Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a stinging attack , Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown mocked Mr Major 's habit of looking on at soccer and cricket matches — and said the Premier did the same when it came to the economy . |
| 2 | ( Initial results on both infants reported in the text used the same procedure but with non-competition trials only and a target contrast of 88% ) . |
| 3 | take her and the , and the vet said the same , where that place is er a bad , a couple of years ago she had erm tick |
| 4 | The driver did the same . |
| 5 | A second visit to the agent produced the same guidance of £50000 . |
| 6 | The coalition involved the former ruling and sole legal party , the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development ( MRND ) , and four main opposition parties : the MDR , the Social Democratic Party ( PSD ) , the Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ) and the Liberal Party ( PL ) . |
| 7 | Later , when the car crossed the same crossing , police followed it and after about half-a-mile put on their blue flashing light . |
| 8 | Just like her father , the priest told the same parishioners . |
| 9 | For two full days , Hawk and the horseman travelled the same course , just out of each other 's sight , but then , one evening , the presence was gone . |
| 10 | In practice the demands of the administration made the latter appointment impractical . |
| 11 | The administration demonstrated the same speed and foresight in recognising that those who control the monopoly of the means of destruction can translate into the monopoly of gain . |
| 12 | Having a mind untrammelled by convention he offered the names ignose or godnose , but the editor of the Biochemical Journal would not accept either of them , so because the vitamin had the same empirical formula as glycuronic acid he called it hexuronic acid , leaving its structural chemistry to be determined later . |
| 13 | Due to wartime conditions the peasantry got the same amount of agricultural machinery over the years 1915–21 that they had been able to buy in a single year prior to the World War . |
| 14 | An arm of the law arrived the same day to take Sam away from him , and also demanded to see what the man called ‘ the place of lodging ’ . |
| 15 | If only the Editor felt the same … |
| 16 | Both Scotland and the south reported the same 27 per cent positive balance . |
| 17 | We believe it only on grounds of modesty : it would be most remarkable if the universe looked the same in every direction around us , but not around other points in the universe ! |
| 18 | Mildred began to cry , and as she lifted her hand to wipe away the tears she watched with horrified fascination as the reflection did the same . |
| 19 | The boy had the same urge to better himself . |
| 20 | As long as all of the parameters of the sub-domain remained the same , the functional calculation program would not be called . |
| 21 | The room looked the same . |
| 22 | The deed of variation will have the effect as if the will of the deceased had the same terms as the deed of variation ( IHTA 1984 , s142 ) . |
| 23 | The clientele seemed the same sort of rich mixture as ever , and the game of guessing who was what — could the distinguished looking old boy be a Thuringian baron , the owner of a launderette chain in South Dakota or a villain from South Croydon ? — kept all its old charm . |
| 24 | Our enthusiasm for getting afloat was an overriding factor — that part of the job remained the same and made up for a lot of hassle . |
| 25 | They looked vulnerable , though , against Zimbabwe , their neighbours , who for half of the match played the same brand of power rugby , only better . |
| 26 | The article quoted the former editor of the Catholic News , Edgar D'Souza , who accused Lee of using the controversial Internal Security Act ( ISA ) against the Church and of " tricking " the Catholic Archbishop of Singapore , Gregory Yong Sool Nighean , into appearing at a press conference in support of the government over the arrests . |
| 27 | And as he passed along the line , the men near him cried , ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ afresh , and their comrades in the distance did the same . |
| 28 | But Rutherford hooked well , Crowe provided several of his best cover-drives , the groundstaff captured a dog before it could interfere with play , and Tufnell 's effort to prevent a boundary by slide-tackling the ball had the same result as when he tried it on the same ground a year ago : four . |
| 29 | The BMA called a press conference on the emigration of doctors an hour beforehand , half the journalists went off to that , and the fierce women sent along by the pressure groups whom I had invited to liven up the occasion terrorised the few press men who remained into almost complete silence . |
| 30 | On the latter point the King felt the same confidence , although less reluctantly , and reacted to it with some lack of consideration by more or less commanding Baldwin not to leave the country for his annual expedition to Aix . |