Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb past] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This created two new corners , which I treated in the same way , and so on till I achieved the shape marked out . |
| 2 | ‘ As I told you , I did n't go out much when I worked in London , but I 've got a silk dress which I wore on the few times I went to the opera . |
| 3 | ‘ I certify that I have known Colour Serjeant William Nicholl late of the 8th ( or King 's ) Regiment for the space of ten years , six of which I belonged to the same Company and always considered him a man of most exemplary character . |
| 4 | The Tremaynes preferred their original country seat of Heligan , near Mevagissey , and during the nineteenth century they made a lot of money , which they lavished on the latter , leaving Croan untouched by architectural fashions . |
| 5 | Through the Declaration of Ilo , the two presidents committed Bolivia and Peru to implement the terms of the Gran Mariscal Andrés de Santa Cruz bilateral framework agreement , which they signed at the same time , for economic co-operation between the two countries . |
| 6 | At the end of the news conference Mr Levy was asked a question in Hebrew , to which he replied in the same language ; there was no translation , and Mr Hurd was forced to summon a member of the British Embassy staff to translate . |
| 7 | Fortunately the driver made up for this heresy by roundly cursing the French , whom he disliked for the same reason that most Englishmen do — the way they clutter up the place , never get out of the way and ca n't speak English . |
| 8 | But what I heard at the same time was the most fantastic application of expression . |
| 9 | Lowe was in Auckland promoting a video of his life and times — inevitably referring to him as a ‘ master coach ’ which is now becoming one of the more boring sporting clichés — and was asked what he thought of the All Blacks ' failure to bring home the Cup . |
| 10 | I would n't disagree with Mr in what he said about the more cuts we have the better it looks and so it stands to reason it 's a question of cost . |