Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The porter brought me the message . |
| 2 | I was bending my brains to think of a way of introducing Brian Harley into the conversation when the television monitor in the corner of the tent gave me the ideal opportunity . |
| 3 | In addition , his setting out the poet 's connection with the primitive gave him the status of a societal elder , one who , lecturing in America , would pronounce on literature and society as Arnold had done less than fifty years before him . |
| 4 | and we 'll be joining all the Irish folk at Cheltenham … do n't think Carmody 's mare will be running … but we 'll be following those that are with special reports from the festival all next week … for football fans the big one is tomorrow … at the Manor Ground its the Central South second division derby Oxford against Swindon … |
| 5 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |
| 6 | The clerk handed him the envelope . |
| 7 | If the taxpayer understood what the Government are planning with this privatisation and what they are doing to the coal industry , there would be no doubt what would happen at the next general election . |
| 8 | Someone claiming to be in the know told us the other day that the reason DEC president Robert Palmer never showed up at that mammoth Unix strategy briefing session the company put the press and analyst corp through back in February was that he saw the rehearsals and did n't want to be associated with it . |
| 9 | The Russians denied him the decisive pitched battle on which he had counted . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't particularly enjoy being a guest of Her Majesty but the experience gave me the chance to get my priorities straight , ’ he said . |
| 11 | The Times recorded that this was their sixth partnership of over 150 ; the Telegraph that it was their seventh century stand ; while the Guardian made it the eighth . |
| 12 | Both volumes of the Dictionary passed the censorship ( in 1845 and 1846 respectively ) , but Volume Two was proscribed a month after publication when the authorities grasped what the circle was up to . |
| 13 | The golden touch : Australian lock John Eales — whose domination of the line-outs earned him the Man of the Series award — steals a march on Doddie Weir as Willie Ofahengaue lends him a helping hand … |
| 14 | ‘ But the driver told her the cost had risen by 1p the previous day . |
| 15 | And er you know , I often think if er the sheep knew what the farmers were up to they 'd grow teeth would n't they ? |
| 16 | D.C.L. degree by Oxford University and the College gave me the honour of welcoming her with flowers ’ . |
| 17 | As the dreamsun showed us the insubstantial outlines of the City down in the valley , we faded to white . |
| 18 | The action gave her the moments she needed to adjust , to assess her own feelings . |
| 19 | The youngster 's inclusion in the side earned him the name ‘ Boy Bastin' , as seventeen-year-olds in League football were much scarcer than now , and Bastin was in a class of his own with the fierceness of his shot , as a teaser of defences and as an expert penalty-taker . |
| 20 | The card told me the rest . |
| 21 | A sudden drop in the wind told her the worst was over . |
| 22 | The wind hit him the moment he left the vehicle , a ferocious gust off the nearby sea which nearly lifted him off his feet . |
| 23 | The club paid him the princely sum of £8 , a fee that has not risen much over the years according to some of Celtic 's more dour stars . |
| 24 | ‘ The brooch gave us the right clue — in fact it gave us two . |
| 25 | The girl asked what the matter was . |
| 26 | Mr Spencer told the jury : ‘ For a period of two years , from about the age of 13 onwards , the girl found herself the target of sexual and physical abuse from her stepfather . |
| 27 | The council told us the only way we could get a home was if we were living together . |
| 28 | One of the men was nervous , so the guard asked them the number of the car they were driving . |
| 29 | ( Act 1 scene 3 ) And , only three lines after this , the theme of belief in the power of evil is shown by Macbeth when he says that the witches gave him the Thanehood when it was actually the king . |
| 30 | When the judge told him the only sentence he could pass was that of life imprisonment , Meehan said loudly and clearly , ‘ I want to say this , sir . |