Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These tales made quite an impression on me as did the story of Uncle Fred 's eldest son , young Fred as he was known , putting on his age and managing to join the Marines when only sixteen , then found himself serving on the same ship as his father during the great battle — something of a unique record . |
| 2 | Sabine found herself travelling in the same direction , Rohan 's arm firmly round her shoulders . |
| 3 | Two rival regiments of the peacetime British Army found themselves quartered in the same town . |
| 4 | Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness ’ . |
| 5 | This is the date England had originally set aside for a friendly against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin but which both Robson and Jack Charlton agreed to abandon when they found themselves paired in the same World Cup group . |
| 6 | I asked for one ticket and paid for it , then I watched him ask for the same and fish down inside his carrier bag and bring out a ten pound note . |
| 7 | This meant everyone pulling in the same direction , and I was convinced there was a win/win opportunity : for business objectives and for employees . |
| 8 | That meant we worked in the same building on different floors . |
| 9 | They had declared at his accession , they had repeated often since , that they desired him to reign upon the selfsame terms as his predecessors ; and yet they made him aware , whenever it was needful to ask for a grant of money , that in fact he stood upon ground subtly changed , and must ask as a favour what had been Richard 's unquestioned right . |
| 10 | Er did you stay at the same school ? |
| 11 | And did you stay at the same school through primary and secondary ? |
| 12 | Now erm did you stay in the same school or ? |
| 13 | Did you fight over the same girl friends ? |
| 14 | Populations evolved separately in each of these pools , and only when the water rose again did they re-convene in the same lake . |
| 15 | MacGregor has the advantage of breadth of experience in Government , especially as Chief Secretary to the Treasury , a post that won him praise from the former Chancellor , Nigel Lawson , whatever that is worth these days . |
| 16 | He said that the dummy stimulated her to produce in the same way that the sight of the living calf should have done . |
| 17 | And Colin had his done about the same time . |
| 18 | That was not so on the men 's tour , which means it would be very much easier for the ITF to set up its own women 's tour linking many of the principal regular events such as Berlin , Eastbourne , Brighton etc , with the Grand Slams , than it would have been had they responded to the many appeals they had at the time to set up a men 's circuit in competition with ATP … |
| 19 | He said he wrote to the former Beatle about the problem but had not had a reply . |
| 20 | Said said he come from the that and all . |