Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first , the Zuwaitina canteen milk seemed to everyone concerned an instance of just such a letter-of-the-law possession , The realization that it was an issue of constitutional principle came slowly , when the Jordanian 's lawyer ( Abdulsalam Abdulhadi ) outlined his defence . |
| 2 | A passenger sitting next to me flung a coin into the river with great enthusiasm . |
| 3 | If we look at the Church we find the numbers of monks and secular clergy growing , especially in the eleventh and twelfth centuries ; we also find that more and more of them lived a life of celibacy after the papal reform . |
| 4 | In front of them rode the moon , silver-skirted , in a flurry of dark-blue clouds . |
| 5 | One or other of them drafted a statement which was a flat denial that he had misbehaved either sexually or politically . |
| 6 | you know I can understand now the people that have n't got the truth , when one of the , the mate , when the mate dies whether a woman or a , or a , or a husband dies , they want to die , they do n't want to live because I felt that , I felt that , what 's there , what 's there me left to live , my kids they 're , they have their own families , there all time , they have no time , I brought up three children , I have a full time job and I have time for every one of them to look after and to bring them up and to set them on their way to live and not one of them became a prisoner or something , you know , they 're all have nice jobs and , and nice kid nice people , one , nobody 's in the truth the boys |
| 7 | One of them became a cardinal , and , in 1130 , pope — or , as he came to be reckoned , an anti-pope . |
| 8 | Carvajal was survived by a wife and two sons : one of them became a broker on the exchange , but neither of them seems to have married . |
| 9 | Children were prohibited from smoking in the streets and the sale of tobacco to them became an offence . |
| 10 | ‘ Managers were proud to lead their staff into dispute and out into the streets over the years ; unfortunately , very many of them became the pit bull terriers of 1992 ’ . |
| 11 | Privately , however , he was still sending conflicting signals to his supporters , some of whom got the impression that he had not decided whether to act . |
| 12 | Elizabeth 's customers were disappointed to read her notice , but although several of them asked the reason , she merely smiled and was noncommittal . |
| 13 | But even the most socialist of them shared the view , articulated by Brailsford before the war , that the first task of the pacifist was not to overthrow capitalism but to ‘ check the worst consequences of a capitalistic foreign policy , and , if possible , turn it to some partial good . ’ |
| 14 | Exclusive of absent freeholders there were twenty-six tenants at Slapton in 1548 , who are matched by thirty resident laymen in 1522 , four of whom owned no property of any description . |
| 15 | The case rests on whom owned the knife . |
| 16 | It just occurred to me that not everyone got a chance to see the FA Youth Cup Final ! |
| 17 | Everyone got a pen ? |
| 18 | Just over a year ago everyone got a bit of a scare when an opinion poll showed that one third of the French agreed with the extremist ideas supported by Mr Le Pen — priority for the French ( as opposed to immigrants ) in jobs , housing , and family benefits ; the abolition of all income tax and its replacement with higher rates of VAT ; the reintroduction of the death penalty for murderers and drug traffickers ; and the expulsion of the immigrant long-term unemployed ; the banning of tourist visas for Arabs and Africans ( to stop illegal immigration ) , and so on . |
| 19 | Everyone got a copy ? |
| 20 | Jim Bob says that no way would they have done this if it had been their money , and hopes that everyone got the joke . |
| 21 | It was perhaps ironic too , that six more sections were cut at Great Casterton , and none of them produced a scrap of pottery from the rampart later than the early second century . |
| 22 | In the end everyone expected a return on love , demanded a rebate of gratitude or respect . |
| 23 | Boycott led the way with 86 and everyone made a contribution of sorts , but soon after lunch on the final day they were 290 for 6 and defeat was still possible . |
| 24 | Nearly 30 millimetres of rain was recorded.Flood warnings had been issued … but no-one expected the river to rise so quickly … surging 10 feet above normal levels . |
| 25 | James and Joan had three sons , one of whom became a major in Charles II 's army and drowned in the river at Pershore . |
| 26 | New theories about education challenged women 's intellectual credentials since most of them lacked a knowledge of the classics . |
| 27 | It was here that Mr Adsett , one of Eva 's " shining people " , taught his class of talented youngsters , several of whom passed the scholarship exam . |
| 28 | Only one of them concerned the business at Godstowe . |
| 29 | Whether he was still staring out of the window at the storm or watching them made no difference . |
| 30 | One of them made a stand for repeal of the Corn Laws , which must have taken some guts in this neck of the woods . ’ |