Example sentences of "father [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least my father tried to get out of the trap , but I doubt if Jones has ever struggled , even with his conscience . |
| 2 | Also , I had sobered up by then and caused some complications by trying to stop the cheque — until my father came squealing on to the line . |
| 3 | Her father had run out of the shop and now he was back with two lollipops . |
| 4 | This man and my father had joined up on the same day , they went to the same school , played football together , both courted my mother and both fell in love with her — and she ended up marrying them both . |
| 5 | His father had gone along with the masquerade . |
| 6 | One hour later I had recovered consciousness , was lying drugged and bloodless in my bed , and my father had gone out with the shotgun he owned then to look for Old Saul . |
| 7 | Later , when it was time to take Eddie back to school , Louise had kissed him at the gate and his father had walked up to the main door with him . |
| 8 | My husband gave me the news that my father had died back in the village . |
| 9 | and on Friday , on that Friday Mother used to go to Eastwood Hall to collect the er er the wages that my Father had to pay out to the men . |