Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [vb past] [noun prp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once they reached Singapore the company 's duties were varied . |
| 2 | But once he reached Stowey the Coleridges greeted him warmly at Lime Street , where the cottage had gained another new resident only a week before : on 14 May , Sara had been ‘ safely delivered of a fine boy ’ , the child being given the name Berkeley in honour of the philosopher , for whom Coleridge was developing a great admiration . |
| 3 | I think it would be better if I told Alan the bad news . |
| 4 | ‘ It would be better if I told Alan the bad news . ’ |
| 5 | The heiress to Champagne , Jeanne of Navarre , was a minor and , until she married Philip the Fair in 1284 , the comté was effectively held by Edmund of Lancaster , bearing the courtesy title of count of Champagne . |
| 6 | Cos you got Nagden the other side , right opposite Nagden Chorlis |
| 7 | It was not a magical experience , enabling him to go without food for the rest of his flight , but it was a meal for the spirit that kept him nourished and firm in his intention until he reached Horeb the mountain of God ( 1 Kings 19:1–8 ) . |
| 8 | If he gave Lee the torch , he 'd let Jack and everyone else know where they were by mucking around with it , and if he did n't let him have it , he 'd most likely give them both away by having a scene . |
| 9 | Since I gave Wiggen the reindeer he runs with his tail up , happy to be part of my team . |
| 10 | This in itself was unedifying , and after I left Scotland the SRU at last summoned up courage to change over to ‘ Scotland the Brave ’ . |
| 11 | Shortly after I reached England the Governor paid his first post-liberation visit to Rangoon and on 20th June began his conference with Burmese leaders . |
| 12 | Robins interrupted my thoughts by saying , ‘ Sorry about the word ‘ posh ’ , but I 'd heard before we left Sanderstown the last time that a young man had been appointed assistant to Doctor Reid , and I was a bit surprised when I met you . |
| 13 | When I sold CBS the video I kept apologising for the movement because it was so shaky . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | When you saw Kenneth the real person he was very wonderful . |
| 16 | ‘ She was the Queen of France and the most beautiful and fascinating woman in Europe , but she fell out of love with her husband on a crusade to the Holy Land , when she met Henry the Second of England , who was much younger than her . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ See you next Saturday , ’ she called out as she handed Jean the night-safe wallet and left . |
| 18 | But er so when we came Mrs the sight reading of course I was lost because she used |
| 19 | Well it 's funny because erm , when we saw Ken the other day he was saying that erm his niece rang him up and erm she 's er she 's gon na be in Crewe this weekend for a friend 's wedding and , I think she must be coming up with some , some other girl as well , because the two of them , he said , I 'm taking two young ladies out on Sunday for lunch where 's a good place for a Sunday lunch you see ? |
| 20 | As we approached Tromsø the snow grew thicker and Nathan asked , as casually as he could manage , whether they would clear the runway . |
| 21 | As we approached Rijeka the weather , like the roads , took a real downward turn . |
| 22 | As we neared Sligachan the moon was shedding her mild beams over Glamaig and the other Bens , and gave great height to their massive forms . |
| 23 | As we neared Arran the clouds became denser , and in turn cast deep shadows over the Firth and the Arran coast , or were lit up with a glow of intensely bright sunlight ; while the glory of Arran , its mountain-peaks , were lost amid the clouds that enshrouded them . |
| 24 | In those days a new house was usually constructed out of wooden hut sections of which there was a plentiful supply as most of the troops stationed here in the war lived in wooden prefabricated buildings and when they left Orkney the buildings were dismantled and then sold . |
| 25 | In the Middle Ages , people often depicted their monks as ruminative animals , chewing over the Word of God repeatedly , as it were , rolling the words around in their mouths and absorbing it into themselves just as they received Jesus the Word in the Eucharist , in a symbolic and sacramental manner . |
| 26 | The honour of being the first Hearts player to captain Scotland since Dave Mackay in the Fifties was tarnished for Craig Levein when he gifted Germany the opening goal of the game after 19 minutes . |
| 27 | Edward IV made a first attempt to remedy the situation within weeks of his brother 's sixteenth birthday , when he gave Richard the land of Robert lord Hungerford , lying mainly in Somerset and Wiltshire . |
| 28 | Edward IV made a first attempt to remedy the situation within weeks of his brother 's sixteenth birthday , when he gave Richard the land of Robert lord Hungerford , lying mainly in Somerset and Wiltshire . |
| 29 | As it left Sarajevo the pilot realised that hostile gunners had ‘ locked-on ’ to the plane . |
| 30 | As soon as he reached Hoogeveen the weather deteriorated , and so did his spirits . |