Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He provided for us the necessities of life — food , shelter , clothing . |
| 2 | It posed for them the question , ‘ Are we still the people of God ? ’ |
| 3 | I think that 's a load of shit , half of his stuff , I mean they 're , they 're good reproductions , tin of Heinz Bake Beans but any monkey can fucking do that charge fifty grand for it or whatever they charged for it The ones I 've always liked is erm , I du n no if you 've ever seen any , Ed , Edward Lanzear used to paint a lot of er Queen Victoria used to do er animal paintings . |
| 4 | No one was within earshot , they were miles from anywhere , it seemed , and even if she jumped in the river and swam for it the chance that she would outmanoeuvre him in the water was slim . |
| 5 | But the shed at the side of the road had been unlocked , and when he peered into it the outline of the covered carriage he had been able to make out in the darkness promised adequate protection and a degree of comfort . |
| 6 | While Biedermann and Baur were in accord with Hegel 's aim to combine Christianity and speculative philosophy , others drew from him the material for frontal attacks on Christian belief , notably Strauss , Feuerbach and Marx . |
| 7 | He drew from it the photograph of Elsie McAndrew that he had shown to Mrs Wilson in London . |
| 8 | So while his real need for me had something to do with prac-ticalities , he reinforced in me the sense that his need had something to do with his sister 's death . |
| 9 | ‘ Erin pronounced on me the Draoicht Tinneas Siorai . |
| 10 | He described to me the glen in a storm — the darkness that mantles it , the springing into life of untold hosts of runlets , the careering in mad fury of the burns as they break through and tower above the channel wherein they are wont to flow ; the showers , the careering of the clouds , the thunderings and the lightning-flashings , and the artillery of the winds , as the air-gusts meet the peaks and explode in the hollows of the darksome corries . |
| 11 | Jones had then worked closely with the docks employer , Lord Aldington , in getting a new wages agreement for the docks including a settlement for the problem of casual labour which drew on him the fire of many militant shop stewards amongst the stevedores . |
| 12 | If she even fried an egg , she directed upon it the beam of her concentration , almost praying it would not break . |
| 13 | Federal Treasurer Paul Keating retained his post and added to it the title of Deputy Prime Minister , thereby increasing speculation that he would succeed Hawke as Prime Minister [ see above ] . |
| 14 | We are told that the hermit was once sitting alone in his cell after dinner when there came to him the lady of the house … and many persons with her , and found him writing rapidly . |
| 15 | When Robert II of Flanders passed Christmas at St Omer , ‘ there came to him the dukes , the counts , the lords of many regions , nobles and knights from the whole of Flanders , and many French bishops ’ . |
| 16 | Written as a result of attending a Labour Party conference , it was the product of shock at what then seemed to me the amount of time and energy politicians and journalists spent chasing each other 's tails on such occasions . |
| 17 | So delightfully muzzy was she that it seemed to her the night in Nice had never happened … |
| 18 | Hippolytus composed a strange book entitled the Refutation arguing the dependence of a row of Gnostic sects upon a row of pagan philosophers , and finally turning his weapons on Callistus , who seemed to him the abomination of desolation sitting where he ought not . |
| 19 | Adrift and in debt , Rolfe was taken in by the Duchess of Sforza-Cesarini , who conferred on him the title of Baron Corvo before he returned to England later in the year . |
| 20 | I er I forgot about them the night before and I forgot to tell her about it last night so . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes … ! ’ he said deeply , and then his mouth closed over hers , burningly sensual as his hands moved slowly up to tunnel into her thick black hair , and as her mouth opened beneath his the hunger swept them both again , their breathing quickening as the kiss took fire and his mouth was fierce , hot , demanding , his hands moving over her body as she heard his heart thudding violently at his chest , and she knew she was in danger of losing her mind with the sweet , hot rush of excitement . |
| 22 | Mr Dixon could hardly believe his ears as Hank poured into them the story of the book and its apparent success . |
| 23 | To counteract that feeling , and while he propped her ‘ injured ’ foot on a stool and attended to her bruising , she opened her bag and extracted from it the envelope with Cara had handed over to her . |
| 24 | She hoped it hid from him the blush that fired her cheeks . |
| 25 | I thereupon obtained from him the name of the solicitor instructed by Randolph , telephoned him and said that my own firm would accept service of the writ . |
| 26 | He could also make an error of judgement in his choice of sailors , at least one of whom turned on him the moment they were inside the door and threatened to beat him up if he did not hand over money . |
| 27 | John Lehmann had such confidence in Minton 's design sense that when he handed to him the typescript of Elizabeth David 's A Book of Mediterranean Food he gave him carte blanche to do as he liked with it . |
| 28 | Fincara cried , and light flared over them the woman 's laughing face , and Adam 's burning blindness . |
| 29 | A tiny part of her wanted to confront him with what he 'd done ; yet she knew she could n't do it , could n't bear looking into his sea-blue eyes , or at the lips which had kissed her so tenderly the night before , only to laugh with Marianne today as he shared with her the secrets Shannon had confided so trustingly — so blindly ! |
| 30 | ‘ Let's go for a walk , ’ she said , and he shared with her the feeling that it was impossible to keep still . |