Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It only got us the £15 at The Marquee for doing a show for Radio London , the old pirate radio station . |
| 2 | Although Edward apparently promised him the captaincy of Berwick in September 1319 , during the English siege of the town , and grants continued to come his way during 1320 , his allegiance was soon to be severed by the ambitions of Despenser , whose attempts in 1320–1 to enlarge his share of the Gloucester inheritance in south Wales raised the whole march against him . |
| 3 | He erm , he left school , he only told them the day before . |
| 4 | Garway 's resistance to exclusion perhaps earned him the respect of the government of James II . |
| 5 | Helen Crane , an ex-secretary , valued her job because it not only gave her the experience of autonomy , but it publicly valued her exercise of this responsibility : |
| 6 | ‘ There 's an inside to things , ’ he explained , ‘ and print only gave me the outside . |
| 7 | Maybe he just did n't think when they showed him it , that it was n't the right one cos I suppose if you 've seen them every day you do n't , it does n't register it 's just the fact that of course your dad only gave him the price of the blue and white |
| 8 | We , you only gave us the themes . |
| 9 | ‘ So did I. The feeling wears off . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And who unkindly told her the truth ? ’ |
| 11 | Moving to Guildford , Leese 's fanaticism and his willingness to devote all his time and resources to the new movement soon made him the fulcrum of racial nationalist activity in Britain . |
| 12 | But it was n't Jozef who finally told me the truth — which of the three suspects had taken the pieces of silver . |
| 13 | No I just told her the truth , I wanted wanted some of her |
| 14 | ‘ I already told you the truth . ’ |
| 15 | When , at the end of two hours , they finally showed him the document and he acknowledged what had happened , ‘ there was a sigh from the assembled people . ’ |
| 16 | Her arguments were ridiculed by Tobias Smollett [ q.v. ] ( a former pupil of Smellie 's ) in an essay in the Critical Review ( 1760 ) , which nevertheless paid her the compliment of insinuating that her husband must have written the book . |
| 17 | He just handed me the photograph of Sam , then took the letters and walked away . |
| 18 | Then I began to run into the guards , and every guard I saw , I did n't say anything , I just showed them the piece of paper which had written on it Hotel Intourist in Russian , and the phrase book . |
| 19 | Benetton just showed us the pictures not the background to the pictures . |
| 20 | So that stuck and eventually when that place folded and we came over here , er we just called them the Dollies and that was , they were referred to , everybody knew who they were , |
| 21 | The Virginia Company had itself produced a subsidiary company which occupied the islands at first known officially as Somers Islands — though when Shakespeare wrote The Tempest some people already called them the Bermoothes , and Bermuda it remained for posterity . |
| 22 | After a considerable amount of doubling back , hiding in bushes and around buildings and mingling with crowds , the poor fellow finally gave us the slip and disappeared . |
| 23 | it was , ten pound , she just gave me the envelope and , it was a printed |
| 24 | just gave me the hint you see . |
| 25 | . So before I talk through some of those , cos I think that some of those er if we just gave you the handout you 've got ta read it training group seems to be far more aware of things like your body language . |
| 26 | If , for example , the victim knew that the accused was trying to obtain by deception , but nevertheless gave him the item , the accused is not guilty . |
| 27 | No longer had she the ache of longing for that stretch of white road leading round to the sycamores . |
| 28 | Wayne 's grandparents , Ken and Pat Peckham , paid just £1,700 for Champ whose marathon exploits quickly made him the people 's champion . |
| 29 | Lloyds was advertising its services as a small business adviser at the time , but the bank still lent them the money without any business plan and despite a survey report saying it was worth quite a lot less than the loan . |
| 30 | Back at home , back at school and everything now , I do n't know , she never ever told me the story , she used to talked to Steffy she used to shut me off , and I thought I 'd |