Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day the policeman went where Mr Banks lived and they rang the bell , hello , hello are you Mrs Banks ? |
| 2 | Roger exclaimed when he opened the door . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Meredith asked as she took the cup . |
| 5 | The point is that this is where Camus lived and I made the effort to find my way here . |
| 6 | The uncertainty was fuelled further when Larne boss Gary Irwin admitted that he thought the goal had been disallowed for a foul on goalkeeper Graeme McConnell . |
| 7 | Philpott asked as he tapped the dottle from his pipe into the ashtray beside him . |
| 8 | Zach nodded and she opened the door out on to the landing and closed it behind her . |
| 9 | Samuel Hitching stated that he examined the Coffin carefully and that it had two canvas patches on where there were decayed places in the Wood — he also measured the thickness of the Board and they were only 5/8 of an inch at top and ½ an inch thick at the bottom — the lid was also warped that they could not screw it down properly-One of the bearers also stated that he was afraid it would fall in pieces before they got to the Church with it . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Barr stated that he accepted the recommendations in the report and had created a special unit in the Criminal Division of the Justice Department to pursue the matter . |
| 12 | Sue sighed as she regulated the dial for the toast . |
| 13 | Corbett grinned as he sipped the rich red wine . |
| 14 | ‘ Trusting of them , ’ Hennessy observed as he put the slip down on the table and reached for his ballpoint pen . |
| 15 | The commission 's recommendations to Mr Lang included that he require the two officials to pay a sum he considered appropriate to the council . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Nevil demanded as they left the meeting . |
| 18 | But this in essence is just what Pooh did when he inferred the same belief about honey from his direct observation of bees . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Edward said as he stopped the car outside her house . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Hudson asked whether they knew the difference between an Essex Girl and the grand old Duke of York ? |
| 26 | You will do it carefully ? ’ he added , his tone sounding suddenly a little dangerous , and Maggie stopped as she reached the door . |
| 27 | I always thought that you see when the , er Normans came and you had the |
| 28 | Nannie sighed as she dropped the Viyella nightdress over Nicandra 's head . |
| 29 | Nadine nodded and he put the key away again . |
| 30 | Citing the testimony of local residents , the UDF claimed that they contained the remains of people summarily executed in September-October 1944 ( i.e. immediately following the Soviet invasion and communist seizure of power ) . |