Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [subord] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roger exclaimed when he opened the door . |
| 2 | The Imperial troops posted to defend the river gates from Kislev fled when they saw the green horde stretched out across the horizon and advancing at full speed towards them . |
| 3 | Meredith asked as she took the cup . |
| 4 | Philpott asked as he tapped the dottle from his pipe into the ashtray beside him . |
| 5 | He found a ‘ poor fishing town ’ which had retreated on to the cliffs to avoid the winter storms ; but it was far better situated than Daniel Defoe allowed when he visited the coast in the 1720s . |
| 6 | Sue sighed as she regulated the dial for the toast . |
| 7 | Corbett grinned as he sipped the rich red wine . |
| 8 | ‘ Trusting of them , ’ Hennessy observed as he put the slip down on the table and reached for his ballpoint pen . |
| 9 | They entered the Lawnmarket and Corbett shivered when he saw the gibbet and its rotten , swaying human fruit , black figures against the moonlit , summer night sky . |
| 10 | Nevil demanded as they left the meeting . |
| 11 | But this in essence is just what Pooh did when he inferred the same belief about honey from his direct observation of bees . |
| 12 | She made Frankie smile because she believed the bird could say all sorts of real words , when in fact it did nothing but whistle and chirrup and squawk . |
| 13 | Ken cried as he washed the make-up off his legs , hauling them into the sink and then washing them in basins he had on the floor . |
| 14 | 160 , the visitors observed that Lord Denning was not using the word ‘ delegate ’ in the narrow sense in which it is sometimes used today any more than Lord Mansfield had when he used the same word in a similar context in Rex v. Benchers of Gray 's Inn , 1 Doug . |
| 15 | Edward said as he stopped the car outside her house . |
| 16 | The abbey bells rang for vespers but Corbett waited till he heard the monks returning from the chapel , before going down to join Ranulf in the whitewashed refectory . |
| 17 | An example of this was the abuse which Harvey received when he demonstrated the system of blood circulation in the body because what he had discovered was not in accordance with what Galen had said . |
| 18 | CCG Catering staff in Bridge of Allan suffered after they walked the ten miles from Bridge of Allan to Menstrie and back to raise money for Forth Valley Health Board . |
| 19 | Hudson asked whether they knew the difference between an Essex Girl and the grand old Duke of York ? |
| 20 | You will do it carefully ? ’ he added , his tone sounding suddenly a little dangerous , and Maggie stopped as she reached the door . |
| 21 | This is very evident when we compare the actual words Masefield uses when he describes the moment when Olivia is forced to accept the warnings of the Governor of Jamestown about her husband 's past and to face the destruction of her romantic view of their marriage . |
| 22 | Nannie sighed as she dropped the Viyella nightdress over Nicandra 's head . |
| 23 | Tolby flinched as it touched the skin . |
| 24 | ‘ All you have to do is drop your opposition to my development plans and I 'll take you in as a partner , ’ Sugden urged as he mopped the orange-coloured dribbles off his chin . |
| 25 | Sharpe laughed as he cut the mould off a piece of cheese . |
| 26 | Charlotte , Ruth thought as she penned the note , would be delighted . |
| 27 | Where there had been one figure faintly outlined in the frame of the staging there were now two — one large , obviously Jotan , and one much smaller , a child Alexei thought until he saw the muscular build and shortened legs and realised that Jotan had caught a dwarf . |
| 28 | Ruth smiled as he swept the tea-towel from his shoulder , flung it down and came towards her . |
| 29 | Tallis gasped as she saw the bones of men and horses piled by the river and flung into the branches , grim remnants of those who had not won the day . |
| 30 | ‘ Wayne , ’ Pete said as he opened the wagon 's door to get out . |