Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In front of them rode the moon , silver-skirted , in a flurry of dark-blue clouds . |
| 2 | But this is probably because such retirement arrangements died out before formalizing them became the normal custom , rather than because they were never common . |
| 3 | ‘ Managers were proud to lead their staff into dispute and out into the streets over the years ; unfortunately , very many of them became the pit bull terriers of 1992 ’ . |
| 4 | Privately , however , he was still sending conflicting signals to his supporters , some of whom got the impression that he had not decided whether to act . |
| 5 | While everyone agreed the changes in living standards since the film was made were for the better , there was some nostalgia for farming as it was when they were young . |
| 6 | The supporters were happy , the players were happy and everyone agreed the Everton board had pulled off a coup in tempting their most successful manager back to Merseyside . |
| 7 | Elizabeth 's customers were disappointed to read her notice , but although several of them asked the reason , she merely smiled and was noncommittal . |
| 8 | Most people in bands have quite similar backgrounds and I reckon a lot of them shared the same experience as I did . |
| 9 | But even the most socialist of them shared the view , articulated by Brailsford before the war , that the first task of the pacifist was not to overthrow capitalism but to ‘ check the worst consequences of a capitalistic foreign policy , and , if possible , turn it to some partial good . ’ |
| 10 | None of them shared the icy restraint of the last letter . |
| 11 | The case rests on whom owned the knife . |
| 12 | Despite the weather , however , 17 of them braved the elements to play the one round Stableford competition . |
| 13 | As Fael-Inis began to play , each of them drew a deep breath and surrendered , and each of them experienced the deepest contentment at hearing the silver pipes of enchantment . |
| 14 | Everyone got the critical hots for Gotham 's rooftop dominatrix . |
| 15 | Jim Bob says that no way would they have done this if it had been their money , and hopes that everyone got the joke . |
| 16 | everyone got the same |
| 17 | When the settlers got to Virginia , everyone expected the gentlemen of the party to run things , just as in England . |
| 18 | Some of them argued the merits of various French cars . |
| 19 | But the weird thing about this supposedly ‘ shock admission ’ is that everyone made the most dreadful fuss when she said she intended to ‘ go on and on and on ’ . |
| 20 | Mary tottered up on her perch from side to side but nothing wiped the mild , sweet benignity from her doll 's face as she dropped the dew of her mercy down from heaven on the mortal exiles below wailing and weeping in the vale of tears . |
| 21 | Behind them hulked the great mass of Shunner Fell below the flanks of which the Butter Tubs Pass wormed its way over into Wensleydale . |
| 22 | Nearly 30 millimetres of rain was recorded.Flood warnings had been issued … but no-one expected the river to rise so quickly … surging 10 feet above normal levels . |
| 23 | Apart from his engravings , for which he became particularly well known , he was an excellent portrait painter and his painting of four children — one of whom became the fifth Duke of Devonshire — in the grounds of Chiswick House , probably attracted him to Chiswick , an area considered by many notable persons at that time , as very healthy . |
| 24 | It was here that Mr Adsett , one of Eva 's " shining people " , taught his class of talented youngsters , several of whom passed the scholarship exam . |
| 25 | A lot of them concerned the Arsenal team and what I thought about them . ’ |
| 26 | Only one of them concerned the business at Godstowe . |
| 27 | Never before had there been as many as nine of his members in a Masters field and every one of them made the cut . |
| 28 | Thirty of them made the trip to Gulfstream Park and the best they could manage was one Irish and one French third place , both well beaten . |
| 29 | But the flow of immigrants went on , with very little space to receive the new settlers , so in 1628 some of them made the easy move from St. Kitts to Nevis , and a couple of years later made a slightly longer move and occupied the islands of Antigua and Monserrat , laying the foundations of English settlement in the Leeward Islands . |
| 30 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |