Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it 's not the dratted hill , ’ pronounced old Piggott the sexton gloomily , ‘ that carries off us Thrush Green folks , it 's the dratted east wind . |
| 2 | Do you know young Bennet the soloist ? ’ |
| 3 | She remembers going with me to fetch Greg and his trunk for the Easter vacation , and of meeting Big Bob the porter who remembered her Daddy too . |
| 4 | Clever Trevor must be the most over rated player in Scotland ( except for Paul McStay ) and it surprises me how Taylor picks him for the England squad yet does n't give big Mark the nod . |
| 5 | Many other London Tory boroughs , however , do not help ; nor do the Government give hard-pressed Newham the assistance that it needs . |
| 6 | ‘ Dae ye remember Big Erchie the day we won the League Cup . |
| 7 | She would just have to give young William the task of cutting out the leather soles , he had learned very quickly and his hands , though small , were strong and deft . |
| 8 | Here she stopped to watch old Twomey the butler shaving himself with a cut-throat razor . |
| 9 | In advancing , they made northern Italy the target for their big day- and night-bombing attacks . |
| 10 | Could the new venture , which will trade under the name of Wilson Sumner , see a return to the sales techniques which earned Allied Dunbar the nickname ‘ Allied Crowbar ’ ? |
| 11 | ANOTHER LOSER : John Major doubles as failed ski-jumper Eddie the Eagle |