Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As Ann Butler led Sarah towards the stairs , to help her out of her wet clothes and rub her down with dry towels , Jonadab seized her hand in both his . |
| 2 | He led Corbett into the kitchens , a cook brought him ale and a dish of meat and vegetables . |
| 3 | It was this last group which provided Paisley with the resources necessary to launch his campaign against O'Neill . |
| 4 | Pushing past old Diggory , she swept into the hall , cast one angry glance around , and found Theda on the stairs . |
| 5 | ‘ Although I 'm champion and it 's been a wonderful year I feel I ca n't truly call myself the title holder until I beat Joey on the roads . ’ |
| 6 | Rose Franklin stopped Killion at the gates of the hospital . |
| 7 | As they approached Jerusalem near the towns of and they came to the of olives , Jesus have decided ahead . |
| 8 | Daphne , whom Cecilia suspected of being rather less well-off than she was herself , though this was not a matter to delve into , phoned her just after six on alternate evenings and she phoned Daphne on the others . |
| 9 | Two of the guards shouldered their bows , grasped Twoflower by the elbows and lifted him off the ground . |
| 10 | After one year Charles suddenly divorced Desiderata on the grounds that she was barren and weak . |
| 11 | Herbert went to work and visited Clara in the evenings . |
| 12 | In Kendal the Duke of Perth 's horsemen were stoned and attacked by a mob armed with clubs , and as they approached Clifton on the outskirts of Penrith they came under fire from militiamen hidden behind the hedgerows . |
| 13 | Such were the troops who fought Alexander at the Granikos . |
| 14 | Whether or not third States are finally included as indirectly injured States in the terms of Draft Article 5 ( 3 ) , development of international law in this respect is crucial to an examination of the rights and obligations of third parties . |
| 15 | Perhaps Ted told Jean of the walks the four of us took when Eva got tired of working ; and the time Eva 's feet hurt and she hailed a cab — absolute Roman decadence for Dad , Ted and me . |
| 16 | He poked Benny in the ribs and pointed to it , a thrill of expectation going through them both . |
| 17 | I told Shama of the years that Thesiger had spent in Iraq with the Marsh Arabs and then in Iran , that now he had a small house in Kenya deep in the country where he could get away from the towns . |
| 18 | You were asked whether you told Mr about the solicitors letter |
| 19 | Mum told Mary about the changes in the arrangements but Mary was n't at all pleased . |
| 20 | Instead , to lighten things , he told Emily about the marbles . |
| 21 | Jack told Ho about the changes in his life : his mother 's re-marriage , the harsh reality of the north-east , Tina 's rough charm and her painful bonding to her family , and finally Ken 's so-called accident . |
| 22 | The Chanak crisis , which erupted in late September , drove Baldwin to the newsstands of Aix for the first time . |
| 23 | Although he told Swarf about the visitors , the shapechanger refused to listen to his worries about the red death . |
| 24 | In July 1985 a medium-sized airline adopted OEDIPUS with the aims of removing routine tasks from flight crew and navigation planners increasing operational efficiency and saving fuel . |
| 25 | They are the only British side left in Europe after Englishman Mark Hateley and lethal Scot Ally McCoist KO 'd Leeds with the goals which gave Rangers a 4–2 second-round aggregate win . |
| 26 | The kitchen was scented with the rich enticing smell of spices and dried fruits , and Alexandra met Lyddy on the stairs carrying down the cream silk evening gown to be pressed . |
| 27 | Farnham reached their second cup final of the season — and they did it the hard way when they met Cranleigh in the semi-finals of the Class Elite Cup at the Memorial Ground on Saturday . |
| 28 | Norman met Lester on a Housemartins tour ; out-and-out indie group that expired before James Brown 's Funky Drums became the backbone to every white dance record . |
| 29 | Tulagai met Burun at the gates . |
| 30 | Rather asked Hussein about the pressures on George Bush and the prospects for any negotiations . |