Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ideal had to close down , and a vandal 's brick made it the Id al , which spelled the end of an era . |
| 2 | Both volumes of the Dictionary passed the censorship ( in 1845 and 1846 respectively ) , but Volume Two was proscribed a month after publication when the authorities grasped what the circle was up to . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Hoskyns found him the opening — sub-warden of Lincoln Theological College . |
| 5 | Sharmi told me the story : |
| 6 | Spicer told him the news and asked him if he would like a local caddie to be booked . |
| 7 | The card told me the rest . |
| 8 | Robson said yesterday : ‘ Bobby told me the atmosphere got to certain players last time . |
| 9 | Mr Grover listened carefully as Paddington told him the story . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | One glance confirmed what the noise had already told him . |
| 12 | Schellenberg handed him the Führer Directive . |
| 13 | The faint glow from a street light showed him the outline of a hedge , neat flower beds , a black oblong of lawn . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , I am so sorry , ’ Kathleen handed her the caster sugar . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | An interesting insight into the kind of restructuring which had occurred in memory when subjects discovered what the theme of the passage was in Thorndyke 's experiment comes from recall in the narrative after-theme condition . |
| 18 | In return his subjects owed him the duty of honouring that peace . |
| 19 | The wind hit him the moment he left the vehicle , a ferocious gust off the nearby sea which nearly lifted him off his feet . |
| 20 | The side Quiss belonged to called it Castle Doors , Ajayi 's side named it the Castle of Bequest . |
| 21 | Kathleen offered me the use of her office telephone and so , one morning , I settled down to make some enquiries . |
| 22 | Now it looked quite possible that she would n't need the services of an agency after all — that was , if Luke Travis offered her the job , and if she decided to accept . |
| 23 | In other words did you the flat ? |
| 24 | Her entry gave me the chance to ignore Ernest and present her with Victor 's note myself , which I did . |
| 25 | The youngster 's inclusion in the side earned him the name ‘ Boy Bastin' , as seventeen-year-olds in League football were much scarcer than now , and Bastin was in a class of his own with the fierceness of his shot , as a teaser of defences and as an expert penalty-taker . |
| 26 | The red-and-white skull-cap above the monkey eyes gave him the air of a performing chimpanzee . |
| 27 | His blade lent him power beyond mortal reckoning ; the eternal flame gave him the strength to use it . |
| 28 | Maybe Angy gave her the sketch of herself as a present ? ’ |
| 29 | D.C.L. degree by Oxford University and the College gave me the honour of welcoming her with flowers ’ . |
| 30 | One Friday morning the sergeant in charge of Eva 's brigade gave her the task of cleaning the brass window winders and door handles in the assembly hall . |