Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time they maintained that Christ the son of God descended on Jesus but left him before his suffering on the cross . |
| 2 | And are you inferring that Thomas the Tank Engine is a video nasty . |
| 3 | Beginning by a fantastic attempt to construct pedigrees where sons were their own fathers , I became gradually so involved that I remember wondering if God the Father were in truth only the child that grew up into Jesus Christ . |
| 4 | We saw that Jack the Ripper did n't we ? |
| 5 | A guide to London public sculpture described the monument as ‘ A masterpiece by the much-advertised apostle of Ugliness ’ , a view shared by those who felt that Hudson the nature lover was ill commemorated by a sculpture which showed nature in so raw a state . |
| 6 | The ape that Alison makes of Absolon , the excluded potential lover ( 3389 ) , re-emerges as John the clerk after Alayn has jumped into bed with Malyne ( 4202 ) , while throughout the night the miller , with his skull " " piled as an ape " " ( 3935 ) is left in the same position . |
| 7 | Since Karajan was first and foremost a great musician , it follows that Karajan the film-maker is a man who helps transform our aural sensibilities . |
| 8 | Via the half-reliable morsels of intelligence that pass from continent to continent along this jungle-drummed , smoke-signalled messageway , it appeared that William the Choco of Santa Fé in Darién was possessed of an unusual link with a great historical moment . |
| 9 | It leaves me speculating that Havel the artist is unlikely to be displaced by Havel the politican . |
| 10 | THE RSPCA was called in to investigate when George the kid goat was seen watching TV from the comfort of his armchair . |
| 11 | ‘ They said that Kabir the weaver was favoured of God , and the crowds flocked round him for medicines and miracles . |
| 12 | I could be bathing the children , watching that Thomas the Tank Engine video for the 100th time … |
| 13 | In all the yelling and argument that followed Jo concluded that Andy the gardener was a starfucker in the literal sense of the term , for what else could her mother have been doing in the pool house at that time of day and why else would she have over-reacted the way she did ? |
| 14 | Actually , he , he knows that Paul the bloke who looks after the place he goes to St. Andrews . |
| 15 | Summerbee the shooter groaned and Knight the keeper sighed with relief . |
| 16 | ( The sad story of how a new dog harness snapped and Putzie the Yorkie was run over and later died — Ed ) |
| 17 | It did n't help when Lecky the cook said , ‘ Gim me the cube rights- ’ |
| 18 | They walked into the hall , and both jumped when Clyde the night watchman spoke from the shadows behind them . |