Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George did , and yearned to tell him the Army had thought of it , that Maxim had mentioned how they worked under codenames , then wondered if the Army should tell Moscow that , too- and realised that he was after a list , as well . |
| 2 | One day , to escape heavy rain he wandered into a tavern called the ‘ Spotted Dog ’ which was kept by Joe Parrish , a veteran fighter , who became impressed with the young lad — then aged 16 — and began to teach him the science of the ring . |
| 3 | An experienced armourer came into the hangar with a group of new armourers and proceeded to show them the wonders of the Washington . |
| 4 | He came and sat down beside me and offered to show me the sights . |
| 5 | The butcher , who was gentle and warmhearted in spite of the cruel bloodstains on his boater , loaded her basket free with bones for the dog and offered to show her the mysteries of his store room where , shaggy with frost , the sides of meat hung in refrigerated darkness . |
| 6 | Initially Edward had been prepared to augment Gloucester 's landed interest with further grants and had given him the custody and marriage of two local heirs , Henry Marney and William Walgrave . |
| 7 | Initially Edward had been prepared to augment Gloucester 's landed interest with further grants and had given him the custody and marriage of two local heirs , Henry Marney and William Walgrave . |
| 8 | Sean had been bought a replacement knife by Wainfleet and had forgiven him the theft of the first . |
| 9 | He told the doctors all about how my dad had come back to life in this grey cardigan and had told him the secrets of the universe . |
| 10 | Michael Green draws attention to the fact that the Gospels represent an entirely new literary form , which was neither history , nor biography , but a highly selective weaving together of fragments using preaching and teaching ‘ arranged in order to show what sort of person Jesus was , to give the evidence on which the disciples had followed him and had adjudged him the Messiah and Son of God , and by the strongest possible implication , challenge the readers to make the same act of faith in Christ as they themselves had done ’ ( Green 1970:229 , 230 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ There is a phone in number for viewers to air their opinions and he called in and said he was furious about what had happened to this poor woman and wanted to give her the money so she could buy presents for the boys . |