Example sentences of "the [adj] [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 12 aligned themselves with the opposition NLF to form the United Legislature Front , thereby reducing S. C. Jamir 's Congress ( I ) ministry to a minority . |
| 2 | ‘ Then , the British got us into the mess . ’ |
| 3 | The second hit him in the back then travelled upwards for about eight inches before bursting out of his chest . |
| 4 | The second hit him in the right shoulder , the impact lifting him off his feet and sending him toppling towards the head of the stairs . |
| 5 | The latter provided him with the income needed to purchase a house beside the bowling green at Whitehall , and York also secured his election as MP for New Romney in 1661 . |
| 6 | His sense of the ridiculous helped him through the myriad indignities which he and Lindsay underwent . |
| 7 | The first familiarised them with the response keyboard . |
| 8 | The first contained nothing but the observation : ‘ A cold , slightly unstable E'ly airflow will cover the region . ’ |
| 9 | The first hit him on the bridge of the nose , almost severing the appendage and taking out an eye as it exited . |
| 10 | The former established themselves on the margins of Lake Texcoco in the fourteenth century . |
| 11 | Almost effortlessly , our bodies acting as sails , the southwesterly surfed us along the coast of Vallay . |
| 12 | The oldest reminded us of the barge captain . |
| 13 | The Swiss played us off the field in both our European ties a year ago , yet we managed to take three points from them . |
| 14 | She must have some radar , he thought , that at the last saved her from the worst effects of his anger and frustration . |
| 15 | The 18th found him in the custody of two Maidenhead cavalry officers who took him back to Reading . |