Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But criminal prosecution requires proof beyond reasonable doubt that the person charged committed the offence . |
| 2 | But the economic trends which helped created the baby boom have subsequently ensured that it would have no successors , by drawing married women permanently into the work-force . |
| 3 | She had hauled herself out of bed about twenty minutes ago when she 'd heard the doorbell . |
| 4 | She 'd heard the landlady say how it was all over now bar the shouting . |
| 5 | He 'd heard the story from three other people questioned in the village . |
| 6 | A crowd of people who 'd heard the music and the laughter from outside stood in the doorway , smiling bemusedly . |
| 7 | I 'd heard the voice of an angel — and when a meeting was eventually arranged between David and myself , through NEMS ' who were handling both of us at the time , I expected a very pimply youth to be standing there . |
| 8 | He 'd been about to call him and find out what was going on in Brooklyn when he 'd heard the voice and the rapping on the door . |
| 9 | I 'd heard the name , who has not ? |
| 10 | I 'd heard the door spring open and the stairs groan as she made good her escape . |
| 11 | He called me a usurer , which was the first time I 'd heard the word , paid me back £1.20 after four weeks , paraded at weekends in his new shirt , and we were friends thereafter . |
| 12 | I had n't , I 'd borrowed it from Duncan but I 'd heard the Hell 's Angel crack so many times before I suddenly decided to charge him for it . |
| 13 | She 'd heard the grandfather clock down in the hall chime every quarter-hour until three o'clock . |
| 14 | ‘ Overwhelmingly , doing the singles , the review was written before I 'd heard the record . |
| 15 | He had just remembered where he 'd heard the phrase with which Crepi had rung off . |
| 16 | He 'd thought he 'd die himself , he said when they came to the white iron gate , he 'd thought he 'd die when he 'd heard the woman 's scream , sharp as a blade above the whine of the wind and the rain . |
| 17 | Dermot sounded almost as angry as Kelly had felt when she 'd heard the news . |
| 18 | We talked a bit more , about when we 'd heard the news , and so forth . |
| 19 | She was annoyed with herself since she knew after all that babies were carried inside , and once she 'd heard the news she saw clearly the difference in Belle Maman 's appearance . |
| 20 | But even those who 'd heard the news seemed undeterred . |
| 21 | He says that he 'd heard the plane flying around , but did n't realise that it had crashed , until the police sealed off the farm . |
| 22 | He says that he 'd heard the plane flying around , but did n't realise that it had crashed , until the police sealed off the farm . |
| 23 | But he 'd traced the mother , he 'd said so , so it could n't be that . |
| 24 | I 'd given the warden details of our itinerary , and the call got put straight through to my own room here just before we went for lunch . |
| 25 | He 'd given the address . |
| 26 | At least he was spared the knowledge that he 'd given the doge 's ring to a heartless little bitch who 'd just taken him for a ride . ’ |
| 27 | Dizzy knew the exact value of the people he kept , which was why he 'd given the estate management job to Diane and not to one of his regular hangers-on . |
| 28 | Thought you 'd flown the coop . ’ |
| 29 | And yet , even though her father had talked to her like one adult to another , as if at last he was ready to acknowledge that she 'd grown up and was making her own decisions , she 'd sensed the undercurrent of despair in what he was saying . |
| 30 | He might have forgotten about needing a visa because he 'd developed the prisoner mentality , so common among people who were never permitted to travel . |