friendly practices to praise the restoration of Warsaw 's new Bristol Hotel . |
| 28 | I muttered as I trailed across the green . |
| 29 | Taking my place on the touchline , I noticed as we kicked off the reassuring sight of Ken Mentle in the grandstand giving me the thumbs up before disappearing through his tip-up seat . |
| 30 | The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in . |