Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos you got Nagden the other side , right opposite Nagden Chorlis |
| 2 | But it 's not ease of use which made WordPerfect the best seller . |
| 3 | Yeah , phoned Jeannette the other day to see what she 'd done about college now . |
| 4 | Husband and wife Graham and Gill Moore said they found Sunday the best time to shop . |
| 5 | He received military training in the Soviet Union and Egypt in the 1970s , fought the Israelis in Lebanon in 1982 and first entered Sweden the following year after obtaining a visa through its Damascus embassy . |
| 6 | An expert on Oriental destinations , Mr Collins labelled Angkor the greatest tourist asset in South-east Asia , and the keystone of its future development . |
| 7 | ‘ They beat Holland the same way they beat Italy , by defending tightly with a sweeper and breaking away cleverly to score . |
| 8 | The company 's complaints department phoned Susan the next day to tell her who to contact . |
| 9 | When Hazlitt and Coleridge visited Alfoxden the following day , Wordsworth was away from home ; but Dorothy provided them with a ‘ frugal repast ’ and let them see the now-abundant manuscripts intended for the Lyrical Ballads . |
| 10 | Jane found Algox the hardest job to bear of any that she 'd ever had . |
| 11 | I went back and told Lilian the second twin , a boy , had died because the cord was round its neck . |
| 12 | He returned and told Allah the curious story , and Allah replied : " That was not really the idol speaking my word , that was me ! " |
| 13 | The phone woke Ruth the next morning . |
| 14 | I think it would be better if I told Alan the bad news . |
| 15 | ‘ It would be better if I told Alan the bad news . ’ |
| 16 | He told Beverley the whole story of the stranger in the mist . |
| 17 | Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA top gun Elserino Piol told Unigram the real reason behind Olivetti 's embrace of Alpha was all the doubts about the wisdom of his MIPS strategy voiced to his boss Carlo di Benedetti : that caused the politically wary Piol to exert himself to come up with the Alpha alternative . |
| 18 | However , at Rigby 's instance , the Royal Navy afforded Majid the necessary support and the insurrection failed , Barghash being sent to Bombay where he was compelled to remain for eighteen months . |
| 19 | Supposedly , when I , when I told Nicola the other day that you reckon that I do n't do enough work , she says cor blimey she was shocked she was , shocked oh do it , do it as near to the microphone as you can mum |
| 20 | But I told Una the next morning when all of you left the house . |
| 21 | Then the mesh , she told Sally the next time she saw her , I 'm sorry I made that mistake about you having a sister she said to Sally , I 've written to tell mother you 've said you have n't one she must of been mistaken what your mother said . |
| 22 | Dining at Croisset one evening , Lapierre told Flaubert the scandalous history of Mademoiselle de P- . |
| 23 | I understand she told John the same story before she promised to marry him , then they agreed it should never be mentioned again . |
| 24 | Charles told Jacqui the new information he 'd gleaned , but met with little luck in following it up . |
| 25 | THE IMPORTANCE of Hengist 's Saxon town and the ancient university made Stamford the ideal location for the siting of the Mercian court and government . |
| 26 | Adam of Bremen reports that Cnut had intended Swegen to rule Norway , Harthacnut Denmark , and Harold England , and the Historia Regum attributed to Symeon of Durham that he made Harold the English king , but the Encomium says that he not only promised Emma that any son of hers should be heir , but later on oath pledged the whole kingdom subject to him to Harthacnut , who received oaths of loyalty from English nobles . |
| 27 | She showed Newman the visiting card she 'd kept . |
| 28 | ‘ See you next Saturday , ’ she called out as she handed Jean the night-safe wallet and left . |
| 29 | Back in the car he showed Ivy the black-and-white Polaroid photograph it contained . |
| 30 | Jill handed Lindsey the last file before she led the smiling woman out . |