Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I think people get even angrier if they think about this precise thing that was done in their so-called formative years that made them the way they are . |
2 | In spite of the strangeness of Eliot 's behaviour , however , few people begrudged him the happiness which in personal relations he had never experienced before : " He obviously needed to have a happy marriage , " Valerie Eliot said on a later occasion , " He could n't die until he had had it " . |
3 | It cost him the land he had so longed to enter . |
4 | And Mr. Hollingworth Magniac , Master of the Oakley , caught it the moment he read Nora 's letter of introduction . |
5 | ‘ If I approached it the way I usually work , I 'd agree . |
6 | So I looked through this device and er found what the reading it gave , so I went to my map and I found that that 's where Mars should have been . |
7 | That 's why I sa that 's why I told them the weekend I thought at least I 'll have something sha n't I ? |
8 | ‘ If we afforded them the respect they deserve the respect they are given in other European countries then the standard of service we would get would be a lot higher , ’ says the 55-year-old Swiss-trained baker . |
9 | While I was there Sean told me the knife he used to slice the lemons with was stolen last Friday ! ’ |
10 | where it , she said it was too big for her and er she wanted something smaller , with a swap , well I did n't swap for the reason mine was overlooking the lake , it was in a better position , and er , then she told me the reason she wanted to swap cos er , she said it was too big cos her husband had died , I started to speak to her about when God 's kingdom comes on the earth , these dead ones will come back , these loved ones |
11 | A cold breeze was blowing in off the sea which blasted them the moment they stepped on to the pavement . |
12 | He did n't explain why it was going to be helpful and the pilot told him the car he 'd specified was waiting for them . |
13 | There were few pedestrians about and the dimly lit pavement afforded him the cover he needed . |
14 | When he told her the truth it sounded like cruelty . |
15 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |
16 | I told it the way it felt , not as it actually was . |
17 | ‘ After a few minutes an embarrassed train driver told us the man who should have unlocked the gate had not turned up . ’ |
18 | Diggs came and told us the day he broke out . ’ |
19 | What made you the woman you are today ? ’ |
20 | Whitlock telephoned them the moment he returned to the hotel but when Sabrina contacted Lausanne station she was told the only afternoon train had already departed . |
21 | Daisy Yates showed me the postcard she had had from him that morning . |
22 | When I arrived they showed me the letter they had received from the Chief Education Officer that morning which explained the proposed Statementing procedure : |
23 | Herr Hess showed you the letter he 's written Himmler , did n't he ? |
24 | When he handed her the cocoa she looked up at him and said , ‘ Only three weeks to Christmas . |
25 | Mary showed him the work she had done in the garden , and they talked as they cut and cleared . |
26 | The truth of the matter is that Picasso was almost certainly aware of tribal art when Matisse showed him the piece which he admired , but that he was still not taking it very seriously and only ‘ discovered ’ it for himself during his now legendary visit to the Trocadero . |
27 | He showed us the research he had begun in Pembrokeshire , and we were so amazed at what he had discovered that we encouraged him to continue all over Wales . |
28 | We have even , in the carefully veiled words of Diana 's speech at the start of European Drug Prevention Week , heard what the Princess herself feels about separation and divorce . |
29 | ‘ … the guy called me the minute he got back to his office and he said : ‘ Mo do you agree with me that judge was as wet as hell ? ’ and I said : ‘ If you so say but he was sure swimming in the right pool . ’ |
30 | My father provided Maurice with a capital sum and leased him the property he now occupies at a nominal rental . ’ |