Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] the [det] [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I lived in the same house as him once . |
| 4 | In the next article , I will describe the details of the job , and in another the solutions I found to the many problems encountered on the way . |
| 5 | But then I found in the same week in the relatively liberal UK magazine Time Out several references to women as ‘ chicks ’ and ‘ broads ’ . |
| 6 | I came at the same time as the Sweeper came for I saw him standing by this very cage in clothes the people wear and not in Keeper-clothes such as he began to wear afterwards . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I came in the same van as someone called Gleeson , ’ said Marcus . |
| 8 | And Graham claimed : ‘ Frank McLintock was a marvellous skipper — I should know because I played in the same team with him . |
| 9 | When I had done that , I touched over the same areas again to strengthen a colour or restate an edge or detail as I felt necessary . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | I used to work with them before I finished at the same YTS scheme . |
| 12 | But what I heard at the same time was the most fantastic application of expression . |
| 13 | ‘ My car 's been stolen , ’ I screamed at the same traffic warden . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | This created two new corners , which I treated in the same way , and so on till I achieved the shape marked out . |
| 16 | As I looked at the few stones that remained of the castle , I learned from the magazine that the Irish-built castle of the local kings , the O'Rourkes , had once towered over the local countryside . |
| 17 | Interestingly enough I looked into the same situation in America and Germany and in all three mighty industrial countries six out of the top ten firms had gone . |
| 18 | I looked in the same direction and saw a group of men standing and staring at us . |
| 19 | Well it , it was n't funny that day before I went to the that ear |
| 20 | ‘ I went to the same school you 're going to now . |
| 21 | ‘ My parents left enough money to make sure I went to the same school as Elise , but I was never the academic type — too fond of games . |
| 22 | ‘ I went through the same thing . |
| 23 | Patiently , I went through the same arguments that I 'd used with Mazzin himself , emphasizing that we did n't want any trouble but would n't tolerate abuse , and that we felt Islamic Jihad did n't want to cause us unnecessary distress . |
| 24 | Again I went through the same reception , being sort of frisked , getting undressed , doing a twizzle , seeing the doctor , having a bath . |
| 25 | I giggle a little as I fetch the little dark blue jacket I bought at the same time : it was rather extravagant to buy both but they seemed to belong together . |
| 26 | ‘ I resigned at the same time as they asked for my resignation . |
| 27 | Well if I left at the same time as you he mi he might feel obliged to offer me a lift but if he did |
| 28 | When I married , I left behind the few friends of my childhood , and made no lasting friends in London . |
| 29 | Seven months later , on 28 September 1990 , I wrote to the same Chancellor of the Exchequer : |
| 30 | TWO months ago I travelled to the former Yugoslavia and visited hospitals and camps filled with the displaced and wounded of the Bosnian conflict . |