Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] the " in BNC.

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1 Its proximity to another , larger , Binns store in Middlesbrough only made it the obvious candidate for the axe .
2 Bert and I both noticed it , independently like , even though Bert only saw him the once when he were so taken up looking to Celia .
3 Although Edward apparently promised him the captaincy of Berwick in September 1319 , during the English siege of the town , and grants continued to come his way during 1320 , his allegiance was soon to be severed by the ambitions of Despenser , whose attempts in 1320–1 to enlarge his share of the Gloucester inheritance in south Wales raised the whole march against him .
4 Eleanor simply gave me the excuse I needed .
5 Knowing my ability as a direction finder , Ann kindly left me the map and wandered off .
6 Gould virtually admitted it the other day . ’
7 I shall not follow the hon. Member for Newry and Armagh ( Mr. Mallon ) who spoke about Ireland , because I am not qualified to do so , except to say that Ireland recently gave us the best rugby match in the world cup .
8 And Managing Director Richard Doyle-Davidson once showed me the ceiling of his office where water was seeping in .
9 Benetton just showed us the pictures not the background to the pictures .
10 well certainly I believe Mr he , I do n't think he went into the same detail as Mr I , but Mr certainly left me the impression that some at least of the brochures were , went into more than one addition , yes
11 Whenever a favourable opportunity offered , Captain McKellar obligingly allowed me the use of a boat , and by this means enabled me to collect nearly all the species of this interesting family that we fell in with … ’
12 Sara silently handed him the ingredients he wanted and found the mustard pot .
13 He also hit out about his departure from Upton Park saying : ‘ West Ham never showed me the door .
14 Jack recently told us the plot of a 1951 Jane Wyman movie called The Blue Veil and we both broke down sobbing at the same point of the story and sobbed for minutes .
15 Burton always thought it the finest thing he ever did .
16 Mrs Green also sent me the cardboard box in which the gift had come and , curious to find out more about the cake 's origins , I rang the Yorkshire Farm Bakery .
17 Terry eagerly gave me the whole picture ; he seemed to know enough about Pyke to write his biography .
18 Kay Evans also gave us the news that Kay Latto has re-married — and is now Mrs. Dan Maskell .
19 Mr Anderson therefore gave him the Hailing Ferry in perpetuity and set him up in a shed selling chandlery to the barge owners .
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