Example sentences of "the [noun] i [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we were at the park I took the down there cos |
| 2 | On the ridge I encountered the most incandescent mountain I have ever seen . |
| 3 | Beneath the shirt I saw the outline of her breasts . |
| 4 | In the kitchen I scoured the cupboards , and poured disinfectant over small black creatures like woodlice . |
| 5 | Nowhere to be seen and one of the reasons I bought the magazine was to read the article as I have a Ti'ko machine ( and incidentally have been very pleased with it ) . |
| 6 | When he went in the Dolphinarium I got the bus up to Devil 's Dyke and had my sandwiches up there . |
| 7 | During a lull in the shouting I made the tea , and as I was pouring the cups out Mum asked Dad what she should do . |
| 8 | One day when I went to give my language class at the university I found the word maricone ( queer ) chalked in large Gothic letters on the blackboard . |
| 9 | That 's just the story I told the clan ! ’ |
| 10 | Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat . |
| 11 | I remembered the noise I remembered the noise as we went past the pub , so I went back to the pub and sure enough there were fifty Sorry thirty burly men . |
| 12 | I found a photograph of Paul as a baby in one of the albums I kept in the loft , and after the ceremony I wrote the name of the new catapult on the back of the picture , scrunched it up around a steelie and secured it with a little tape , then went down , out of the loft and the house , into the chill drizzle of a new day . |
| 13 | In the ceremony I smeared the metal , rubber and plastic of the new device with earwax , snot , blood , urine , belly-button fluff and toenail cheese , christened it by firing the empty sling at a wingless wasp crawling on the face of the Factory , and also fired it at my bared foot , raising a bruise . |
| 14 | Then one night I got some concrete , mixed it and filled every hole in the rock I thought the worm could escape through . |
| 15 | ‘ On the Saturday I got the pins and needles back and was rushed to casualty . |
| 16 | From the fence I surveyed the area , sneaking a look to see if Shelly was lying in the window . |
| 17 | So when we walked from the pool to the car I felt the whole impact of the sun . |
| 18 | Sitting in the back of the car I watched the suburbs going by under the street lights . |
| 19 | From the window I saw the flats opposite , their even lines making them look like children 's drawings . |
| 20 | I remembered that I too hated the dust , and as I imagined the walk into the desert I felt the sky come low and very close . |
| 21 | At the Ashbery I offered the driver a twenty . |
| 22 | On my second attempt at the wood I walked the path end to end to try to judge if my feelings that the place was of good age were wrong . |
| 23 | Inside the coach I cried the bitterest tears of my life . |
| 24 | When he plugged in — Sonic The Hedgehog I saw the fantastic graphics and nearly fainted . |
| 25 | Once more inside the pen I held the shovel in front of me and tried to usher the huge sow towards the door . |
| 26 | I put on se , when I do the leighs I did the door on the end of it look . |
| 27 | In at least two of the areas I visited the regional health authority and some of the first wave fundholders were wrangling over the savings accrued during the first year . |
| 28 | Outside the shop I left the engine running |
| 29 | When I entered the classroom I found the children , from five to nine years , well at work . |
| 30 | The moment I touched the ground I knew why — the excessive ( to me — but normal to Tiree residents ) wind whipped me and my heavily laden briefcase into the lounge where Peter McMillan , Manager of Scarinish Branch offered me the relative calm of his car . |