Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] i [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have a good nosh darling , ’ said the notes , or : ‘ Sorry Bob I broke the milk jug , I will get you another . ’ |
| 2 | With fresh eyes I surveyed the familiar landscape . |
| 3 | I picked up a number 8 brush and with bluey brown paint I drew the windows , and used a rough line to tell me where the plant at the front was . |
| 4 | With unerring instinct I found the most expensive . |
| 5 | From the old way I took the track down to Whernside Manor and Deepdale Methodist Chapel , crossing the road there and taking the path through the woods where a millstone propped against a tree is all that remains of the old mill that once stood here . |
| 6 | On my short acquaintance with Victorian Cichlids I found the males to be single-mindedly aggressive when breeding , but their harassment of tank-mates soon diminishes after spawning . |
| 7 | As a wee boy I knew the jargon of the Ayrshire pits , names and terms incomprehensible to the uninitiated . |
| 8 | The following day I asked the young women of an all-girls ' school I was visiting if they had seen her , and what they thought . |
| 9 | In each of the following examples I used the technique of " teacher in role " to challenge the children and focus their work . |
| 10 | I actually asked prospective farmers what they thought about certain issues , because I think the Leicestershire county council er and our department are probably some of the best farmers landlords there are in the country and I think our tenant farmers know that in actual fact I asked the question to several of the members er er the potential er clients erm , what do you think about foxes . |
| 11 | Despite the caked blood and the chalky bruised skin I recognised the victim . |
| 12 | And after a speedy search I found the drawer where she kept all her gym knickers . ’ |
| 13 | Then the Cid assembled together the Christians in the Alcazar , and when they were assembled , he rose upon his feet and said , Friends and kinsmen and vassals , praised be God and holy Mary Mother , all the good which I have in the world I have here in Valencia ; with hard labour I won the city , and hold it for my heritage , and for nothing less than death will I leave it . |
| 14 | ‘ Rosie , ’ the wild man called and the little girl I bought the heather from came out of the caravan , ‘ riddle me the Gorgios . ’ |
| 15 | The previous evening I used the amp in a very large club as my own backline monitor , with a line out to the PA . |
| 16 | With a little imagination I envisaged the hopes and fears , and the overwhelming horrors these young men had to face . |
| 17 | After several false tries I found the front hall again . |
| 18 | For one brief moment I felt the full shock of its death ; of a life , until recently , so remote , so inextricably part of the mountains and forests , now suddenly laid out at my feet . |
| 19 | She totally childish and not something that somebody in the twentieth century should waste their waste , their time with , and for a brief moment I felt the moral force of Sigmund Freud as through his daughter and of course psychologically this makes sense because I 'm quite sure her superego was modelled on her father 's . |
| 20 | ‘ The previous season I missed the last 12 games through a hernia operation and Achilles tendon trouble . |
| 21 | Misreading the crumpled instructions I took the steps to the first floor , realised I should be on the fourth , so ran and eased myself through the closing lift doors , coming face to face with Malc . |
| 22 | And then in the , where the bath used to be , in this little bathroom I had the cooker and the washer that 's it , I made it into a little kitchen so |
| 23 | ‘ That was one of the prime reasons I raised the issue , because if the constituents are saying that , it is time the councillors were saying it as well . ’ |
| 24 | Psyched down after this epic battle I allowed the treacherous turf to gain revenge on the much easier pitch above . |
| 25 | With an inward smile and a mental sigh I retrieved the compass carefully from my pocket and took a bearing on north . |
| 26 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
| 27 | It 's a good job I took the dog out this morning cos it ai n't fit to take a dog out . |
| 28 | Good job I remembered the garlic press . |
| 29 | For two long years I lived the life of a slave . |
| 30 | In the tabloid press I became the villain who put his knife into Noddy and his boot into Biggles . |