Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have understand if he 'd dived and got out their way and the wind just blew it the other end . |
| 2 | The girl quickly handed her the phone . |
| 3 | One management even offered me the role of Fairy Godmother in Cinderella . |
| 4 | He seemed completely in his element , though all those monks flitting round the place rather gave me the creeps . |
| 5 | The first day also gave us the sight of an England captain losing the toss on his birthday , the first time this has happened in the history of Test cricket . |
| 6 | Yet Town 's first real attack in the 28th minute almost gave them the lead . |
| 7 | That 's west unless we 're off course , in which case it 's night ; the King gave me the same as you , the King gave you the same as me : the King never gave me the letter , the King gave you the letter , we do n't know what 's in the letter ; we take Hamlet to the English King , it depending on when we get there who he is , and we hand over the letter , which may or may not have something in it to keep us going , and if not , we are finished and at a loose end , if they have loose ends . |
| 8 | For bed a roadside ditch in the summer , a barn or hay-loft in the winter was all he sought , while for food and drink a farmer 's wife never begrudged him the plate of bread and potatoes washed down by a mug of tay . |
| 9 | His Questions au soleil levant received the Grand Prix de Poesie de l'Academie Francaise , but although it awarded him medals , the Academy never granted him the membership that was his life 's ambition . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , with all my lack of experience , the chairman of the division unhesitatingly gave me the responsibility for leading the mission , and it proved to be a turning point in my career . |
| 11 | Garway 's resistance to exclusion perhaps earned him the respect of the government of James II . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But serious or lighthearted Central News always brought you the offbeat , like the catfish who loved to be fed by hand . |
| 14 | Television also gave her the opportunity to stage a bravura farewell to the nation , not just to fellow MPs , in her last speech as Prime Minister . |
| 15 | The owner then swapped me the beautiful picture with which he had boarded his shed window . |
| 16 | Graham 's father actually gave him the money to buy it from Brixton , after we 'd been there to see it . |
| 17 | Brown , whose iconoclastic pronouncements and ascetic personal style once earned him the nickname " Governor Moonbeam " , urged the importance of restoring democracy and honesty to the political process . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Thing once told me the Ship flies very fast . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | When a care worker later approached her the 88 year old pleaded : ’ Do n't hit me . ’ |
| 23 | His great courage at the time eventually earned him the Military Cross , but the harrowing experience was for a long while foremost in his mind and symbolized by the walk back to his commanding officer over a mass of dead German and British soldiers in which his feet scarcely touched the ground . |