Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some days later , a farmer phoned to discover whether I knew the meeting times and places of witches in his area . |
| 2 | She stopped rehearsing when they reached the end of Act One . |
| 3 | The bubbles of foam trembled to mist and I sensed the house become dangerous , a mirage to my eyes . |
| 4 | African-Americans in South Central mostly hate Korean store owners and there 's no getting around the fact , as Jesse Jackson tried to do when he said the assaults on Koreans were not racist . |
| 5 | Yes , I 've got yeah I know they did , but I think after a while they stopped doing that I think the latest ones you 'll find do n't , do n't do that , they gave , you know , after a while they gave that up , but I , I must check on that , I must check on . |
| 6 | However , once the licence to sink an exploratory well was awarded to the Hamilton Oil Company , we tried to ensure that it honoured the conditions attached to the licence , prepared an adequate oil spill contingency plan and designed an operational programme which minimised the risks to the environment . |
| 7 | The messenger ambled out and for no good reason everybody stopped talking until they heard the lock click . |
| 8 | It would also be a defence for a person charged to prove that he/she had the article with him or her for use at work ; for religious reasons or as part of any national costume . |
| 9 | I thought of the stack of dirty crocks to tackle after tea , of pictures and furniture that were once polished every week , and now got done when I had the time . |
| 10 | He was difficult to live with , impossibly single-minded over his career , yet none of that seemed to matter as she balanced the weight of her new discovery against all she knew of him . |
| 11 | Suddenly she dropped his hand and slid her arms about his waist , knowing she 'd won when she felt the thunder of his heart against her cheek as she burrowed her face against his chest . |
| 12 | but I say , I said to her that you , you 'd said that you had the biopsy within , you 'd know the results within forty eight hours , but she said oh no |
| 13 | Then of course the girl said what she 'd done and they fetched the skull back and had no trouble after … |
| 14 | The leaders of the teams on the controls could see her , so she would n't have to mess around with semaphore and bits of thread like they 'd done when they left the Store . |
| 15 | The stone was heavier than he 'd thought and he bungled the throw . |
| 16 | The years reeled back , her old saggy breasts seemed to respond and she crossed the room without realising it , wrapping both her children in the Chinese spread and taking them into her arms like a mediaeval St Anne with Virgin and Child . |
| 17 | When Cinzia said she was staying ‘ in town ’ , he 'd assumed that she meant the Miletti villa . |
| 18 | She was instantly aware that she 'd over-reacted as she saw the expression on his face . |
| 19 | Then there was plenty of work for them but then when the erm , the one man buses really got going and they introduced the night safe on the buses , the ticket office was cut drastically , they did n't need to have all this information . |
| 20 | This was the inheritance which Nicholas II ( 1894–1917 ) pledged to uphold when he ascended the throne . |
| 21 | The other members began to find that he gave the faculty coherence and a sense of purpose . |
| 22 | My heart began to flutter as I lowered the heavy pyx into my pouch . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she began to apologise as she turned the lock and pulled back the door , ‘ I should have — ’ Then she stopped , speechless , as she stared up at the tall figure of Robert Sheldrake . |
| 24 | Owen began to hope that they viewed the incident as too small to bother about . |
| 25 | We really began to believe that we had the Nationalist Party on the run . |
| 26 | They began to bark as she walked the few yards to his front door . |
| 27 | She was therefore a little disconcerted to find when they left the station that instead of waiting for a taxi Lady Selvedge began to stride away in the direction of Victoria Street , saying ‘ I know just the place for us to get a snack . |
| 28 | And he says nineteen sixty two when I started reffing and he said the oth they 're not I 'm not giving them this one but these two are for the other mascot scene . |
| 29 | The number of places which needed guarding and which required the presence of a person of authority meant that , in some cases , men of military talent and experience , but not necessarily of high birth , were given positions of considerable responsibility . |
| 30 | My eyes were immediately attracted to the table and my mouth started watering when I saw the home-made cakes and jam tarts laid out on a white lace tablecloth . |