Example sentences of "the [noun] [noun prp] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even up here in the wood miles away from the class-room Philip felt his face burn at the way he 'd made a fool of himself . |
| 2 | In 1982 , ( fifty years , after the sculptor 's death excluding the statutory ‘ war years ’ ) Rodin 's work moved into the public domain , although the Musée Rodin retained its ‘ droit moral ’ . |
| 3 | After collecting the award Reeves slipped it into a plastic carrier bag and shortly after dropped it . |
| 4 | The Atlantic and the Indian Ocean receive their due share of tropical cyclonic storms too , but in the Pacific , because of its vastness , they are visitations of destruction and tragedy like nowhere else in the world . |
| 5 | Floating pumice fields were so thick that sailors could walk on them — and some bore bleaching human remains 4,500 miles across the Indian Ocean to deposit them along the beaches of Zanzibar . |
| 6 | In the afternoon Bathsheba called her workers together , and spoke to them in the old hall of the farmhouse . |
| 7 | LATE IN THE AFTERNOON Frankie found himself standing awkwardly by the kitchen door wearing polished shoes that pinched his toes and a shirt fastened at the neck with a large safety-pin . |
| 8 | The money Danica gave my mother was not enough to buy one of the better sorts of bicycle , but it was no good buying a cheap one as it would have to last me for years . |
| 9 | And if you think I 'm going to bail Sleet out with the money Francis left me when you ca n't even be bothered to learn the most basic elements of running an estate then you 're mistaken . ’ |
| 10 | Look at the new 348 and try to imagine , step by step , year after year , how you should update the design features of the Berlinetta Speciale to make it more contemporary . |
| 11 | On the subject of the Pierre Matisse purchase he noted that less than half the collection had been sold but that Sotheby 's had recouped both the cost and associated taxes already . |
| 12 | Right : The Vauxhall Chevette looks what it is : a nippy , small family hatchback saloon car . |
| 13 | Before that , five years in the Alto Adige practising my German . |
| 14 | From the description Corcoran obtained I 'm afraid it could be Paula Grey … ’ |
| 15 | The Partito Popolare continues its sniping with parliamentary questions about her plans : ‘ Whatever Corral may have in mind , ’ says the parliamentarian Miguel Angel Cortés , ‘ is one of the best kept secrets in the kngdom ’ . |
| 16 | He would n't even take the tablets Alan gave him . |
| 17 | It was said of him that he would have given the Masai Africa had he been able . |
| 18 | So you put in all the hours God gives you . |
| 19 | The look Madeleine gave him would have withered anyone other than her brother . |
| 20 | The look Maria gave him was inimical . |
| 21 | The look Luke gave her was cautionary as she stirred rebelliously , brilliant lips parting . |
| 22 | But on the trail Sheila rides there is n't a long horn or rattler in sight . |
| 23 | In hindsight , it 's difficult to understand what all the furore was about , since Sikorsky only took a minority stake in Westland , but at the height of the storm Cuckney found himself in the unwelcome glare of national publicity . |
| 24 | Richard Holmes of the Sheffield YMCA told me about the background to the game . |
| 25 | From the shape of the building Maggie thought it might be Ralston 's Fruitshop , but could n't be sure . |
| 26 | One day in early spring from her perch in the beech Marian saw something white moving in a gash in the forest where a tree had fallen in the winter gales . |
| 27 | The freedom Storia gives its contributors is its strength and its weakness . |
| 28 | Ken particularly liked the story Orton told him about a man he had picked up in a lavatory and asked him if he did it often . |
| 29 | After paying off the driver Nathan steered her into a busy , softly lit restaurant , and she had to admit he had guessed correctly that a meal did indeed top her list of priorities . |
| 30 | Catherine recognizes also that her happiness is more important than pleasing Eddie , but her choice is the hardest because at the beginning of the play Eddie wanted what was best , but by the end his wishes would have made her miserable . |