Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These new men showed they had neither the time nor the political inclination to instigate a programme of Whig reform ; indeed , partly reacting against the Jacobite challenge of 1715 , they introduced a number of measures designed to ensure their and the new dynasty 's political security which seemed to represent an abandonment of what Whiggery had traditionally stood for . |
| 2 | Jazzbeaux heard they did much the same thing in Jap corp boardrooms . |
| 3 | As they worked they monitored continuously the condition of the sea and the sky , the direction of the wind and the length of the day and the night . |
| 4 | Her owner felt she had neither the skill nor the courage to ride her . |
| 5 | My mom said she had just the greatest time with you all last year . |
| 6 | Divorcee Mrs Robinson was arrested in April , 1989 , and while awaiting trial , she said she had only the vaguest idea of what she was being accused . |
| 7 | One night he put a Belgian chocolate inside her and as it melted he licked away the cream . |
| 8 | He said he remembered well the 1972 Teesside Law Courts , now used as magistrates courts only . |
| 9 | Matter of fact , as I told Heather , I stumbled on something that last evening which suggested I had completely the wrong end of the stick . |