Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 At last , a streak of orange light appeared to the east ; and gradually the white sea in front of them became an immense expanse of fertile green , while the purple ocean behind turned shimmering white .
2 But this is probably because such retirement arrangements died out before formalizing them became the normal custom , rather than because they were never common .
3 None of them shared the icy restraint of the last letter .
4 Although the spinal patients had no specific rectal sensation during rectal distension , almost half of them experienced a dull pelvic sensation at maximum distension .
5 Across in front of them cruised a long black Cadillac bearing the fluttering pennant of the Stars and Stripes .
6 Behind them hulked the great mass of Shunner Fell below the flanks of which the Butter Tubs Pass wormed its way over into Wensleydale .
7 On our first visit I was left standing by these youngsters as one of them unearthed a good bag of finds ranging from Roman through to Georgian .
8 Only a few were dressed in European suits , but each of them cultivated a wispy goatee , the mark of the Annamite man of consequence .
9 The Minster had the gruffest basso but the others were undeterred and the whole tribe of them made a tremendous clangour .
10 Foreigners always find that a difficult process — in fact only one of them made a real success of it — and Disraeli possessed what Ezra had been denied — the elasticity and toughness of a good Jew .
11 After a few half-hearted sips , one of them made a great show of looking at his watch , and put his glass down .
12 None of them made a special selection of materials suitable for the peasantry , so the few books that were dispatched were often too dry or too expensive .
13 But the flow of immigrants went on , with very little space to receive the new settlers , so in 1628 some of them made the easy move from St. Kitts to Nevis , and a couple of years later made a slightly longer move and occupied the islands of Antigua and Monserrat , laying the foundations of English settlement in the Leeward Islands .
14 Oxford United 's fans , more than fifteen hundred of them made the long journey to Tranmere on Saturday to support their team .
15 Two senior research officers at the Home Office were also invited , and one of them made an excellent contribution .
16 A Radio 5 spokesperson said : ‘ The internal report made a number of suggestions for restructuring network radio and only one of them involved a major change to Radio 5 .
17 ‘ My guess is that one of them found the other end of the conduit , maybe the Fax machine at Pegasus or evidence of Cawthorne acting on information he should n't have had .
18 Starting with William Morris in the 1870s , a group of them found the medieval setting , craft traditions and stunning landsacapes they wanted in which to work .
19 As Fael-Inis began to play , each of them drew a deep breath and surrendered , and each of them experienced the deepest contentment at hearing the silver pipes of enchantment .
20 One of them phoned the other every evening .
21 The enormous success of the BBC 's Follow Me demonstrated the huge scale of the demand .
22 Above them rose the poor fields , littered with rock and gorse , the lower slopes of the mountain .
23 It was not known how many of them caught the connecting flight to Katmandu .
24 After the election , I became a frequent visitor to Downing Street .
25 My mother got it wrong when I was six , but her mistake did serve to galvanise me in later years and I became a successful businesswoman , outwardly independent and self-sufficient .
26 I needed to earn a bit of extra money when I went on the tour and so I became a professional wrestler in my spare time .
27 I became a professional relic-seller .
28 My work was primarily with women in the manufacturing industries and I worked in Eagle International before I became a full-time organizer .
29 Before I became a full-time politician , I was assistant director of social services in a large authority .
30 I I became a great friend of hers actually , er she looked out of place on the bench .
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