Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] [noun prp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After she had a hot rum toddy in a steaming , warm tub and showed Josh the trap marks on her leg , they all sat around the wooden kitchen table to eat vegetable soup , local Stilton cheese , and a salad of walnuts and chicory , followed by gingerbread that Clare had made with Mrs Gooden 's special recipe . |
| 2 | Mum paid for her shopping and gave Stuart the long receipt and they finished packing their bags into the trolley again while the supervisor took the cash from their till . |
| 3 | Editor Malcolm Barker agreed to overlook the qualification requirement and offered Clayton the job . |
| 4 | That same Spirit , of course , empowered Jesus for his rich ministry and led John the Baptist to tell others of the One who would baptize people with the Holy Spirit and with ‘ fire ’ . |
| 5 | In mid-afternoon , he hove to , dropped anchor and took Mary the few hundred yards to the sports field , basking a little in their ceremonious passage — the work and self-forgetfulness of the day brought out every best quality in her and yet , paradoxically , although at the pitch of her beauty , she herself was more unaware of it than at any other time . |
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday manager Trevor Francis has rejected his first approach and told Ferguson the England striker is not available … unless the bid is one he simply ca n't refuse . |
| 7 | Lewis reached inside his breast-pocket and handed Morse the Oxford-London London-Oxford Network South-East timetable ; but apart from briefly checking the arrival time of the 13.30 from Paddington , Morse seemed less than enthusiastic . |