Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] the main [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I unlocked the main door . |
| 2 | But I got the main thing off a , off a TV programme . |
| 3 | I found the main control lines and gave them to Esmerelda , showing her how to hold them , and where . |
| 4 | Southgate caught up with me as I entered the main hall and saw Santerre and others sitting round the high table . |
| 5 | I admired the main door of the Catedral Nueva — comparatively new , that is , for it was started in 1513 . |
| 6 | Well I , I wriggled the main terminal , three over that side and also the other , er that side . |
| 7 | I followed the main road up the mountain leading west , then struck off along an old mule track . |
| 8 | I was debating whether to try to stop the bleeding first or to leave him in his uncertain state while I found a way out , trusting he would n't totally pass out , when I heard the main door creak open directly above our heads ; the way Harry and I had come in . |
| 9 | It was really funny , I recorded the main lecture the oth , yesterday and it was Dave who 's got like a speech impediment . |
| 10 | I treated the main tank for fungus . |
| 11 | But I thought the main concern would be finding the right building for a museum of this type , and that there would be no need to buy any pictures for it . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's my own fault because I gave the main character the same birthday as me , so I 'd know how much he would be able to remember of his past . |
| 13 | As I made clear to the House when I answered the main question , the know-how fund has been heavily used in the Baltic republics , on which about £900,000 has been spent . |
| 14 | I said the Main Pain |
| 15 | I left the main group and started searching on the first floor at the west side of the house . |
| 16 | Like the others she reported the main problem as being a deterioration in her husband 's symptoms . |
| 17 | ‘ I told you not to bother , ’ Ellen said disparagingly as she climbed the main companionway , and I guessed that she had been listening to my conversation with Billingsley by standing just under the saloon skylight which was propped open . |
| 18 | Meg waited until she heard the main bedroom door shut before going herself to the bathroom . |
| 19 | When she reached the main road she did n't know which direction to take , but seeing two men accompanied by two women she hurried to them and said , ‘ Would you , please direct me to the cab rank ? ’ |
| 20 | How much further would it be before she reached the main road ? |
| 21 | PIPPA Nolan completed her hat-trick at Poplar Park yesterday when , riding Heron 's Flight , she won the main class at this popular event for the third successive year . |
| 22 | As soon as she left the main tourist route it became quieter and darker . |
| 23 | As we entered the main causeway which snaked through the trees to the manor 's main door , the sight of Royston killed the song on our lips and the joy in our hearts . |
| 24 | Initially , we examined the main effect of phonological processing by combining the results from the two experimental tasks and comparing them with the control tasks . |
| 25 | Just before we entered Paris we left the main road , and , following winding country tracks , approached the Convent of St Felice , its white stone buildings basking in the sunshine amongst soft green fields and small dark copses . |
| 26 | But they got the main job done and now they want to do the same against Spain next month before heading to Belfast for a party . |
| 27 | The windows were lit by the flames of thousands of beeswax candles and , as they approached the main entrance , they heard faint strains of music , chatter , and the sounds of merriment . |
| 28 | Straight after that they played the main Mill team , and again turned out comfortable winners with a 3 . |
| 29 | Then , with headlamps full on , they joined the main tarmacadam coast road . |
| 30 | still there , but they finished the main building |