Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a former winner at Dornoch ( 1985 ) , where nobody took him beyond the 16th green , Garth has the right credentials for a marathon week 's work — sound legs and wind , a good nerve , great concentration , and all the shots for a course that will test the strong and mock the timid . |
| 2 | It spread to the Chinese around 2 , years ago and then reached Japan where they cultivated it into the art form it is today . |
| 3 | Mantack then returned to Donna 's parents house , where they told him about the message . |
| 4 | Then they were both fearful for him and they took him into the cold scullery , where they hid him from the intruders . |
| 5 | Mr Woodcock , 47 , of Holgate , York , grabbed the weapon with one hand and it went off , blasting a wall with pellets , but he hung on , dragging the raider into the car park outside the restaurant , where he pinned him to the ground until armed police arrived . |
| 6 | He took Ellie by her forearm , and marched her down the landing and the painted uncarpeted stairs into the living room , where he sat her in the big chair in the corner . |
| 7 | IBM Corp started relaxing its strict accounting practices way back in 1984 , just as the company 's core mainframe business began to lose its impetus , although no-one realised it at the time . |
| 8 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 9 | Even if I 'd told you that I heard it on the local news , I doubt you 'd have taken my word for it . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , not that I knew it at the time , of course , else I 'd never have gone . ’ |
| 11 | I started off at the s at the start I was er I was getting mouth ulcers , and then well I did n't get them to the severity that I got them with the sulfasalazine |
| 12 | Yeah , I never though of that and I doubt if I get it now , all I think was well I know that I got it in the magazine rack |
| 13 | I made sure that I enjoyed it to the full , although it was wartime . |
| 14 | Whenever I have met him since , he has invariably reminded me that I taught him about the business ! |
| 15 | As my husband was then a consultant there , and involved in research in rheumatology , it was only natural that I joined him in the research field . |
| 16 | Does Mike have some er Georgian Hotel , look at that Christmas jokes , Daddy , Eddie 's broken my new dog how did he do that I hit him on the head with it Why is Father Christmas unemployed ? |
| 17 | I liked it so much that I used it for the show and played the hell out of it , it sounded so good . |
| 18 | In return she sent me her third and latest novel , A View of the Harbour : and it was then that I recognized her as the author of At Mrs Lippincote 's . |
| 19 | And we saw that in the calculation that I gave you at the end of last week 's lecture . |
| 20 | ‘ I blame it on the fact that someone linked me with the US government , ’ he says . |
| 21 | ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot . |
| 22 | I was called away to the hospital so I left her at the house waiting for Nigel to turn up to collect her . ’ |
| 23 | Although it was late and Mr Edgar was tired after his journey , Joseph insisted , so I took him to the master 's room . |
| 24 | Vera 's not back from lunch , so I kept it at the desk . ’ |
| 25 | ’ So I waltzed him across the road and put him in a doorway and left him for somebody else to find . |
| 26 | It rang while Elizabeth was in the field and I picked it up and someone spoke to me , but I can not speak , so I tore it from the wall and then no one could speak to me . ) |
| 27 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 28 | ‘ Your tea is ruined so I threw it in the bin . |
| 29 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 30 | Sally Curtiss , the Circle 's membership secretary , is here , so I entrusted her with the annexe key . ’ |