Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [noun prp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Chapman 's team-building made Arsenal the favourites . |
| 2 | In the 1960s the oil boom made Venezuela the country to emigrate to , and it was a common occurrence for the emigrant who made good to hire a large American car ( Cadillac or similar ) and to return to Madeira by ship with the car . |
| 3 | One glance told Rachel the pilot had sustained serious chest injuries . |
| 4 | Access to such patronage gave Gloucester the possibility of rewarding his own men from the duchy . |
| 5 | Access to such patronage gave Gloucester the possibility of rewarding his own men from the duchy . |
| 6 | When I first came across it , I applauded the honest rigour with which Auden the critic revised Auden the poet . |
| 7 | The result earned Coventry the vote from Graham Taylor 's panel as the Barclays ' Performance of the Week . |
| 8 | Kilmarnock were unlucky in the first half when Gus McPherson hit the crossbar , but goals from Paul Harvey and Craig Flannigan after the break gave Clydebank the points . |
| 9 | Murphy subsequently extended his advantage to 8–1 before there was temporary reprieve for Murphy but a 55 break gave Doherty the title in frame 11 . |
| 10 | The soldier gave Rodriguez the thumbs-up . |
| 11 | In that instance , the insurer was legally liable for the loss ; Equity & Law repaid Minett the £172,000 plus the £46,500 that Wright had tricked from her . |
| 12 | At the caravan site , a warden told Jean the number to look for . |
| 13 | The central sun symbolized God the Father ; the surface of the spherical universe , God the Son ; the intermediate space , God the Holy Spirit . |
| 14 | The 1944 Education Act gave LEAs the right to inspect schools , indeed , some LEAs inherited inspectorates from the School Boards which preceded them . |
| 15 | Trevor Baron gave Woking the lead . |
| 16 | There was nearly a fight when her husband heard Fred the lamplighter say to Dad that she sounded like ‘ a constipated canary ’ . |
| 17 | A beautifully-measured diagonal pass to the wing gave Lennon the chance to lob Bonner , who was caught betwixt and between after coming off his line . |
| 18 | A beautifully-measured diagonal pass to the wing gave Lennon the chance to lob Bonner , who was caught betwixt and between after coming off his line . |
| 19 | The move won Gordon the heavyweight Open title and provided a much-needed lift for a British men 's team who were inevitably overshadowed by the success of the women . |
| 20 | The MTWTV station head passed Mojo the fountain pen . |
| 21 | Once the Church had decided that Mabel was illegitimate , the king 's court granted Richard the inheritance . |
| 22 | In return for this support the king granted Stamford the permission to use the royal coat of arms on the borough shield . |
| 23 | Thankfully the distraction of the door opening gave D'Arcy the opportunity to hide his surprise as Ahn carried in a silver salver and two tulip crystals filled with Bruno Paillard . |
| 24 | Not for the first time , the AI recalled Alfonso the Wise ( 1221–1284 CE ) , king of Castile , another forgotten man . |
| 25 | On this occasion Andy , the landscape architect , whom her father nicknamed Adam the gardener , was invited . |
| 26 | Father showed Duncan the path that led to the grassy slopes of the hills . |
| 27 | Then it is time for Frank to give a sample of his act , which is built around a ventriloquist 's dummy called Marvin the Monkey . |
| 28 | When the Dwarf King 's messenger reached Dieter the Emperor reacted immediately , not by sending help ( for the army was so starved of funds there was no help to send ) but by removing his entire court westwards to Altdorf in order to be as far as possible from the threat of Grom 's horde . |
| 29 | The Consumers ' Association , which last month gave Airtours the thumbs down in a Holiday Which ? report on tour operators , described the decision as ‘ baffling ’ and ‘ a severe disappointment ’ . |
| 30 | Eddie Freeman gave Easington the lead , with Graham Curry cancelling that out , but Easington surged into the lead early in the second half with goals by Freeman , Micky Skirving and Allan Martin , and even though Jimmy Lagan pulled one back , Skirving wrapped up the points . |