Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [vb past] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I tried swimming , but what with the current and the fucking cassock — and then bang I got hit in the ribs like someone had kicked me and I thought I was a goner , it must be a rock I thought and I gave up and sort of passed out . |
| 2 | I mean I read according to the paper this morning young people have got to have a |
| 3 | It was the sort of kiss you saw portrayed on the cinema screen , between two madly attracted people in mortal danger who fell dementedly upon each other as if there was no tomorrow … |
| 4 | Because of the problems we could have had due to heat stroke I elected to walk with the group carry 50 litres of water . |
| 5 | Actually , the Blox were furtively retrieving a windsurfer sail they had tied to the anchor chain with an injudiciously big bowline , allowing the sail to sink into some 40 feet of water . |
| 6 | His smile was so elfin I was reminded of a troll and a performance of Peer Gynt I had seen at the Maddermarket in Norwich . |
| 7 | Look what had happened at the last seance . |
| 8 | Now look what had happened to the place , and I play you that because , maybe we shall never ever hear that again , because Yugoslavia can not now exist as a State . |
| 9 | ‘ You know I got injured in the skirmishing ? |
| 10 | He says Well you 're quite right n y I Cos I did n't think we You know I 'd said to the man already it 's quite possible I would n't be able to really take the stuff out of store for him . |
| 11 | The half inch I 'd added to the 5ft 8in , somehow became attached to the 5ft 9in . |
| 12 | You know you had gone through the whole C C Q and the priority was the pension , that 's what I got wrong . |
| 13 | Now he might remember I think the court come just before the after Nicola , and the car was going to because I know we had to go on the train to Liverpool and er , I 'd got ta give evidence as well , they made such a palaver ! |
| 14 | ‘ Suppose you had lived on the moon , ’ Stavrogin interrupted … |
| 15 | I cried after the girl had gone and he seeing my distress and I explaining I feared your anger he put his arms around my neck and comforted me and said he was sure his real mother could not but love her sister and believe she had acted for the best . |
| 16 | We were talking earlier , and I understand you liked to ride at the weekends , and you 're often competing on your horse , er , ha , if you were to have a fall , and erm , you had a back injury , or erm , you sustained an injury that would you keep you from work for a substantial amount of time , er , how would you feel , would you be able to pay your premiums ? |
| 17 | She was still in the dark coat and dress she had selected for the Jockey Club hearing and Nick was in pinstripes . |
| 18 | He reminded Riven a little of the Bicker he had known at the bothy . |
| 19 | Li was sentenced to four years in prison , two years for each count , and ordered to pay both the alleged HK$865,000 ( US$110,000 ) profit he had made from the sale of the shares , and the estimated US$1,300,000 in court costs . |
| 20 | ‘ I think I liked acting in the play best of all , ’ Carol told her friend Gillian when it was time to go . |
| 21 | I think he got punched in the head . |
| 22 | But I think that was when I was in the sea holding on to the bit of foam , and more or less just let myself float under the water , but me arm was round the top of the bit of foam , on the surface , and I think it got burnt by the the heat off the platform then . |
| 23 | I wonder what had happened to the stool . |
| 24 | They knew she took bread to her mother , jam she had made from the blackcurrants at the foot of the garden but the basket always came back heavy with fresh eggs , a bunch of carrots from the bog , plums that they loved , sweet hard yellow apples . |
| 25 | For the community work I went to help with the Mothers and Toddlers group that was held next door to the school . |
| 26 | But although they both tried to smile still , neither of them failed to notice the past tense she had used for the word ‘ love ’ . |
| 27 | You were on piece work you got paid by the rivet sort of thing , so you had to go ahead with it . |