Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least she would n't have far to go home if the evening turned into an unmitigated disaster , with him weeping drunken tears and slobbering all over her shoes while he told her the sad story of his life . |
| 2 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 3 | Most of the people I went with took mountain bikes and they envied me the Pioneer as I sped along with far less effort that they had to use . |
| 4 | ‘ He was up against international defenders and they paid him the ultimate compliment of having to trip him up half of the time . |
| 5 | It would be easier to work out the story of the Jingoes if we knew what the beginning was . |
| 6 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 7 | The 40-year-old told one of the sisters if anyone asked who the father of her baby daughter was she should lie and say it was her boyfriend , Leeds Crown Court was told . |
| 8 | FORMER Goon Harry Secombe , who has had a second home in Majorca for the past 15 years , reckoned he had finally been accepted by the locals when they gave him the Spanish name El Gordo . |
| 9 | Thomas was sent for tests but nobody knew what the problem was . |
| 10 | Girls of various shapes and sizes paraded in front of the boys while she told them the prices so that they would be sure they had enough money on them . |
| 11 | He poured Moselle for her , brushed fingers as he handed her the glass and looked into her eyes . |
| 12 | His job was to go out into the bush to take samples and he found it the most unspoilt area on Earth he has ever been to , areas the size of Wales in which no white man has ever set foot . |