Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip at first took no notice of what he said ; but when he heard him repeat the same thing several times , and saw he was greatly upset by the horse being sent away , eventually replied : ‘ Are you criticising those who are older than yourself , as if you knew more , and were better able to manage him than they ? ’ |
| 2 | I despaired when I heard Sir Geoffrey Howe , who was Foreign Secretary at the time , speak at the Tory Party Conference in October and heard him repeat the same old stock phrase : Britain will never make a deal over its hostages in Lebanon . |
| 3 | Why did I choose the same piece , The Education of Children ? |
| 4 | Did you do the same on this record ? |
| 5 | And never again did she make the same mistake . |
| 6 | Culley and Jackson did n't know one another , did they know the same thing . |
| 7 | Did they get the same services ? |
| 8 | He was exact in his choice ; not only did they have the same slender shape and were equal in height , but they were malleable too . |
| 9 | It was apparent to Miss Wharton , on that first day , that he had never been inside a church before , but neither then nor on any subsequent visit did he evince the least curiosity about its purpose . |
| 10 | If Monet always ‘ made something new ’ , why did he repeat the same effects or subjects so many times ? |
| 11 | ‘ And did he use the same formula in his intimate relationships ? ’ |