Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the finest of these were on the walls of Puang Sangalla 's house , where Ranteallo took us the following morning to meet his dead father , and barely alive eighty-seven-year-old mother . |
| 2 | And Preston knew that William knew what the rest of them had known , or suspected , for some months : that he and his mother were never going to America and that the Master Sergeant was never coming back . |
| 3 | It was at last year 's parade that Elham gave him the idea when she said : ‘ I wish I could enjoy what I am experiencing here , but back in my mind there are too many innocent children left with no hopes and no future . |
| 4 | Nor were the books that Edward showed me the kind of thing I would normally have read — not , at least , as anything more than a casual browse among the dustier nooks of human eccentricity . |
| 5 | Gazza said : ‘ Some of what he did might have been wrong but I respect the fact that Maradona made himself the player Napoli could n't do without when he was in Italy . |
| 6 | It was said that Gertrude gave him the final result . |
| 7 | After all , days before the invasion surprised President Bush , his ambassador , presumably not speaking just for herself , told Saddam in so many words that Washington gave him the green light on Kuwait . |
| 8 | It was such a desultory question that Ruth gave him the filthiest look she could muster . |
| 9 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing . |
| 10 | In January 1872 Cardinal Manning , the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster , talked about the Daemon of Socrates , concluding that Socrates bequeathed us the ‘ lesson — that Conscience is the voice of God ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ As we looked at the range of products available , we saw that FCRS offered us the most flexible route as the basic packaged solution that could be easily maintained . ’ |
| 12 | Adam lost his spiritual purity through eating the forbidden fruit , so God gave him the opportunity to reinstate himself partially through immersion in the original water which came from Eden . |
| 13 | He flitted about on this machine ( which obsessed him ) wearing a helmet and goggles so that Gabriel called him The Invisible Man . |
| 14 | He tearfully said he only wanted to give the innocent insurance agent a ‘ headache ’ and wept so much in court that police branded him the ‘ cry-baby killer ’ . |
| 15 | They would appear from time to time and taunt the old couple , reminding them of their past lives and the failures or mistakes which had brought them to the castle ( though never detailing them — neither Quiss nor Ajayi knew what the other had done to justify sending them here . |
| 16 | I have a hunch that Hilary read him the riot act . ’ |
| 17 | However , as shopping still had to be done , schools reached and roads crossed whatever the road width or traffic volume , accident levels continued to rise and living environments to deteriorate . |
| 18 | He was never equal to Self in Citrine 's esteem , and he remained jealous of intervention by Self in matters of engineering and the development of policy on the generation side , for which his background and experience made him the natural senior voice among other engineers and managers . |
| 19 | Daddy and Mummy greeted her the next morning . |
| 20 | The fact that the transfer of property rights was only partial and conditional gave them the guarantee of security in old age , and the people involved in such transactions were not necessarily children or even relatives . |
| 21 | Cos Dr offered me the the other day , a nurse to do my leg . |
| 22 | I do n't know if Fenella knew what the Kraken was , but she knew who I meant . |
| 23 | During part of the 1830's into the 1840's the Back Strings were investigated and ore worked which the " old men " had left in . |
| 24 | He took out his wallet and Reynolds gave him the parcel . |
| 25 | They stamped round the sofa and did that tricky bit of acrobatics that Sid and Ethel showed us the other night . |
| 26 | Such abilities and equipment gave them the opportunity to make the big evolutionary breakthrough which eventually lead to Homo sapiens . |
| 27 | In old age he maintained a relish for life in defiance of tribulations and failing health , and his geniality and goodness made him the centre of a circle of faithful friends and admirers . |
| 28 | His loyalty and courage earned him the friendship and confidence of Emperor Conrad III . |
| 29 | And daddy gave you the family . |
| 30 | Atlantic City 's vast beach and boardwalk made it the American seaside resort of the nineteenth century . |