Example sentences of "[vb past] the [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cramming her worn , out-moded bonnet on her head , she stuffed the few belongings she had unpacked back into the portmanteau . |
| 2 | I disdained the half-baked friends he chose , encouraged the good ones , pushed him into buying the right shoes and jackets , T-shirts and jeans , explained endlessly the use of ‘ could I ’ and ‘ may I ’ instead of ‘ give me ’ and ‘ I want ’ , the right way to make tea , the right way to use a fork and knife . |
| 3 | By the time you have dictated the brief and asked the relevant questions you will have started to form some idea of the answers . |
| 4 | I mean to me the boss of of our bench , there was probably twenty people on the bench , to me the boss of that it was n't what you call a particularly good job but she 'd always worked at the and of course when when went on War work er th those that were still there they got the better jobs you see , to organize us that had n't been , worked there before . |
| 5 | Yeah but what I 'm saying when we got the thermal boxes you put the stuff in this big fridge er in here |
| 6 | He even disquieted the hardened revolutionaries he moved among , most notably old Bakunin . |
| 7 | ‘ He idolised the professional wrestlers he saw on television , and was determined to get in on action . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I tried the only ones I knew . ’ |
| 9 | On the first afternoon , Eric demonstrated the three dishes we were to make . |
| 10 | Siumut lost votes but retained the 11 seats it held in the outgoing Landsting . |
| 11 | Intrigued , the aliens monitored the few lyrics they could hear rising up from this outdoor roller ritual . |
| 12 | William Horsley , 83 , was punched and kicked by the thug who snatched the few pounds he had on him . |
| 13 | Many mentioned the practical steps they had already devised : altering curriculum materials , deliberately avoiding the use of stereotyped language , studying patterns of classroom interaction and thinking of ways to increase girls ' participation . |
| 14 | This limited the economic incentives they were prepared to provide . |
| 15 | And so we used the small weapons we had . |
| 16 | How deliberately he used the wrong names I do n't know but he would announce that he was about to demonstrate the " Leg push " . |
| 17 | Quick-thinking James , 20 , switched off the gas and collected a damp cloth , while Darren used the fire-fighting techniques he 'd been learning on his weekend course in Surrey to tackle the blaze . |
| 18 | Some engineers and managers , especially those coming from municipal employment , found the new salaries they were offered higher than their pre-vesting salaries , but others found that they were expected to take a cut . |
| 19 | She listed the points she wanted to make , ticking them off when she found the precise words she wanted to use . |
| 20 | And then the silly little girl went and believed the glib tales she was told by the great Australian male , did n't she ? |
| 21 | Ruth unpacked the few clothes she had brought with her and hung them up in the wardrobe in the dressing-room then she plugged in her hairdrier and blow-dried her hair in front of the dressing-table mirror . |
| 22 | Wright never deserved the four goals he got — he never did anything to get the ball but let it come to him and losing out a few times in the process when the defender took the ball away . |
| 23 | They also fully deserved the three sets they earned in the first three rubbers and with a little bit of luck would have had a least three more . |
| 24 | Lucien feared that if he told the other vibrancers he was working with Jeopardy , it would excite resentment among them . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , it 'll definitely be this Tuesday , ’ he told The Scotsman but then told the Irish Times it would be 1 April . |
| 26 | Then firmed her jaw and imagined the tight lines she was seeding round her mouth . |
| 27 | ‘ He recalled the innumerable sacrifices he has made on your behalf and reproached you for not being prepared to help him in his hour of need . |
| 28 | For a moment , as she had stood there , Davide noted how she truly recalled the virgin martyrs he had dreamed of , with her Easter cake as emblem , like the twin mound of her breasts St Agatha bears on a dish in heaven . |
| 29 | Einstein learnt the mathematical techniques he needed from his friend Marcel Grossman over a number of years when they both lived in Zurich and regarded the techniques primarily as useful tools . |
| 30 | The mirror was broken and she hated the casual glimpses she got of her face as she cleaned her teeth or when she passed the hall-stand . |