Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In front of them rode the moon , silver-skirted , in a flurry of dark-blue clouds . |
| 2 | ‘ Managers were proud to lead their staff into dispute and out into the streets over the years ; unfortunately , very many of them became the pit bull terriers of 1992 ’ . |
| 3 | Privately , however , he was still sending conflicting signals to his supporters , some of whom got the impression that he had not decided whether to act . |
| 4 | Elizabeth 's customers were disappointed to read her notice , but although several of them asked the reason , she merely smiled and was noncommittal . |
| 5 | But even the most socialist of them shared the view , articulated by Brailsford before the war , that the first task of the pacifist was not to overthrow capitalism but to ‘ check the worst consequences of a capitalistic foreign policy , and , if possible , turn it to some partial good . ’ |
| 6 | The case rests on whom owned the knife . |
| 7 | Jim Bob says that no way would they have done this if it had been their money , and hopes that everyone got the joke . |
| 8 | Nearly 30 millimetres of rain was recorded.Flood warnings had been issued … but no-one expected the river to rise so quickly … surging 10 feet above normal levels . |
| 9 | It was here that Mr Adsett , one of Eva 's " shining people " , taught his class of talented youngsters , several of whom passed the scholarship exam . |
| 10 | Only one of them concerned the business at Godstowe . |
| 11 | Thirty of them made the trip to Gulfstream Park and the best they could manage was one Irish and one French third place , both well beaten . |
| 12 | Never before had there been as many as nine of his members in a Masters field and every one of them made the cut . |
| 13 | It is believed that one of them moved the regulator and opened it up with the result that the train was soon out of control . |
| 14 | I do not criticise , I merely observe ; and I 'm not sure what I would think if everyone lined the rail to admire the play of light on the water and started discussing Boudin . |
| 15 | The Canadian frequently came to the net , so Petchey had to rely on his passing shots , but not enough of them found the mark . |
| 16 | Somewhat surprisingly he seems to have ignored the work of Gainsborough , Reynolds , Turner and Constable , none of whom entered the collection during his lifetime . |
| 17 | While white settlers and colonial civil servants were provided with both government schools and a number of fee-paying private schools , many of them regarded the expansion of educational provision for the black population as politically dangerous . |
| 18 | Also , when describing the work in a bookshop few of them mentioned the fact that the bookseller had to decide what books to buy for his stock and few realized how much financial expertise was needed . |
| 19 | Africa Confidential of June 14 said that although 13 members of the government were Issaqs , its membership was " carefully balanced " between the main Issaq sub-clans and other clans ; the delay in appointing the government underlined the lack of agreement over the secession among SNM leaders , some of whom regarded the measure not as final but as merely a " step towards renegotiating the 1960 unification and redressing an unequal relationship " . |
| 20 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 21 | One of them bore the name of The Shelbourne . |
| 22 | Their wings were chained and across their grim faces fell metal bars and from behind them rose the howling of wolves and the terrible roaring of caged beasts . |
| 23 | Then a leading photographer will capture your new look for our April issue , in which we will also publish the results of the two surveys showing how everyone found the experience of using Elancyl . |
| 24 | There were those who admired Lewis 's moral courage in being thus prepared to testify for the Christian faith , but not everyone found the spectacle altogether edifying . |
| 25 | Sometimes we met other travellers and conversation with them enlivened the boredom : merchants , wandering friars , the occasional hunting party , clerics or landless men looking for labour . |
| 26 | I became the kind of woman that my friends , mother , sisters and other friends warned them about . |
| 27 | In the tabloid press I became the villain who put his knife into Noddy and his boot into Biggles . |
| 28 | Shortly after I became the Member for Worcester , the Queen Mother visited my constituency . |
| 29 | Twenty five years ago I became the Member of Parliament for East Grinstead . |
| 30 | I had been trained in Mespot in the art of aerial survey by the Royal Engineers , which I felt was of no practical use to my squadron , thus I became the squadron photographic officer ( small p and small o ) . |