Example sentences of "[vb past] [pos pn] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My knuckles and hands were a mass of windblown cuts and boils which meant that whenever I clenched my fists the gashes opened . |
| 2 | But as I rode out with the nation 's most prestigious hunt , I found its members the model of politeness . |
| 3 | ‘ And these fellers used to go to sea like that ; and in these boats they were gone ten and twelve weeks , and they slept in little bunks , and they never changed their clothes the whole time . |
| 4 | Police now believe the couple met their deaths the following day , when their red Vauxhall Astra van was found abandoned at Manchester Airport . |
| 5 | When she asked her pupils the name of one of the disciples quick as a flash came the answer , " Matthew … cap'n . " |
| 6 | Ever Dennis Peck 's Bad Boy , Sun Microsystems Inc chief executive officer Scott McNealy got some mileage out of the fact that Sun , DEC and Hewlett-Packard all made their announcements the same day last week : ‘ there 's a lot of noise out there right now , ’ he told his satellite audience . |
| 7 | But she later told her parents the boys had raped her and they were quizzed by police for several days before the girl confessed to lying . |
| 8 | She told her parents the next day . |
| 9 | To say that the plaintiff suffered his injuries the moment after his birth rather than in the period leading up to his birth involves a legal fiction . |
| 10 | The next time the girl opened her eyes the young officer was staring straight into them , his face strained and anxious . |
| 11 | When she opened her eyes the cowboys were no longer crouched by the boulder . |
| 12 | If there was a very large output , perhaps from some other part of the world , and buyers would offer only a lower price , such as £110 per tonne , the EEC either paid their farmers the difference , of £16 , or bought the surplus grain and stored it for future use . |
| 13 | As soon as he opened his eyes the child remembered , and his heart soared . |
| 14 | Moving his head a fraction , he opened his eyes the merest slit and scowled at her from under thick dark lashes . |
| 15 | As officials began their investigations the board of directors of Pearl , led by chairman Einion Holland , said AMP 's takeover bid ‘ is unacceptable and totally inadequate because it fails to reflect the group 's financial strength and prospects ’ . |
| 16 | In previous times , mothers taught their daughters the skills of agriculture but this tradition is beginning to die out . |
| 17 | When she first developed her symptoms the doctors had told her it was ‘ neuritis ’ , and she discovered the diagnosis herself by picking up a magazine article in a cafe . |
| 18 | She did not speak when he raised his eyebrows the second time , so in went onions , mustard and ketchup . |
| 19 | When a shaft of sunlight crossed their ranks the steel heads of the lances glittered and defined them clearly . |
| 20 | It offered her managers the chance to participate in the |Management Charter Initiative 's approach to the accreditation of Prior Learning . |
| 21 | When bad weather threatened an American Airlines flight from Chicago to New York the pilot , it emerges , offered his passengers the choice : shall we turn back or go on ? |
| 22 | As you 'll recall , in the March issue of the Clothes Show Magazine , Wella offered our readers the fantastic opportunity to win a complete hair makeover . |
| 23 | And she learned her skills the hard way — working the clubs and pubs of the North of England . |
| 24 | The great Frankish king and emperor Charlemagne ( d. 814 ) convoked synods and gave their decisions the force of law by issuing them as royal capitularies . |
| 25 | Is it about time that the Government took the opportunities of our youngest children seriously , gave their parents the opportunities that they are looking for and made sure that children receive the very best start , which is something that is taken for granted in other European countries ? |
| 26 | Belle gave her sons the idea that it was capricious irresponsibility . |
| 27 | But Llewellyn , as resourceful as his ancestors , gave his pursuers the slip and managed to find his way to the port of New Orleans where he boarded a ship bound for Ireland . |
| 28 | But Bugatti was an innovator and it was his work at suspension development that gave his cars the edge over his rivals . |
| 29 | The Nez Perce made camp on the Clearwater , which Howard dared not cross , then struck their lodges the following morning and headed for Weippe Prairie and the Lolo trail east . |
| 30 | While peace still lasted , but with some expectation of trouble to come , Simon ben Jesus ben Eleazar ben Sira , as he was apparently called , wrote his meditations the Ecclesiasticus . |