Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girls were , however , very much alike : wide-eyed , glossy-haired , with a hunch of shoulder and ease of hip that made them all the sisters they longed to be . |
| 2 | M. Lheureux plies Emma with a foretaste of false comfort : he tells her consoling stories of lost dogs which have returned to their masters despite great distances ; why , there was even one that made it all the way back to Paris from Constantinople . |
| 3 | ‘ Fascinating , ’ Caroline said , in a tone that made it clear the topic was anything but . |
| 4 | The boots have a Vibram dual density sole that gave me all the grip and comfort I needed over steep wet grass and rough ground . |
| 5 | He said it 's not an offence he said if you 've broke down , you ca n't help , he said but you 've got ta really move it so I went round to Paul and there was about seven or eight blokes that pushed it all the way round to Bernie 's . |
| 6 | He said , with great politeness , that he would be in the buttery , always supposing anyone wanted to know , and Tybion the Tusk got up and helped him open the door , just to be friendly . |
| 7 | The taxi-driver had been born in Glasgow — our second compatriot of the night — and he took pity on ‘ two wee Scotch lassies ’ , and drove us all the way for a very modest remuneration . |
| 8 | She got them out one of everything and showed them all the different fish . |
| 9 | We went round there and showed us all the way round |
| 10 | She got a cardigan and walked him all the way out the lane . |
| 11 | They breakfasted , then picked up the autobahn at Leipzig and followed it all the way to Dresden . |
| 12 | The morning it was announced a vast audience arrived for Ramsey 's lecture and cheered him all the way up to the dais . |
| 13 | Marc slid it off and trailed it all the way back along her inner arm as he withdrew his own . |
| 14 | Yeah yeah a good Da Dave manages Doncaster now he 's an ex manager of Walsall as well We lived at the Brown Lion at the time and er , I , I was out the front on the Saturday evening and I er manager 's just been to fetch his Sunday joint from the local butchers and he shouted across the road to his pal how have they got on , cos there was no radio in those days , and er he says they 've won two nil and the man dropped his meat in front of him and dribbled it all the way down the road , it was such excitement it was of course all people over the moon . |
| 15 | But he was very kind , and brought me all the M & B tablets he could find , with instructions to get you back to bed , and to keep you from other children , and give you M & B every four hours until you were sick , and then try them again very slowly . |
| 16 | He 'd seen it in a junk-shop in Edinburgh and brought it all the way down . |
| 17 | He had a good head for numbers , and recited it all the way down St Martin 's Lane and into Monmouth Street ; then he went in a shop for a coffee and wrote it down on one of the paper napkins . |
| 18 | She completely ignored her husband until he fell asleep in his chair , whereupon she woke him up and berated him all the way up the stairs , their shouting and swearing affecting the children not one iota . |
| 19 | She could put all but the most essential tasks off until the next day , or the next , and did it all the time . |
| 20 | Well he should of carried it home and carried it all the way back again |
| 21 | He said : ‘ The board gave me a free hand with the retained list and backed me all the way . |
| 22 | With a strangled cry of rage and disgust , Mala grasped the top of her ragged costume and yanked it all the way down to her waist . |
| 23 | She went under completely and on her way down Fernando caught her and raked her all the way down his naked body . |