Example sentences of "[vb past] with the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nay , would I were so anger 'd with the same ! |
| 2 | It happened with the same naturalness that had first drawn them together , and in taking her he felt the greatest fulfilment of his life . |
| 3 | Firms like ICI or Ford might , as in earlier years , have been able to build larger or more technically advanced sets for their own electricity supplies , but faced with the same shortages of steel and skilled men as the supply industry , they were now less inclined to branch out in this way , particularly as the BEA were selling electricity to them at prices based on historic costs , even though the new power stations were costing more . |
| 4 | In March , as in past years , we had two members in the delegation that met with the all party committee for pensions in the House of Commons where we raised many of the matters that are worrying our generation including community care . |
| 5 | Some of the letters were in ballpoint , some in a big fat lazy hand in heavy black ink , only twenty-six words on the page , some typed ( some well-typed , some mis-typed ) ; but despite these differences , each letter began with the same phrase : My Dear Boy . |
| 6 | If you wanted to be happy in life , then you had to find an occupation that began with the same letter as your surname . |
| 7 | He brushed with the same dead regard the face of the man his agents were still seeking in the matter of the Leicester treason , and Brother John gazed back at him earnestly and impartially , and was moved to distant pity . |
| 8 | But we stuck with the same tune that Wally had come up with . |
| 9 | ‘ Wrote to each other for a while , ’ he echoed with the same derisive twist to his mouth . |
| 10 | Some competitions provide a warm-up area matted with the same material as the actual competition area . |
| 11 | The children persisted with the same piece of writing from week to week , taking up from where they had left off usually without a murmur . |
| 12 | The previous day members of Raughley SAC ( Sligo ) led by Ian Parke fished with the same skipper and recorded large numbers of coalfish to 8lbs , pollack to 10lbs and ling to 12lbs . |
| 13 | She moved nearer , her silks and veils rustling about her , and we all watched with the same affection that she invoked from family and friends alike . |
| 14 | Peter Conrad , writing in the Observer , started with the same query as Mr Burgess about the subtitle , but took a very different view : ‘ Andrew Motion 's superb biography of Philip Larkin has a quietly provocative subtitle — ‘ A Writer 's Life ’ . |
| 15 | She saw baggies , their heads clouded in violent imminence , shooting Chesarynth , who fell with the same gut-twisting thud that Ember 's flesh had made . |
| 16 | The Seven Poetic Waltzes by Granados were marvellously poised and contrasted with the same composer 's extrovert Concert Allegro that succeeded them . |
| 17 | He clashed with the former Labour MP on air , arguing the bombing was ‘ justified ’ in law because it had been ‘ reasonable in all the circumstances ’ . |
| 18 | It is no secret that there was great division among Transvaal administrators in releasing Rice from his contract to enable him to join the Channel 9 TV commentary team for the World Cup that clashed with the latter stages of the South African season . |
| 19 | Joanne spoke with the same contempt Jacqui had shown for the high achievements of forensic science . |
| 20 | He also dealt with the many petitioners who asked for favours or for help . |
| 21 | They make it for you , ’ he said with the same lack of expression . |
| 22 | I had hoped , ’ he continued with the same bitterness she was using , ‘ that you might have calmed down by now . ’ |
| 23 | " When you think of the relations we had with the most countries , " said the Queen later , " and suddenly they do n't care to talk to you , or write to you , ask you to come and stay in their country … |
| 24 | Moran responded with the same simplicity . |
| 25 | With all my might I stamped at its head , but missed it by a couple of inches ; again I stamped with the same extraordinary result ; but with the third stamp I caught the poor little creature and crushed it to pulp , and yet it gave one more thrust with its tiny legs and then lay still . |
| 26 | The skin was discoloured and quite swollen , but the burning sensation had eased and his whole hand no longer throbbed with the same intense pain . |
| 27 | In classifying people as persistent readers , we have allowed them to switch between different individual papers , provided they stayed with the same paper-type . |
| 28 | I had n't noticed this picture much while she was alive , but now she was dead it seemed as if her eyes sparkled with the same vitality that they had appeared to possess when I had seen her lying cold on her straw mattress a few days earlier . |
| 29 | When this apprenticeship ended , on 11 March 1749 , he remained with the same firm as a clerk . |
| 30 | If the arts are ultimately indistinguishable from the social sciences then they are tainted , tarred with the same unpopular brush . |