Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The medics met the plane and gave him plasma etc right there in the radio room before transporting him to the hospital . |
| 2 | Whenever the chest was brought in by the Levites to the King 's officials and they saw that there was a large amount of money , the royal secretary and the officer of the chief priest came and emptied the chest and carried it back to its place . |
| 3 | Ross unlocked the bar and let it swing down . |
| 4 | An hour later he was awakened by Sunil , who unlocked the door and ushered him in apologetically . |
| 5 | He awkwardly unlocked the door and carried her to the sofa , laying her down as though she weighed nothing at all . |
| 6 | At the hotel Luke collected both keys from the night porter , and when they reached her room he unlocked the door and held it open for her , then closed it behind him . |
| 7 | They sang songs like the birds and made shapes on the walls ; and though these could help them not at all , yet they passed the time and enabled them to tell themselves that they were splendid fellows , the very flower of Rabbitry , cleverer than magpies . |
| 8 | Using Wella 's High Hair Form & Finish Spray for extra hold , he pinned the hair and brushed it flat for a sophisticated Sixties style . |
| 9 | Before he reached the top , Delaney paused , and holding with his legs , unslung the Uzi and brought it to one-handed readiness . |
| 10 | Outside on the terrace , at the point from where Francis used to dive , and made the dive that killed him , I looked down into the moon-flecked pool . |
| 11 | As I made the turn and dive I realised that I had lost lateral control and the wing " roll and dive " was increasing alarmingly . |
| 12 | It turned out that he was the one who made the presentation and suggested we get out of it . |
| 13 | She made the coffee and brought it back to bed — a compromise . |
| 14 | You probably figured out by now that I 'm part of the team that made the game and to prove it is n't bugged I only have to quote some of Ian Osborne 's words : |
| 15 | There can only be one Creator , one God who made the earth and maintains it under divine control . |
| 16 | By 1840 , Chalk 's son owned the mill and leased it to the cloth manufacturing partnership of Samuel Francis and A.M. Flint , who remained there until 1853 . |
| 17 | Wilcox lowered the bonnet and pushed it shut with the palm of his hand . |
| 18 | Philpott lowered the newspaper and gave them a wry smile . |
| 19 | Finally he lowered the weapon and dropped it onto the bed beside him , then fumbled in the drawer again for the box of ammunition . |
| 20 | The girl rode the horse and liked it . |
| 21 | None of the 70,000 English , Scots , Irish , and Anzac troops expected the reception that awaited them , and the rain of death that would greet them from the machine-guns of the Turkish 9th Division , hidden in the hills above . |
| 22 | He wiped the spanner and put it away with his other tools . |
| 23 | They packed their bags , sold the house and left me : I got that news in prison . |
| 24 | Er Mike said in his autobiography that when they got the play and converted it to film , they changed the age of the character for a start , cos in the play it was written in the late fifties by Bill and it was written for a man approaching his forties . |
| 25 | We got the dog and give him a couple of rope ends in his mouth and he take them across the ice . |
| 26 | I took this bandage off and put a cold compress on , making a proper patella dressing , got the ambulance and got him off to hospital , and put in a Report about this broken gas-lid . |
| 27 | Remember when we got the lemonade and put them in lemonade . |
| 28 | Ace made to throw the weapon , but checked the movement and brought it to Defries . |
| 29 | Police closed Borough Road in case of an explosion as 25 firemen fought the blaze and brought it under control after 30 minutes . |
| 30 | Watching him speak , and seeing the man he was , I realized the distress that allowed him to reveal his feelings to me . |