Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jeff Winter of Middlesbrough found himself the first guinea pig . |
| 2 | and we 'll be joining all the Irish folk at Cheltenham … do n't think Carmody 's mare will be running … but we 'll be following those that are with special reports from the festival all next week … for football fans the big one is tomorrow … at the Manor Ground its the Central South second division derby Oxford against Swindon … |
| 3 | Professor Roger Scruton made himself the spearhead of the academic attack , especially in his Peace Studies : A Critical Survey ( with Baroness Cox , 1984 ) , and Education and Indoctrination ( with Angela Ellis-Jones and Dennis O'Keefe , 1985 ) . |
| 4 | I took Sir Ralph to the top of the stairs into the North Bastion tower but the passageway was so narrow Colebrooke helped him the rest of the way . ’ |
| 5 | Hoskyns found him the opening — sub-warden of Lincoln Theological College . |
| 6 | Christina cringed as Susanna pronounced it the American way . |
| 7 | Spicer told him the news and asked him if he would like a local caddie to be booked . |
| 8 | Robson said yesterday : ‘ Bobby told me the atmosphere got to certain players last time . |
| 9 | Mr Grover listened carefully as Paddington told him the story . |
| 10 | Yeah Sue told me the other day that er she wo n't come out till she 's , she 's right cold . |
| 11 | When we arrived , Helen Stoner showed us the three bedrooms . |
| 12 | When I arrived , Small showed me the bodies of two lambs killed by foxes the previous night . |
| 13 | Schellenberg handed him the Führer Directive . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , I am so sorry , ’ Kathleen handed her the caster sugar . |
| 15 | Monsieur Saulnier informed me the other day that it was not usual in this part of Normandy to have so many mosquitoes . |
| 16 | Nor were the books that Edward showed me the kind of thing I would normally have read — not , at least , as anything more than a casual browse among the dustier nooks of human eccentricity . |
| 17 | Kathleen offered me the use of her office telephone and so , one morning , I settled down to make some enquiries . |
| 18 | Now it looked quite possible that she would n't need the services of an agency after all — that was , if Luke Travis offered her the job , and if she decided to accept . |
| 19 | Beatrix sent me the letters and that 's all . |
| 20 | Maybe Angy gave her the sketch of herself as a present ? ’ |
| 21 | Then a businessman asked whether he should buy this and that stock his broker had recommended on the sly , and — after a moment of concentration — Kruger gave him the word to hold off , presumably making a mental note to sweep the market himself . |
| 22 | That is why , when the French economy was screaming for lower interest rates , President Mitterrand increased them the other day . |
| 23 | Dennis gave me the vague smile of complicity that men exchange in lavatorial situations . |
| 24 | Blyth saved me the trouble of suggesting a game of football by doing it himself . |
| 25 | Rex gave me the glance . |
| 26 | PC Bill Cotton gave her the kiss of life as soon as she was pulled on deck . |
| 27 | It was at last year 's parade that Elham gave him the idea when she said : ‘ I wish I could enjoy what I am experiencing here , but back in my mind there are too many innocent children left with no hopes and no future . |
| 28 | But a push on Hoddle denied him the goal . |
| 29 | And last night Doyle told me the truth behind the bizarre and evil campaign . |
| 30 | Liese told me the two centres of the chi — the life force — were located an inch or two above and below the navel . |