Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took out his wallet and Reynolds gave him the parcel . |
| 2 | They stamped round the sofa and did that tricky bit of acrobatics that Sid and Ethel showed us the other night . |
| 3 | He handed the sheet back and Horowitz showed him the piece of paper with the registration number of Tweed 's Mercedes . |
| 4 | One paper , on the causes of climatic changes during geological history , caught the attention of geologists and Geikie offered him the post as manager of the new office in Edinburgh . |
| 5 | The pater told me his former guardians had frittered away the money his father left him , and Harry told me the amount of the salary Mr Harvey pays him . |
| 6 | Ezekiel was bold enough to long for this too , and God gave him the marvellous vision of the valley of the dry bones ( chapter 37 ) as an assurance that the longed-for day would indeed come . |
| 7 | on the Sunday night when I was n't there , and I was down making them 's tea for er a drop of ice cream and Raymond fed her the ice cream . |
| 8 | They wrote , they wrote back and Carole showed me the letter and said that this is n't this is |
| 9 | After the war captor and captive became friends , and Otto showed us the Zeiss binoculars which Macintyre had taken off him as a trophy of war , but had recently handed back . |
| 10 | Morris , the Gloucester left wing , did not move to cover Swift as he sprinted across again from the right wing , so Swift was left with such a clear overlap when Guscott and Fallon gave him the ball that he was able to score unopposed . |
| 11 | Sandy and Dave had it the same . |
| 12 | ‘ That may well be so , ’ I answered , ‘ but Moodie gave me the cloth , so he must be the assassin . ’ |
| 13 | He was really upset about that , but Maastricht gave us the ability that we could ex have that in Britain on a majority decision . |
| 14 | Ruth never showed Rachaela anything — her art work , her homework or a book — but Rachaela gave her the use of the bookcase , overloaded now , and once or twice when money had been freer had bought Ruth books of fantastic art , Kay Nielsen , Vali Myers . |
| 15 | ‘ No one was sure where to look but Oscar showed them the way , ’ said owner Celia Curtis . |
| 16 | But Michael called me the other day to say : ‘ I was n't getting anywhere until you contacted the insurance company and my agents . |