Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the [noun sg] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a friend asked me the car 's name I answered at once — Anastasia Fyodorovna Romanova , Princess of all the Russias . |
| 2 | We promised you the world 's top racer at the start . |
| 3 | Ian Hay told me the lady 's last wish had been that the Colonel should scatter her ashes in the headwaters of the River Laxford : ‘ But , you see , his new young wife was not the sort of lady to enjoy much walking and the poor Colonel just did n't know how he was going to get the job done . |
| 4 | Told me the kid 's name was Henry Stych . |
| 5 | He listened while Gabriel told him the day 's events . |
| 6 | His instinct told him the Englishman 's disappearance was the best chance . |
| 7 | The pair cringed in embarrassment as the president , speaking through an interpreter , paid them the world 's most unlikely compliment . |
| 8 | Only when the head of accounting ( ’ an ‘ acceptable ’ woman 's role ’ ) took her to one side and showed her the company 's payroll did she realise that while she was bringing in the most revenue , she was being paid the smallest salary . |
| 9 | I handed him the room 's stock bottle of methylated spirit . |
| 10 | An estimated 3,000 delegates from one faction claiming to represent the opposition Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ( FORD ) gathered in Nairobi on Sept. 4 and unanimously elected Jaramogi Oginga Odinga as FORD chairman and designated him the party 's presidential candidate . |
| 11 | His loneliness as a child had been reinforced by his years of solitary endeavour in the north-west frontier in India and Kenya , which made him the world 's leading authority on the diseases of the camel . |
| 12 | Tyndale was nervous , and , when Vaughan offered him the King 's promise of safety if he returned to England , he expressed his fear that the promise might be broken on the persuasion of the clergy , who would affirm that promises made with heretics need not be kept . |
| 13 | SEVEN sendings-off made it the season 's worst day for discipline and took the total to 50 , compared with 64 at the same stage last season . |
| 14 | Tonight Lorenzo gave me the doge 's ring , and told me the history of this lovely old house . |
| 15 | The idea was that I 'd go for a fortnight but when I got there she gave me the bum 's rush so I spent a couple of miserable days in France and then hared it back to England . |
| 16 | Last January , it won them the Reader 's Digest /Prince 's Youth Business Trust Award '90 — worth £6,000 . |
| 17 | Another winner from those who gave you the world 's best-selling commercial GPS navigator . |
| 18 | Her position as secretary of the Medieval Circle 's East Midland branch gave her the lion 's share of the organisation for conventions such as these , a situation in which Anthea thrived . |
| 19 | In fact , I gave her the bum 's rush — although it was quite inadvertent . |
| 20 | ‘ Anyway the woman in the bus saw his picture in this evening 's paper , told the local bobby and gave him the boy 's uncle 's address which the lad had passed on to her the previous evening . |
| 21 | At four o'clock , nearly an hour before sunrise , the first blackbird began to sing and Thorfinn moved from light sleep to full awareness a moment before Klakkr son of Bathrik , his body-servant for many years , touched him on the shoulder and gave him the sentry 's report : no movement from the enemy in the wood . |
| 22 | About 85pc of the company 's product is sold overseas , a feat which won it the Queen 's Award for Export two years ago . |
| 23 | The '70s energy crisis gave us the world 's first solar-powered loudspeaker . |