Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] the [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I applied the same methods here , watching people rather than talking to them , and I learnt many new things about the way humans interact . |
| 2 | Dropping the kids off at my mother-in-law 's , I trudged the few miles to the hospital taking the short cut through the grounds to the usual ward . |
| 3 | I chose the same flowers for the right-hand picture , but used yellow shades instead . |
| 4 | I did the same things when we did |
| 5 | At one stage I had the same reservations , but in the light of the experience of the last six years and the credibility that the festival has given to drama with elected members , headteachers , and officers of the Authority , I am convinced that , at any rate for Leeds , this annual festival is helping to develop the quality of drama in the Authority ( pp. 44–45 ) . |
| 6 | With a prayer of thankfulness I rowed the few yards to her , made fast the dinghy to a cleat on her transom , and climbed on board . |
| 7 | She then swept the kitchen floor , knowing her aunt would wish this to be done , and as she swished the few crumbs into the dustpan she heard Silas moving furniture in the dining-room . |
| 8 | Cramming her worn , out-moded bonnet on her head , she stuffed the few belongings she had unpacked back into the portmanteau . |
| 9 | She used the same lines over and over again , wearing a fixed smile on her face . |
| 10 | Although she was by now in her late thirties , she recognised the same symptoms as in her previous pregnancy . |
| 11 | She telephoned police and as she waited for them to arrive she noticed the same youths approach a man with two young children and drench one of the children . |
| 12 | They began to bark as she walked the few yards to his front door . |
| 13 | When he turned to look at her with some compassion , she walked the few steps that kept them apart and , staring at him with desperate eyes , insisted , ‘ That woman in the docks … it was her , was n't it ? |
| 14 | She walked the few steps towards him , her legs shaking like a toddler 's , and stood in front of him , waiting . |
| 15 | Looking up to the blue sky , she watched the many birds flying overhead , chattering and screaming as they passed out of sight . |
| 16 | It would be impossible to accuse Lili of being ill-dressed , but if she wore the same clothes for decade after decade while my mother did not , then there was something wrong somewhere and my mother was suspecting that , implicit in the situation , lay criticism of her taste and judgement . |
| 17 | Quite unable to stop herself , she too reached out to stroke the satin-softness of his skin , her eyes darkening as she saw the many bruises that came from trying to control the incredibly fast cars that flew so low and hard round the Grand Prix circuits . |
| 18 | She cooked , she cleaned , she shopped , she walked Pilade , she saw to her lodgers — day after day she did the same things at the same time , and instead of being driven half mad with boredom , insane with frustration , she found herself strangely at peace . |
| 19 | What with those tutors , hers is English English , her friends ’ English ; she did the same things and made the same jokes and had the qualities they admired — the post-Edwardians , the young new Georgians of her set , her sets — dash , courage , brilliance , intellectual freedom . |
| 20 | She had the few pounds from her wages ( and thank heaven she had not thrown it back in the vicar 's face ) . |
| 21 | Reading a letter from Miss Joan Rix in the EADT last week , I find that she had the same thoughts as myself . |
| 22 | A change of appearance was like hanging a net over a mirror , she had the same eyes but consoled herself by looking at herself differently . |
| 23 | That she had the same troubles , worries and hopes that he had . |
| 24 | At necropsy , she had the same abnormalities , although the activities of respiratory chain enzymes were not examined . |
| 25 | And and there 's , the more money you had the more things you would buy , so the more VAT you 'd pay ? |
| 26 | She wanted the same things . |
| 27 | We shared the same interests . |
| 28 | ‘ We shared the same interests , had the same circle of friends . ’ |
| 29 | We used the same criteria as the Booker Prize — namely the writer must be from either the UK , Ireland or the Commonwealth . |
| 30 | Everyone knew this , but we faced the same problems in increasing efficiency and productivity as in all the other traditional industries like coal and steel . |