Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun prp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pound greatly admired Hardy the poet — as Eliot did not , nor Yeats either . |
| 2 | Killion took pity on Callaghan and tried to discuss Freud , which only confused Callaghan the more . |
| 3 | So thought I. The first part was okay when we got the squad marching the 50 yards , but I was the only one that did not see that someone had dug a trench in the line of march , and in one step leapt over the trench in perfect style . |
| 4 | Thus passed Caledor the Conqueror . |
| 5 | Yet the successful launch of the first Diamant A rocket with its rudimentary A I ‘ Asterix ’ satellite ( or space capsule ) nonetheless made France the world 's third power in space — a feat achieved eight years after the Russians but with minimal resources compared with those of the Russians or the Americans . |
| 6 | A visitor once asked Connie the secret of her success with begonias . |
| 7 | He knew that , if he ever told Creed the story of the radios , Creed would understand . |
| 8 | The staff of the Red Lion became habituated to Paufer 's arrangements ; accordingly they mistakenly served Johnson the kind of secondary food doled out to drunken Paufer . |
| 9 | Do you remember , ’ Athelstan asked , ‘ I once quoted Bartholomew the Englishman ? ’ |
| 10 | But the bookies still considered Roberto the outsider of the three . |
| 11 | The old story of the supernatural hound probably gave Stapleton the idea of using phosphorus . |
| 12 | So they negotiated a takeover of Thomas Kerfoot , a well-established supplier of generic products , which instantly gave Medeva the largest market share in the UK . |
| 13 | Frank also gave Crawford the opportunity to dream up stunts that would put his previous daredevilry in the shade . |
| 14 | The agreement also gave CODESA the power to draft legislation . |
| 15 | This little side-play caused Peggy to stop and wonder , and it also gave Lizzie the opportunity to try to bring a smile to her daughter 's face and perhaps ease the tension she saw there . |
| 16 | A bad snap on a Colts ' punt attempt later gave Pittsburgh the ball on the Indianapolis 34 and Malone connected with Brenberg for the final Steelers ' first half score with 1:03 remaining . |
| 17 | After that he often called Mary the closet tribade . |
| 18 | He now had Joe the Fish in his grasp , as he had sworn to himself that he would . |
| 19 | He successfully persuaded RTE the Irish State-run broadcasting network the event should go ahead in his home town almost 200 miles from Dublin rather than in the capital city . |
| 20 | Six-hit Glenavon bank £1,000 prize A 20 yards volleyed goal by Trevor McMullan in the 88th minute against Bangor at Clandeboye Road today earned Glenavon the £1,000 |
| 21 | Without time for more discussion , Anselm simply left Rome the next day , to spend the next fifteen months in total inactivity so far as his archbishopric was concerned . |
| 22 | Reynard shrugged and silently handed Jahsaxa the report he 'd had printed , showing all the places where Tammuz did n't appear and which , given his profession , he should have done . |
| 23 | Helen watched him until he rounded the corner , then walked Nicola the ten or so yards along the street that took them to the entrance to her building . |
| 24 | Ferguson then set Hughes the task of turning in his best goal haul during his time at United . |
| 25 | A penalty goal by Smith after a lineout barge and a goal nicely dropped by Matthews from the short side of the scrum , briefly gave Gloucester the lead . |
| 26 | In five years I never saw Harriet the worse for drink . |
| 27 | Alexander never forgave Edward the insult . ’ |