Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , had the guilds and fraternities included a handling charge in their reckoning they might have attracted an income allowing them the freedom to purchase for themselves those ‘ extras ’ now being clamoured for . |
| 2 | The Ideal had to close down , and a vandal 's brick made it the Id al , which spelled the end of an era . |
| 3 | As we have seen , the removal of a core-electron requires an energy characteristic primarily of the atom concerned , so this technique offers us the ability to identify the constituent atoms of any sample . |
| 4 | ‘ It is the agency 's responsibility to find you the type of work you have indicated that you are interested in . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not on at all for a brother-in-law to treat me the way you treat me . |
| 6 | Today the Echo offers you the chance to become one of the big match mascots . |
| 7 | Yet again Hairflair magazine in association with the hair care experts at Supersoft bring you THE hair competition of the year . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Hoskyns found him the opening — sub-warden of Lincoln Theological College . |
| 10 | Sharmi told me the story : |
| 11 | Spicer told him the news and asked him if he would like a local caddie to be booked . |
| 12 | The card told me the rest . |
| 13 | Robson said yesterday : ‘ Bobby told me the atmosphere got to certain players last time . |
| 14 | Then the cheeky four-year-old showed off by singing her favourite song — the drinker 's ditty Show Me The Way To Go Home . |
| 15 | Mr Grover listened carefully as Paddington told him the story . |
| 16 | It was quieter , with few shops , not one of them interesting , and restaurants which opened with optimistic flourishes and invitations but where , after a few weeks , you could see the desolate owner standing in the doorway wondering where he 'd gone wrong ; his eyes told you the area was n't going to revive in his lifetime . |
| 17 | Our new world industry correspondent , Richard Feast , casts a critical eye over recent motor show offerings , and concludes that Japan 's ‘ lean ’ production methods give them the opportunity to offer imaginative and stimulating new models |
| 18 | I do n't pay them too much attention cos I 'm busy , but I think Marie shows him the letter she got this morning . |
| 19 | King David shows us the way when he says , ‘ It is good to give thanks to the Lord … and make thy praise our pride . ’ |
| 20 | Schellenberg handed him the Führer Directive . |
| 21 | The faint glow from a street light showed him the outline of a hedge , neat flower beds , a black oblong of lawn . |
| 22 | Their flickering light showed her the way down the hall to where she placed another candle in an alcove and then , with matches in hand , she walked towards the living-room . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , I am so sorry , ’ Kathleen handed her the caster sugar . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In return his subjects owed him the duty of honouring that peace . |
| 26 | Foreman agreed to link up with Stafford to give him the chance to attract another League club . |
| 27 | And the dam is turf Ed on the land ward side to give it the appearance of a gently sloping field . |
| 28 | The report , for the local authorities reports mentioned in the committee item is an attempt to give me the subject of car boot sales a fairly wide airing . |
| 29 | Firstly , it was accepted by all Scots that the coronation of their king was valid only if carried out upon the Stone of Destiny , and in spite of the Christian ceremony accompanying it the right to place the crown on the new monarch 's head belonged irrevocably to the Earl of Fife , premier layman of the realm . |
| 30 | The oxygen isotonic ratios of the coral tell us the water temperature at the time the coral was growing . |