Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moment I touched the ground I knew why — the excessive ( to me — but normal to Tiree residents ) wind whipped me and my heavily laden briefcase into the lounge where Peter McMillan , Manager of Scarinish Branch offered me the relative calm of his car . |
| 2 | Sussex , though , are unlikely to be among the cynical chorus , not after their slip-up against the Minor Counties on a Marlow marsh made them the 14th first-class county in 55– or 6–overs play to have their colours lowered by junior opposition . |
| 3 | Monsieur Saulnier informed me the other day that it was not usual in this part of Normandy to have so many mosquitoes . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a fine idea , but Mrs. Olinton told me the other day that Mr. Olinton would n't lend any of his buildings to Scouts or Guides or Brownies or Cubs . |
| 5 | His cheesecutter hat and Burberry overcoat gave him the look of a working class spiv . |
| 6 | He and another left-hander , the more dashing 21-year-old Robert Samuels , provided Jamaica with the batting stability they have so often lacked and captain Courtney Walsh gave them the bowling penetration with a tournament record 36 wickets at 11.30 each that combined to regain the Cup for Jamaica from Barbados , their third success in the last five seasons . |
| 7 | KEITH RAMSEY 'S match-winning shot for Manchester Giants in the 105-104 victory over Sunderland 76ers on Tuesday night made him the toast of the Stretford Sports Centre , particularly as all of their supporters had been confined to the bar . |
| 8 | So many of the stories were wild exaggerations , inflamed by a number of factors — the ‘ culture contact ’ between rural and urban society , personal resentment ( particularly if two women were forced to share the same kitchen ) , the strangeness of the whole situation at the start of a frightening new war , or simply as Angus Calder put it the English tendency to confuse manners with morals . |
| 9 | Match referee Deryck Murray confiscated the match ball after umpires John Hampshire and Ken Palmer showed him the scarred leather . |
| 10 | Thanks to her appealing appearance the Philadelphia audience gave her the benefit of the doubt and listened . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not frightened of dying because Dr Child gave me the right attitude : Think of the future and be hopeful . ’ |
| 12 | Former technical direct Dr Nigel Mykura told us the immediate cause of his February 1991 resignation was a transfer of £350,000 from AMS1s bank account to another MacDonald company , which Mykura believed would make it impossible for AMS to continue its research . |
| 13 | Sister Marcus gave us the report with her sleeves rolled up . |
| 14 | Mme Deloche taught me the basics I needed to learn . |
| 15 | When we arrived , Helen Stoner showed us the three bedrooms . |
| 16 | That is why , when the French economy was screaming for lower interest rates , President Mitterrand increased them the other day . |
| 17 | She was gon na kill me 'cos Sister Rosario gave her the ruler for pulling me plaits . |
| 18 | He was created baronet in 1837 , but Sir Robert Peel refused him the Irish peerage promised him by Melbourne . |
| 19 | He paid his rent , and Mr Carnford gave him the name of an old servant to look after him . |
| 20 | Of this Miller writes , ‘ It grows naturally in the West Indies , whence the late Mr. Robert Miller sent me the seeds ’ , and it would seem likely that Ehret 's specimen had been raised at Chelsea . |
| 21 | ‘ I almost had the creature last night , ’ Mr Crangle told him the next day . |
| 22 | The Yorkshire crowd gave me the most overwhelming reception , you know . |
| 23 | In return for all this , Sir George handed them the deeds to Maran Hill , still unmortaged ; and he assigned his heavily mortgaged lands around Stockton . |
| 24 | When Sid Boyling gave us the light and waved us on , I read my brief prepared introduction and Mr Murray began : ‘ My friends , I speak to you from Melachusetuck , the old Indian name for Moose Jaw , and it is my pleasure to visit the studios of CHAB , your own community station , which your loyal support and encouragement over the years has made possible . |
| 25 | She ran her own stable , near Newbury , Berkshire , until Yorkshire businessman Fred Brown offered her the ride on his horses just over two years ago . |
| 26 | Jo Spence gave us the courage to open our own family albums , to remember the past , to acknowledge both the pleasure and the pain , and to celebrate the sublime , scruffy , misunderstood mystery of growing up female . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't mind telling you , Doctor , Mrs Carrow gave me the creeps sometimes when I took on looking after Miss Celia . |
| 28 | Back in the mid-1970s , Philip Rowntree gave me the funds to establish the Low Pay Unit ( LPU ) to campaign on behalf of workers in Wage Council industries . |
| 29 | Dot said , ‘ Mrs Hollidaye gave me the money for a cab . ’ |
| 30 | Jarvis , who was getting out at the next station , asked where they would be the following night ; the man who said his name was Jed Lowrie told him the Metropolitan , the Hammersmith Line . |