Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb past] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without turning round he said in a harsh voice : ‘ If you want to know about Inez , Mr Wycliffe , you must ask Sara , the two of them lived in the same house for nearly twelve years . |
| 2 | She has had fifty governments since the end of the war , many of them dominated by the same personalities and the same political party . |
| 3 | There are at least ten or a dozen different principal textures , but it would be unusual to find a large number of them used in the same piece . |
| 4 | Six of them originated from the same bar on Corfu — 500 miles from the island of Kos where Ben first vanished . |
| 5 | One was a £230,000 ‘ compensation for loss of office ’ , the bulk of which went to the former chief executive , Emmanuel Olympitis , who suddenly departed last month . |
| 6 | Mr Faulks said : ‘ Inside the police found a complete confidence trickster 's set with 26 different charge cards either in the name of Garawand or in the name of Yousefi and ten cheque books , four of which related to the same account at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Darlington . ’ |
| 7 | The former was the obvious clash between Britain 's need for exports to pay her way in the post-war world and the requirement of the rearmament programme , both of which competed for the same scarce skills and resources of the metal-working industries to the detriment of the export trade . |
| 8 | Figure 5 is another little collection from my trophy room , all of which developed in the same kind of way . |
| 9 | Because of what transpired in the latter part of 1989 , seldom has your insight been so penetrating and accurate , and between now and August is a time of unrivalled opportunities for you to make your mark . |