Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] the [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is believed that one of them moved the regulator and opened it up with the result that the train was soon out of control . |
| 2 | Well I asked the girl and the she , we sort of sidetracked and when I come off the phone I realized that she had n't said . |
| 3 | I made the bed and was putting the clothes in the cupboard . |
| 4 | As I made the turn and dive I realised that I had lost lateral control and the wing " roll and dive " was increasing alarmingly . |
| 5 | When creating the flower pictures themselves , I made the spring and summer designs , on the top row , curve towards each other to form a complementary pair , and used the same effect for the bottom row of autumn and winter . |
| 6 | But I was more of a dogsbody really — I was ‘ allowed ’ to help with conveyancing , but most of the time I made the coffee and did bits of typing , especially if the other secretary , Doreen , was absent . |
| 7 | I made the appointment and took the dog home . |
| 8 | I did n't expect her to stay so long , but I made the offer and I have to stick with it . |
| 9 | I made the tea and she drank it , then she continued her story . |
| 10 | He was on the water when I made the speech and the Liberals did not know what to say . |
| 11 | I unlocked the door and led the way in . |
| 12 | I smelled the coffee and followed my nose . |
| 13 | The most-played tunes so far are Beat It by Michael Jackson , You 're No Good by Linda Ronstadt , and I Fought the Law and the Law Won by the Bobby Fuller Four . |
| 14 | In common with some of my colleagues , I scanned the introduction and looked at the pictures and summary of the article Principle component analysis ( PCA ) ( Chem . |
| 15 | On the last day of term I met the President and dons to say goodbye . |
| 16 | I met the director and producer for a ‘ working ’ lunch in an Italian restaurant in Soho . |
| 17 | I met the French and Moroccan men who changed and broke the deadlock between their countries that stood in the way of Morocco 's independence ; and in Nigeria we know that pioneer freedom fighter of Africa , Azikiwe , whose miraculous change of direction , and reconciliation with his political enemies , averted a Mau Mau uprising in the 1950's . |
| 18 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 19 | Besides my kind luncheon host and hostess , I met the Marquess and Marchioness of Abergavenny , he succeeded the late Duke of Norfolk as the Queen 's Representative at Ascot , a role he carried out most effectively for ten years , during which time he suggested many improvements that her Majesty agreed should be carried out . |
| 20 | I consulted the programme and discovered that what I was regarding was the rose garden of an English country house , circa 1922 . |
| 21 | I turned round to go , but things were blurring again and I misjudged the turn and banged my head against the edge of the door . |
| 22 | Unfortunately the pole was heavier than I had thought , I misjudged the angle and the thing came down on Dennis 's head . |
| 23 | So , instead of leaving it idle , I sold the machine and donated the money to a charity for the disabled , as I had a mentally disabled sister who died when I was 13 . |
| 24 | At last both the sous and the stories ran out so I sold the cloak and gathered a few objects : bones , shards of pottery and the occasional rag . |
| 25 | I sold the house and took the flat . |
| 26 | Fortunately I had heavy duty minders in the form of my sister , Karen , mum and aunt , who were able to keep the kids in line while I translated the menu and discovered it came down to largely burgers , chicken , steaks and ‘ flipper friendly ’ fish . |
| 27 | I was up there for six weeks , I passed the course and was posted back to Brigade H Q to a wider posting to a regiment . |
| 28 | I passed the pack and she took a small gold lighter from her purse . |
| 29 | For two days nothing happened , but on the third morning I checked the tank and found that the fish had spawned . |
| 30 | I checked the flotsam and jetsam as I swept over it , but there was nothing interesting-looking , nothing worth salvaging , just an old jellyfish , a purple mass with four pale rings inside . |