Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb past] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam lost his spiritual purity through eating the forbidden fruit , so God gave him the opportunity to reinstate himself partially through immersion in the original water which came from Eden . |
| 2 | I do n't know if Fenella knew what the Kraken was , but she knew who I meant . |
| 3 | ‘ We had found nothing until Oscar showed us the way . ’ |
| 4 | Tobie spared a thought for Cairo , and Mamelukes , and Tzani-bey , and wondered if Nicholas knew what the emir was doing in the Mameluke camp outside Famagusta . |
| 5 | Nor would he learn anything from the journal unless Meg gave him the key to it ; for the cypher was a special one , transforming itself constantly page by page as the journal progressed . |
| 6 | He 'd picked up the baby and held her while Ma gave her the medicine , and his face had the same look as when Billy had fallen in the river . |
| 7 | He listened while Gabriel told him the day 's events . |
| 8 | She rocked him gently while Bridhe told her the story , and she felt a confusion buzzing in her head . |
| 9 | Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute . |
| 10 | An interesting insight into the kind of restructuring which had occurred in memory when subjects discovered what the theme of the passage was in Thorndyke 's experiment comes from recall in the narrative after-theme condition . |
| 11 | Mr Grover listened carefully as Paddington told him the story . |
| 12 | This figure was painted in the same syrupy pastel shades as the rest of the crucifix , but when Zen tapped it the head resounded not with the dull thud of plaster but with a light metallic ring |
| 13 | Not one to remember , as Cambridge gave them the run around . |
| 14 | When Stephen told me the name of the submarine captain , I recognized it . |
| 15 | On the drive back to London , Quinn was silent as Sam told him the outcome of her trip to Washington and the decision of the White House to let him have his head so long as she went with him . |
| 16 | Just as Jesus taught them the truth because he was Truth , so the Spirit of Truth would lead them into all the truth about Jesus ( 14:6,17 , 15:26 , 16:13 ) . |
| 17 | He showed no surprise when Blanche told him the number plate of the car was false , and Nowak emphasised he did not want the police to press charges if the driver was found . |
| 18 | ‘ Gosh , she has got it bad , ’ Anne said when Maureen showed her the letter . |
| 19 | When Marian uncovered it the wound was raw and open and the flesh around it inflamed . |
| 20 | He had been working at the Council depot as an attendant when Joe offered him the job , and he had been very pleased to make the change . |
| 21 | He was fading away ‘ like the old soldier in the ballad , an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty . ’ |
| 22 | Jean Reece-Carlton made no comment when Christina showed her the suite . |
| 23 | The truth of the matter is that Picasso was almost certainly aware of tribal art when Matisse showed him the piece which he admired , but that he was still not taking it very seriously and only ‘ discovered ’ it for himself during his now legendary visit to the Trocadero . |
| 24 | Sure enough , as soon as Stuart touched them the row of trolleys slid forward . |
| 25 | Leo had chuckled when Barbara told him the story of Hubert 's conversion . |
| 26 | The expression on Hurley 's face when George told him the news was reward enough in itself , but there was an altogether different reaction from the DIA when Coleman reported in about El-Jorr and his key role as the DEA CI fronting for Eurame . |
| 27 | Munro sat at his desk in the Haston Place flat and listened intently as Carter gave him the gist of his conversation with Vargas . |
| 28 | Tyndale was nervous , and , when Vaughan offered him the King 's promise of safety if he returned to England , he expressed his fear that the promise might be broken on the persuasion of the clergy , who would affirm that promises made with heretics need not be kept . |
| 29 | Roirbak experienced a moment of panic , sure it was one of Penumbra 's staff , arrived too soon before he could work anything out , when Mellissa informed him the visitor was Leila Saatchi . |
| 30 | Now , when Paul told her the truth , her first thought was that she wished she had got herself an extra gown , while she was at it ; in fact she had been unable conveniently to carry any more , or would have done so . |