Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The memory will always be with me of those lads ' faces , even though at the time I was only twenty years old myself , to see them sat on the floor of the aircraft , and some of the trying to negotiate the main spar , and the cheers and tears when we came over the white cliffs of England . |
| 2 | At this Mr Healey was jolly pleased to see me trapped in the Thickets of Quotation , and , again merrily , said , ‘ Plato ? |
| 3 | Their nimble dexterity even made them preferred in the manufacture of buttons and in lacquering and japanning , although it did not bring them the wages of skilled male artisans . |
| 4 | The bomb-bay of a Mosquito was too small to accommodate so large a bomb , and they had to carry them slung underneath the fuselage with the bomb doors open . |
| 5 | The first efforts to drain them began in the 1880s , but the main push came after a hurricane in 1947 drove floodwaters over Lake Okeechobee 's southern edge , drowning more than 2,000 people . |
| 6 | You know that land I bought off the Ministry of Defence ? |
| 7 | ‘ Are you suggesting I went into the house for some other reason ? |
| 8 | In an effort to combat the isolation and fear I felt at the time , I sought out a number of parents in similar situations to my own ; we had to create our own support systems . |
| 9 | Yes , I mean I noticed from the draft P P G thirteen that they do not define small . |
| 10 | I remember how , when I was a naughty boy as I usually was , there being no corporal punishment , I was led about on a bit of string by my Headmaster , and one day when I was being reprimanded I laughed in the Headmaster 's face — I have always been defiant to all who tried to control me . |
| 11 | I goes I went to the end I goes look I 'll tell you all together get it over with I lost my balance and I dropped it . |
| 12 | Judging by his expression , Clive had not been best pleased to find me ensconced in the Parsons ' sitting room that night . |
| 13 | In the week after the election we asked our panel to look back Over the whole campaign and tell us how useful they had found television , the press , and other sources for : ( 1 ) helping decide what party leaders and personalities were really like ; ( 2 ) keeping them informed about the issues ; and ( 3 ) helping them decide how to vote . |
| 14 | When Maggie returned she found them locked in the strained silence . |
| 15 | An hour and a half later found me flopped on the floor of the turret in a serious state — my vaunted practicality in utter disarray . |
| 16 | Well er I went when I was when I went first went and do you know I went into the to the place and do you know I run away from the place . |
| 17 | On landing I sought for the cottage occupied by the Duke of Hamilton 's piper , in which some friends had found most comfortable quarters the season before . |
| 18 | I now realise I looked for the wrong things . |
| 19 | Remember that bit of bother I had in the Red Hart in Berkeley ? ’ he continued , ‘ the sailor went through the window . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ When I joined Vancouver Whitecaps I played under the best manager of my career . |
| 21 | Forresters first was after a ball dinked over to White on the right hand side of the box ( facing goal ) , he hooked it over his shoulder — square to about the pen spot and forrester did a flying scissor-kick/volley which flew into the net . |
| 22 | One of the nine graduates from the estimable Haringey ( now London ) Cricket College to have passed through the first-class portals , the seamer from St Lucia found himself plopped at the top of the order in the absence of four injured batsmen , this despite a previous firstclass output of 0 and 4 not out . |
| 23 | Solowka had a shock when he found himself berated by The Fall 's maverick frontman for having the audacity to share the same dressing room . |
| 24 | In 1949 another financial crisis occurred which led to the massive devaluation of the pound against the dollar from $4.00 to $2.80 [ Cairncross and Eichengreen , 1983 ] . |
| 25 | I feel we will 've achieved significant progress if we have turned , I did n't know you worked in the United Kingdom , into it 's good to know that the rights and needs of children are just as important to you in the United Kingdom as they are overseas . |
| 26 | ‘ Do you know who talked to the papers ? ’ |
| 27 | I expect you aimed at the walls. , |
| 28 | ( It was revealing who fell by the wayside ) . |
| 29 | ‘ You say she went to the Skein of Geese on the tenth of September . |
| 30 | I 've examined each round under a microscope , and none seems to have any fingerprints , except the one that you packed separately , which you say you found in the mud . |