Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was very candid and he gave me the benefit of his thinking about a lot of things , ’ Clinton told reporters after leaving the White House . |
| 2 | For transport she used the farmer 's pony and trap : the pony was so decrepit that we called it the dead pony . |
| 3 | He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there . |
| 4 | Ackroyd knew immediately where he meant and his blood ran cold as he knew what the foreman was going to say next . |
| 5 | Were n't you , you were really quite horrified when you saw what the excavator |
| 6 | Their reaction was so encouraging that it gave me the strength to carry on . |
| 7 | Erm this has been prepared by Mr erm and perhaps it would be helpful if he gave you the flavour of it . |
| 8 | He was n't sure if he liked what the Headmaster had in store for the Bookman and they had started arguing about it . |
| 9 | There were no squabbles … as long as they did everything the same as anybody else and paid their fees , which were exactly the same . |
| 10 | He did not feel happy when they told him the result . |
| 11 | She went to see Mr Bailey , the manager of the factory , and she was surprised and happy when he gave her the job immediately . |
| 12 | I was shocked when he told me the truth . |
| 13 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 14 | ‘ I know what you mean , ’ she murmured , willing her hands to remain steady as she handed him the cup . |
| 15 | If my deception worked , she 'd still think she was attached to the creance and fly straight to me as usual when I showed her the chick . |
| 16 | Faye whispered , her eyes misting and her throat going froggy as she showed them the tiny black-haired bundle cradled tightly in her arms . |
| 17 | Is he aware that they posed me the question , ’ Is anybody in the Government prepared to stand up and fight to defend the coal industry ? ’ |
| 18 | One of the tragedies to that it has now become so expensive but is very difficult but not because it was sponsored but somebody told me the other night that the Billy Connolly programme excuse me Billy Connolly programme about art and culture was |