Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | PICASSO keeps taking me to the Rotonde , ’ the rising young poet Jean Cocteau wrote to a friend in 1916 . |
| 2 | Beattie sat facing him across the table during his interview . |
| 3 | Jim Richards describes spotting him on the terrace of Shepheard 's Hotel , Cairo . |
| 4 | Mum was waiting up for us when we got indoors , but before she could speak Mary began telling her about the agreement she had with Albert to pay for the wedding and this took the wind out of her sails . |
| 5 | Boiling with rage , yet forced to keep a fixed smile on her face while Carole Meadows continued showing them around the small guest cottage , Laura could barely contain her fury . |
| 6 | He recalled an unsatisfactory meeting with President Carter , ‘ We had hardly got seated and Carter started lecturing us about the problems he had with one of the sections of the bill . |
| 7 | It still had to be filled with an eye dropper , but the pen proved so successful that Montblanc continued producing them until the outbreak of World War II . |
| 8 | She was more than a little astounded , however , that , as Naylor stood facing her in the hall of her home , she should suddenly feel breathless and find that she was extending that courtesy even further . |
| 9 | For a moment , Kelly considered telling him about the dance , but then she thought better of it . |
| 10 | But Young and Smyth denied knowing anything about the attack or the woman 's death , and the court heard that Young , a self-confessed drug addict , said he was at home suffering from withdrawal symptoms on the day of the mugging . |