Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will remember the lives that have marked you the most , first . |
| 2 | Only last year , on the instructions of Luther Reynolds , David had brought the boy out of the mines and begun to teach him the way of business ; Matthew often accompanied him on his rounds , and though he made little attempt to befriend David , the boy worked , and learned , and spent so many hours closeted in the ‘ den ’ with the old man , that Beth was obliged to voice her concern . |
| 3 | Hillary Clinton 's critics say she is way to the left of her husband in her political views and have dubbed her the ‘ Winnie Mandela of American politics . ’ |
| 4 | They had co-operated on several criminal cases ; the scoops that had brought her the professional acclaim she revelled in . |
| 5 | An experienced armourer came into the hangar with a group of new armourers and proceeded to show them the wonders of the Washington . |
| 6 | Initially Edward had been prepared to augment Gloucester 's landed interest with further grants and had given him the custody and marriage of two local heirs , Henry Marney and William Walgrave . |
| 7 | Initially Edward had been prepared to augment Gloucester 's landed interest with further grants and had given him the custody and marriage of two local heirs , Henry Marney and William Walgrave . |
| 8 | A long , indented coastline , with many harbours on both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean , gave her easy access to the oceans and had made her the economic centre of the world . |
| 9 | It takes far less time than full-scale autobiography , for we are looking for a profile of the significant events that have made you the distinctive person that you are ( warts and all , as they say ) . |