Example sentences of "the [noun] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Queen paused briefly to chat with children from the base as she made her way to view a specially prepared static display of the Corps ' role in providing technical and logistical support to the army . |
| 2 | He went on gazing into the flames and she knew his thoughts were too far away for her words to reach him . |
| 3 | His ring sparkled on her finger , lit by the flames of a fire in the grate ; Paul had the fancy that she turned her fingers deliberately , enjoying the ring 's brilliance and the evidence it gave of prosperity and caste . |
| 4 | He knew that he was the winner because he saw his photograph in the newspaper the next day . |
| 5 | The selectors did know the gender of the artists but they stressed their aim to choose a show that would appeal to a cross section of visitors . |
| 6 | It was through the OTC that I met my future husband , Eric , who was at that time a permanent staff instructor . |
| 7 | Why Martha transferred the money before she put her apron on I do n't know — I suppose it 's just that everyone has their own little routines for doing things . |
| 8 | The woman had no alternative but to hand over the money because she felt her baby 's life was at risk . |
| 9 | The intention of the plaintiffs was , to my mind , clear ; they expected to recover the money if they won their action . |
| 10 | The boys not scribing joined in by offering ideas and producing elaborate pictures , inventing new details to enliven the narrative as they developed their pictures . |
| 11 | led wo late Tranmere strikes made it safe for the Merseysiders as they consolidated their second place in the Division One table . |
| 12 | The play moved over to the other side of the field and they stopped their conversation for a moment to follow it . |
| 13 | A gentle drumming sound came from the riders as they tapped their saddles with their crops . |
| 14 | This is an interesting passage because Platt B. is effectively saying that an undertaking to pay this excessive charge had been extracted from the clerk before he commenced his search and that he could not honestly have gone back on that undertaking . |
| 15 | A project to photograph the birds as they raised their young was launched , and at once became a passion with the younger boys . |
| 16 | She flicked a pink anemone at him through the hatch and it hit his cheek so that he turned round and winked at her . |
| 17 | Peter Jones , 32 , of North Road , Darlington , qualified for the certificate when he gained his Third Dan in Shoto Kan karate at an event held at the Primrose Holly Holiday Centre on the outskirts of Scarborough . |
| 18 | He had taken her to the woods and she sucked his cock and he screwed her on a bed of moss and soft earth . |
| 19 | ( Piontek was coach of denmark in the eigthies when they had their danish dynamite team which impressed in the world cup finals — the team including the likes of in-form Jan Molby , the elder Laudrup brother , Soren Lerby and a very good striker ( whose name slips me right now . |
| 20 | He picked up the cases and she took their hand-cases and they walked home , passing three separate black people who looked at them with silent hostility and two elderly white women who did not look at them at all . |
| 21 | Afterwards she came into the kitchen while I washed her clothes and hung them on a bush in the garden to dry — and there was nothing in our words or manner to suggest that all this was not quite ordinary and everyday . |
| 22 | The wide , dry eyes followed them from the kitchen as they took their leave . |
| 23 | It was silent again ; the click as he cocked his weapon made Thiercelin start . |
| 24 | The Editor has commented in previous editions of ‘ NG ’ that graduates of the former University College , Nottingham ( the University before it received its charter in 1948 ) and people who hold external Nottingham degrees are regarded as members of Convocation just as are those who have obtained their degrees after study on the Nottingham campus . |
| 25 | His experience with Mossadeq also convinced the Shah that he needed his own money , and outside the country . |
| 26 | No you 've probably nipped the skin when you took your moustache off |
| 27 | But the ball cannoned into a tree , back on to the course and he salvaged his par to get into the play-off . |
| 28 | Even though he had been expecting it — hoping for it , really — he resented the interruption because it broke his chain of concentration . |
| 29 | I understand the reply that you gave my Hon. Friend the Member for Walsall , North ( Mr. Winnick ) , but is it not possible to ask the Leader of the House , who is present , when we will have a statement about Mr. Rushdie and the ayatollah 's decision ? |
| 30 | There was a pile of logs and some firelighters and paper in a large basket in the hearth , and Preston started to pile them in the grate while she continued her explorations in the garden . |