Example sentences of "[pers pn] the [adj] [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are you telling me the old bat did n't pass it on ? ’ |
| 2 | Behind them the elderly people poked their way about in twos and threes , careful on the concrete surface . |
| 3 | Below them the great garden stretched away , flanked by the two great rivers , the whole enclosed within a single , unbroken wall , its lakes and pagodas , its tiny woods and flower beds , its bridges and shaded walkways a pleasure to behold . |
| 4 | All around them the other coolies stared in disbelief at the sight of their tormentor so astonishingly struck down before their eyes ; then the floodwaters of their hatred burst some invisible dam , and several men dashed forward screaming incoherently to slash at the kneeling man 's head and shoulders with their coupe-coupes . |
| 5 | Neither Fedorov nor the man who had evaded them the other night had put in an appearance , and the chance of their doing so now seemed remote . |
| 6 | They were at floor-level , and beyond the empty ranks of seats above them the only light came from two dim green EXIT signs . |
| 7 | Behind them the human voice sang on . |
| 8 | Between them the 16-year-old schoolboys wrote their way to 20 straight As between them . |
| 9 | Between them the light-armed men-at-arms formed smaller companies with room to manoeuvre at need , and the knights and cavalry , visible in snatches of blazonry and colour against the dun-coloured slopes , were drawn back somewhat higher in three squadrons . |
| 10 | Creggan called out once more after her , powerfully , and Kraal stared at him in silent surprise and just a little awe , while unnoticed by any of them the meek Slorne relaxed a little and seemed to nod her head , as if to whisper to a waiting sky , ‘ Yes … yes … yes . ’ |
| 11 | In his address to them the Holy Father stressed that the era of Missionaries has not ended . |
| 12 | Wars became ever more expensive , and with them the national debt rose to heights that to contemporaries seemed awesome ( see Table 9.2 ) . |
| 13 | Around them the blood-red bedroom pulsed and smouldered . |
| 14 | He tried how he could bear it by putting his fingers into the lighted candle , so I the other day tried if I could scour a pewter plate . |
| 15 | The amazing ⅛-nm range — a feature simply not found on most other radars — gives you the close-up detail needed to navigate narrow channels , rivers or inlets . |
| 16 | He was created baronet in 1837 , but Sir Robert Peel refused him the Irish peerage promised him by Melbourne . |
| 17 | Somewhere behind him the huge figure loped . |
| 18 | I knew that for him The Fat Controller confirmed it — I was his Wolf Man , his Anna O. He told me as much . |
| 19 | Unknown to him the whole contest had been broadcast and his wife and mother-in-law had heard his name … |
| 20 | Turakina certainly knew — her words to him the previous afternoon had simply been a test of his resistance — and if she had knowledge of it , then so had Suragai . |
| 21 | To ring her the following morning seemed , therefore , not just a good , but even a right idea . |
| 22 | Behind her the enchanted dancers spun on ; the focus of the circle was now drifting along a violet-lit corridor . |
| 23 | Below her the muttering sunflowers continued their ghostly and invisible movement . |
| 24 | He told her the whimpering man had cancer and had had his tongue amputated . |
| 25 | Stung by the complete absence of regard for her the insolent words betrayed , Maria rammed her key into the lock with violently shaking fingers , anger stoking and stirring a seething cauldron of other emotions . |
| 26 | As he said it the bellowing roar came again , right on top of them , and a long drawn out scream in Russian . |
| 27 | Was it the joint M.C.R./S.C.R. table at lunch on Thursday or was it the joint Symposium held each term . |
| 28 | When you think about it the ancient Greeks had some pretty good ideas . |
| 29 | Bourgeois democracy was seen as a facade , concealing the fact that behind it the capitalist class continued to rule and dominate bourgeois society . |
| 30 | Well no he said it the other day did n't he ? |