Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now suffering is a vast and many-sided fact of Crime and Punishment , as of all mature Dostoevsky — larger than the ‘ loose end ’ idea of The Drunks which produced Marmeladov the marmeladey wallower in abasement and humiliation , the man who seeks suffering and finds it ( and so finds satisfaction too ) at the bottom of his vodka jug , who screams ‘ I 'm loving this ! ’ when his wife pulls him across the room by his hair ; and larger than the ‘ out of the practical swim ’ idea of ‘ A Confession ’ from which emerges the murderer , the man with something to confess , who does n't seek suffering but learns , though only in the Epilogue , to accept it . |
| 2 | The single remaining piece of evidence which linked Kirov the tailor to Kirov the dissident activist was in his pocket , sealed within a plain brown , un-addressed envelope . |
| 3 | Second , they 're no longer played by ugly gits like Charles Bronson , but by pretty ethnics such as Lou Diamond Phillips who can plausibly claim to have Cherokee blood somewhere in their veins ( it was this which landed Phillips the lead in The Dark Wind , the recent Robert Redfordbacked adaptation of one of Tony Hillerman 's Navajo detective novels ) . |
| 4 | What Scunthorpe managed last season Scarborough achieved despite the disappointment of seeing one of their most sustained periods of pressure relieved with the Steve Clarke goal which gave Chelsea the lead . |
| 5 | However , it was precisely the lack of consensus about Thebes ' — or anybody else 's — leadership which in the fifth century led to federalism of so unusual and developed a kind , and which gave Boiotia the cohesion , and the manpower , to defeat Sparta at Leuktra in 371 . |
| 6 | Graham 's production , performed on a mock-up apron stage , included wistful music written by Johnny Dankworth and slapstick comedy , which gave Crawford the chance to get noticed for what he did best . |
| 7 | There had been in the brilliantly brave ace at 5–6 in the first set tie break , which denied Sampras the set point he had earned with an ace of his own . |
| 8 | ‘ I think that may have been what gave Nigel the idea of starting his little campaign against me . |