Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now 3 × £9 is £27 , if you add the £2 that the porter kept you have a total of £29 — so who 's got the missing £1 ? |
| 2 | As a result , I reacted in front of the jury in a way which may have made them think that , in fact , the defence had nothing to lose by disclosure of the statement . |
| 3 | But as the continents grew they gleaned more of the carbon from the oceans and atmosphere . |
| 4 | In 1341 , the opportunity presented itself to intervene in Brittany , where a succession dispute developed when Duke John III died without leaving a direct heir . |
| 5 | Out of approximately one hundred prospective overseas students I spoke with , the majority said they had little intention of returning to China unless conditions improved in all aspects of life in the near future , but they were vague about what they would do overseas once their initial period of advanced education was complete . |
| 6 | ‘ But all the experts told us to stay at Bart 's . |
| 7 | The RSPCA decided he had abandoned the fish when he left his home in Alwyn Road , Maidenhead , Berkshire to run a pub for a friend . |
| 8 | ‘ When the prince saw her standing in his door , he would not take it up . |
| 9 | And a few months later the Prince asked me to marry him . |
| 10 | As he took her on a guided tour of the eight-bedroomed mansion , the Prince asked her to organize the interior decoration . |
| 11 | The artillery Colonel asked for permission to return the fire , but the Prince ordered him to wait till the enemy infantry was in sight . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought it rather spiteful but the Prince ordered me to burn them . |
| 13 | The CO sent me to find you . ’ |
| 14 | When the split happened he said : ‘ There was no one else involved . |
| 15 | Nor will those investors and depositors who in the mid-1970s found themselves caught in a hurricane sweeping throught the secondary banking system after the collapse of Gerald Caplan 's London and County Securities . |
| 16 | The pickets knew what to expect : they 'd been warned it could turn nasty , and it did . |
| 17 | The Pentagon said it knew of 59 dead and 66 wounded , and of 1,500 prisoners from the 6,000-strong Panamanian Defence Force . |
| 18 | The serpent carved there seemed to writhe , its tongue darting , whilst its intended victim , Eve , stood like the personification of innocence with one hand covering her groin , the other raised to hold back her long flowing hair . |
| 19 | The abruptness of the change made him shudder . |
| 20 | Holland lost Ellerman , victim of a brusque tackle from Mozer , midway through the first half and , although his replacement was the experienced Winter , the change did nothing to help the Dutch search for a blend . |
| 21 | But the lingering memory of the ghostly horse and a nervousness which could n't be denied at the thought of meeting the Danbys made her feel more than a little awkward . |
| 22 | Half time Coleraine 0 Omagh Town 3 Mark McWalter forced a brave save from devine in the 65th minute , his stunning 25 yard shot bounced back off the keeper and the Scotsman drove his follow up effort into the side netting . |
| 23 | As the struggle progressed he came to see the inadequacies of the term and realized that it was too constricted in its meaning and gave rise to confusion and misunderstanding . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ I was prepared to set aside time at a future meeting for full discussion , but the clubs felt they did n't want to even talk about the issue any further . |
| 25 | The clubs helped them recruit supporters . ’ |
| 26 | Measurements of bismuth in serum samples during the trial enabled us to monitor whether significant accumulation occurred . |
| 27 | The board revealed it had established a sub-committee ‘ to progress the recruitment of a group chief executive from outside the Barclays Group ’ . |
| 28 | I think had we managed to stick it together a bit longer , all fifty of us , and just prove to the management that we were n't gon na be starved back to work which seemed to be the way they wanted us to go back , you know because the board had you know escalated , you know I think had we managed to stick it together , certainly the result would 've been different . |
| 29 | The board said it regretted that Lord Hollick had informed the chairman that he could not support its statement of support for Mr Montgomery in full . |
| 30 | For example if you had the London Mozart players here as we frequently did and frequently played to full houses , then even with a hundred percent house there was a subsidy required of something like seven or eight pounds per seat , in order to meet the cost of presenting that particular concert and we 've done it for years but sadly when we had to make cuts that was one of things the board decided they had to cut up they had to save money somehow . |