Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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1 | However that may be , Cnut 's considerable generosity to Canterbury implies that he did have good relations with Æthelnoth , and this possibly made him the more determined to control the selection of his successor . |
2 | This also made him the winner of the European League of the World Cup , with the final in Del Mar , California , on April 15–19 as his next major task . |
3 | She bought a choc-bar ice-cream on the way , and this immediately gave him the illusion of proxy licence that he always felt upon seeing the thin and flawless elude the rules . |
4 | That just gave him the more confidence . ’ |
5 | At first the Romans consolidated their position in central Italy , moving north only in the third-century BC , when the battle of Mediolanum in 222 BC won them the most important city on the Lombardy Plain . |
6 | Sir William Anstruther-Gray formally declared him the victor and his election was duly rubber-stamped at the ceremonial party meeting six days later . |
7 | Ethel ran out of the door with the frightening single-mindedness that later made her the most successful Tiller Girl . |