Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girls were , however , very much alike : wide-eyed , glossy-haired , with a hunch of shoulder and ease of hip that made them all the sisters they longed to be . |
| 2 | bought the wagon round , yeah I made them clear the site cos well actually it 's twelve being as , they are a bit stained |
| 3 | ‘ We attacked them , attacked them , attacked them all the way up that straight and round that bend but they kept pounding more and more on and they held us , ’ said Probert . |
| 4 | I think if you went and saw our own doctors a lot of our fears would be allayed because most of the young doctors would n't , would recommend to you , my own doctor asked me all the questions and different things and then he says he 's a young doctor , he says if I were a women and if I 'd answered all the questions as you did , I would go on H R T. |
| 5 | I definitely could n't afford that , so I took it back to the Oxford Used Car Centre and erm what happened , the mechanical breakdown service — now this is where I thought they were very good — they reimbursed me all the money that I 'd paid out on those repairs plus they did the repairs and put me a new gearbox in and the car 's running perfectly . |
| 6 | Ian coloured them all the way , the way in Malta and when you read the letter |
| 7 | My curiosity made me open the door , and I found the corridor full of smoke . |
| 8 | But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’ |
| 9 | Flora helped me open the boot . |
| 10 | we 've actually had trout in the freezer for ages , and not used them fresh the day I got them I 'll use it and |
| 11 | ‘ But Barbara Coleman lured you all the way to Nice today to insist Joseph killed Sabine Jourdain . ’ |
| 12 | He said , with great politeness , that he would be in the buttery , always supposing anyone wanted to know , and Tybion the Tusk got up and helped him open the door , just to be friendly . |
| 13 | Lucier had taken himself up to the gallery of the chapel — a climb which cost him all the strength that was left him . |
| 14 | I did n't actually visit Mum for very long but old Mrs McSporran told me all the news of the Senior Citizens and our deacon gave me a few tips about growing rhubarb . |
| 15 | God knows , I ate nothing half the time . |
| 16 | He played himself all the time , using his characters to display his many theatrical talents . |
| 17 | I told her all the justifications and apologies had to go . |
| 18 | We never really played it all the way through . |
| 19 | Phillis played it all the time : for old times sake wo n't you give my heart a break ? |
| 20 | The taxi-driver had been born in Glasgow — our second compatriot of the night — and he took pity on ‘ two wee Scotch lassies ’ , and drove us all the way for a very modest remuneration . |
| 21 | Next he showed them all the armies and warriors and weapons in the world . |
| 22 | So he caught them up in his cloak and carried them to the top of the mountain , and there he showed them all the treasures and towns and palaces that were in the world . |
| 23 | But my efforts at poking her rear end were fruitless ; she faced me all the time , wide-mouthed and growling as I circled . |
| 24 | Yeah I know but he did say that even though agents I 'm not giving you this and then he showed me all the things you know to sort of prove that he was doing it . |
| 25 | Like the dog 's born er after , before that , and before that , and before that and it showed you all the owners and everything , right ? |
| 26 | And it showed you all the sort of countries of the world , you know , on lights and , and that , and which light was for which wh when they took us round the er |
| 27 | When at last he came down to Egypt , Joseph showed him all the love and respect that were a father 's due , all the love and respect that Ham had failed so conspicuously to show to Noah . |
| 28 | We went round there and showed us all the way round |
| 29 | Er but he followed them all the way back to a flat on th on the on the complex . |
| 30 | I ran for my life , but it followed me all the way home . ’ |