Example sentences of "the [noun] [coord] [pers pn] [vb past] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | IB4E paid the money and they waited for the train to take them to Ratvick . |
| 2 | Brin was issued with false documents to fool the Germans and he worked for 5 months with the resistance , helping allied servicemen to escape along the so called Comet line ; a 1,500 mile route across Europe from Holland through Belgium and France , on through Spain to the safety of Gibraltar . |
| 3 | Brin was issued with false documents to fool the Germans and he worked for 5 months with the resistance , helping allied servicemen to escape along the so called Comet line ; a 1,500 mile route across Europe from Holland through Belgium and France , on through Spain to the safety of Gibraltar . |
| 4 | In between Wrexham had 98pc of the play but it counted for nothing . |
| 5 | Erm fact that you set up the scene for the introductions and you asked for it that you , you know , took and reduced those people to an image of which was good . |
| 6 | The rear wall of the churchyard loomed ahead of the figure and it sprang for the top . |
| 7 | The last time I saw Jonathan was Thursday evening when he picked me up in the car and we went for a drive . |
| 8 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 9 | Only wych elm grew in the wood and it burned for me quite well when dry . |
| 10 | She took the package and it lay for a moment in her lap while she stared down at it . |
| 11 | There was the afternoon when he drove out to the Crumbles and they slept for three hours , the wind pushing at the side of the car like a crowd . |
| 12 | I tried to convince him there must be jugs at the grade and he fell for it , allowing me to breathe a great sigh of relief . |
| 13 | Well it should be in the file and I asked for this and keep it before me when a scheme is set up , A we have a map which I must have sent out letters , |
| 14 | They talked for two hours before going their separate ways , he up the Amazon and she bound for Canada . |
| 15 | Ken Wolstenholme was never really lost to football after he left the Beeb and he commentated for a time on ITV 's Tyne Tees station and recently worked for Tottenham 's Clubcall line . |
| 16 | I dumped my duffel bag by the wall and he called for Maria to bring the tea . |
| 17 | Her pink flying suit had two dirty orbs where her backside had imprinted itself on the ground and I noticed for the first time that her trainers were at least size 9 ( men 's ) . |
| 18 | ‘ The was just a small knock on the rod and I went for it , ’ said Charlie , from Newport . |
| 19 | He returned the embrace and they relaxed for a while in the comfort and safety of each other . |
| 20 | When Mrs Reynolds came to visit her husband , the staff nurse spent some time with them both explaining what they should expect immediately after the operation and she arranged for Mrs Reynolds to telephone the ward the following afternoon . |
| 21 | Most of them seemed to be the kind that took the prepaid cards that he never had , but there were a couple of pay booths at the end of the row and he made for those . |
| 22 | I was driving my car along an unlit street in Bristol , England : all of a sudden the two inner wheels of the car had left the road and I travelled for quite a few yards at an angle of 45 degrees , after which I landed with a large bump . |
| 23 | He closed the curtains and I waited for him to come out to his car . |
| 24 | Upstream , through the gorge known as the Wachau , runs one of the prettiest stretches of the river and I sat for a pleasant hour on its embankment watching the swallows skim its waters . |
| 25 | Her warm and wide smile greeted me at the door and I forgot for a while the riddles and innuendos which surrounded Brian Harley and hid the killer of Froggy Davies . |
| 26 | After supper my father went to see the doctor and they went for a walk together to kill time up until the appointed hour . |
| 27 | It was cool in the shade and I stayed for a while by the deep pool below the falls before turning back to the path and climbing through the heat of the late morning past Poor 's Land towards Knarlton Knot . |
| 28 | There was a movement at the door of the office and she stiffened for a moment , remembering Jarrett Keach 's warning about security . |