Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
| 2 | However , the prior hypothesis led us to the finding in the rural high oil worker category ( table II , both for all ages and the 0–4 age group . |
| 3 | There is little evidence that peasant faith declined , but the authority of village priests was progressively undermined : in terms of culture and way of life they differed too little from the ordinary villagers to inspire much respect , and the miserly provision made them by the State resulted in constant friction over money matters between priest and parishioner . |
| 4 | His talents , his wealth , and the changing times raised him to the court of assistants of the Levant Company from 1644 to 1648 , and in 1645 Parliament appointed him to the Goldsmiths ' Hall committee , through which Royalists redeemed their sequestrated estates by paying compositions . |
| 5 | She confessed that the bitter jibes and over-exposure led her to the precipice . |
| 6 | Bridhe and Seamus Ban consulted him about the amount of drink that would be needed , and were told to double it . |
| 7 | The blow caught her on the cheek and she fell against Gilbert . |
| 8 | The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye . |
| 9 | Spice drew us round the world , showed us it was round , and led us to confront ourselves again . |
| 10 | ‘ The middle sister found her by the pool in their garden . |
| 11 | The gang assaulted him during the drive to Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire , then threw him out of the car . |
| 12 | A vet described it as the worse case of neglect he 'd ever seen . |
| 13 | When Thomas tried to grab the child away , the lash caught him in the eye . |
| 14 | Well no the , the owner , the baker reported them to the police . |
| 15 | Within a day the vet phoned me with the news that the dog had two intact testicles ( a matter I 'd hardly been musing upon ) and was suffering from a bit of diarrhoea — but had been put on a milk diet which would soon clear it up . |
| 16 | His mouth feathered hers with the softness of thistledown and then , incredibly , as her lips would have clung , he moved away from her , and it was like the sting of rejection , the icy dash of water cascading over her heated flesh . |
| 17 | Oddly , thoughts of the stranger haunted her for the rest of that day . |
| 18 | An ad in the Sevenoaks Chronicle led him to the white 1988 Sierra Sapphire 1.8 LX , advertised at £3750 . |
| 19 | A car passed them on the single track road , heading north ; they stood aside to let it pass , waving at the single occupant when he waved at them . |
| 20 | Andrew Chubb , prosecuting , claimed Blissett elbowed Uzzell after the defender beat him to the ball and headed it away . |
| 21 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
| 22 | Sure enough , a high-pitched peeping drew me to the stable , and there on the floor was the hen with one minute black puff-ball of a chick . |
| 23 | She was still deep in thought when the sound of a car drew her to the window . |
| 24 | The handlebar caught him in the groin . |
| 25 | The long black limousine drove them through the wintry city . |
| 26 | The President drove him to the station . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ My agent told you about the remuneration ? ’ |
| 29 | Davide had turned up a coin , one afternoon , when he was mooning around ; it was a common enough type , the professor told him in the museum at Riba , where he took it for an opinion . |
| 30 | A very light northerly wind wafted us round the moored yacht on which we had marooned the photographer . |