Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has all the nonsense off the field distracted you at all , made your h job harder ? |
| 2 | At the end , the photographer kissed her on both cheeks . |
| 3 | A mile 's drive south in the car took us to all that remains of Clare 's beloved heath land . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's nigh on two year since I 've been out that house , ’ said Bella suddenly , ‘ since the Warden took me for that X-ray after I fell over and hurt me wrist . ’ |
| 5 | I was very nervous , and I found myself coming on very strong and direct with her , and saying , ‘ I liked Rosemary 's Baby , but the picture bothered me for this reason … |
| 6 | The plaintiff encouraged him in this behaviour . |
| 7 | The name reminded me of that , but the peculiar detachment of shock prevented the reminder from disturbing me in the slightest . |
| 8 | Mind reading At one of my first-ever children shows , the father told me of this mind reading trick which we found worked well with the children . |
| 9 | Those words were capable of constituting a resignation and the manager interpreted them as such . |
| 10 | The Inspector left it at that and as I was waiting expectantly for the interview to end , he said : ‘ Why does an educated man like you spend his time caddying ? |
| 11 | But Judge Karl-Heinz Schmoll ruled : ‘ The policy covered him in all situations in life . ’ |
| 12 | The Colonel kissed him on both cheeks . |
| 13 | Taking a proof of this or his own shaded drawing , the artist completed it in those light washes of colour that are so peculiarly his own ; and this tinted impression was handed as a copy to the trained staff of colourists , who , with years of practice under Ackermann 's personal supervision , had attained superlative skill . |
| 14 | Many more women sought separations after the passing of the 1886 Act , which allowed them to do so on grounds of the husband 's unwillingness or inability to maintain , although in practice the legislation provided them with little material assistance . |
| 15 | With another black look , the man led us to that door over there . |
| 16 | Then the attacker drove her to another spot nearby , before raping her again . |
| 17 | I 'd like to know how the fox persuaded them to that . ’ |
| 18 | His engineering analysis of the problem brought him to many ideas that were very similar to Alexander 's in terms of posture and sitting . |
| 19 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 20 | And in this sense it must be said that the Resistance experience , by making us believe that politics is a relationship between man and man or between consciousnesses , fostered our illusions of 1939 and masked the truth of the incredible power of history which the Occupation taught us in another connection . |
| 21 | ‘ The system invested them with this responsibility and there is no room for errors or excuses . |