Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And her lips had closed firmly while her eyes told Zoe the rest . |
| 2 | The Iraqis invaded Kuwait the day an uprising by local ‘ Muslimeen ’ collapsed . |
| 3 | All three judges gave McCullough the nod . |
| 4 | Until the rebels reached Monrovia the fighting had involved few direct clashes between the government troops and the rebels and had largely consisted of tribally motivated reprisal attacks against civilians . |
| 5 | Sandwich was better situated to meet a threat from Scandinavia ; Wight , where Harold 's ships awaited William the Conqueror long and unsuccessfully in the summer of 1066 , implies a connection with the south or west , and perhaps particularly Normandy . |
| 6 | Somehow the Girls gave Daisy the slip and went off with them . |
| 7 | His continued appearance on the public platform and his considerable oratory skills gave Williams the opportunity to enhance his growing reputation as a spokesman for the ‘ common man ’ . |
| 8 | She was inclining her head , and nodding periodically , but her fidgeting fingers gave Lee the confidence to wave across the room and catch her attention . |
| 9 | Masoud Barzani , the leader of the Kurdish Democratic Party , claims , against the evidence , that if his men took Mosul the road to Baghdad would be wide open . |
| 10 | But last night Olympic bosses gave Arthur the chop . |