Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was bending my brains to think of a way of introducing Brian Harley into the conversation when the television monitor in the corner of the tent gave me the ideal opportunity . |
| 2 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |
| 3 | Someone claiming to be in the know told us the other day that the reason DEC president Robert Palmer never showed up at that mammoth Unix strategy briefing session the company put the press and analyst corp through back in February was that he saw the rehearsals and did n't want to be associated with it . |
| 4 | The Times recorded that this was their sixth partnership of over 150 ; the Telegraph that it was their seventh century stand ; while the Guardian made it the eighth . |
| 5 | As the dreamsun showed us the insubstantial outlines of the City down in the valley , we faded to white . |
| 6 | A sudden drop in the wind told her the worst was over . |
| 7 | The club paid him the princely sum of £8 , a fee that has not risen much over the years according to some of Celtic 's more dour stars . |
| 8 | ‘ The brooch gave us the right clue — in fact it gave us two . |
| 9 | The council told us the only way we could get a home was if we were living together . |
| 10 | When the judge told him the only sentence he could pass was that of life imprisonment , Meehan said loudly and clearly , ‘ I want to say this , sir . |
| 11 | At Cabinet on the Wednesday morning the Chancellor reported what the Foreign Secretary ( still confined to his house ) proposed to say . |
| 12 | The king personally rewarded him with the Victorian Order , fourth class , but broke off relations when the disgruntled recipient of the decoration returned it the following day . |
| 13 | His accuracy and stinginess with runs made him almost without equal as a one-day bowler , for he could both contain and attack at the same time since the bounce he got from his great height and the control he had over the ball gave him the extra penetration that brought wickets . |
| 14 | That 's west unless we 're off course , in which case it 's night ; the King gave me the same as you , the King gave you the same as me : the King never gave me the letter , the King gave you the letter , we do n't know what 's in the letter ; we take Hamlet to the English King , it depending on when we get there who he is , and we hand over the letter , which may or may not have something in it to keep us going , and if not , we are finished and at a loose end , if they have loose ends . |
| 15 | That 's west unless we 're off course , in which case it 's night ; the King gave me the same as you , the King gave you the same as me : the King never gave me the letter , the King gave you the letter , we do n't know what 's in the letter ; we take Hamlet to the English King , it depending on when we get there who he is , and we hand over the letter , which may or may not have something in it to keep us going , and if not , we are finished and at a loose end , if they have loose ends . |
| 16 | The sultan showed us the royal regalia which were secreted in the palace . |
| 17 | In addition his role as a member of the Commission gave him the personal opportunity to support the chaplains in their Ministry in the University parish . |
| 18 | The hectic action started in November with Clive Rice 's public-relations visit to India — Wessels 's successes on the tour earned him the man-of-the-series award — and ended six months later in frustration as the West Indians turned imminent defeat into a remarkable victory in one session on the final day of an historic Test , denying two excellent half-centuries by Wessels and Andrew Hudson 's debut century , the first for South Africa . |
| 19 | The journey took him the better part of an hour , due to delays on the Tube , but now , as he walked from the station , he felt a curious mixture of elation and anxiety . |
| 20 | The State made him the ecclesiastical head of the Church of England by trampling on the opinions of the relevant ecclesiastical authority . |
| 21 | Beneath the shirt , the mirror showed her the small fine flowers of her delicate bra could be seen . |
| 22 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 23 | The book gave her the academic credentials she needed , and from 1914 to 1945 she combined her local social work with acting as tutor in economics at St Anne 's and tutor-secretary ( 1914–19 ) for women students at Barnett House , Oxford 's centre for training in social work . |
| 24 | Dulles replied that a good many countries in the world saw themselves the same way . |
| 25 | The Minister told me the other week that compulsory competitive tendering can produce savings of 8 per cent . |
| 26 | The bishop gave him the extraordinary advice to go and be a curate again , at Boston in Lincolnshire . |
| 27 | The face looked none the wiser , and shoulders shrugged into view . |
| 28 | Actually , both garments fitted her very well , and the boater gave her the same kind of perky look it had given Annie . |