Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 2 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 3 | I abruptly asked them the same question I had of Benjamin . |
| 4 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
| 5 | In his absence , I afterwards asked them the same questions , and they were able to explain quite adequately . |
| 6 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing . |
| 7 | ‘ I told you the same thing . ’ |
| 8 | make the point you know I 'm sure you found this useful , what particular area was the one that excited you the most , yeah ? |
| 9 | He held for Alice altogether a great fascination , but she steadfastly refused offers to go and see him in the nursery , and ignored him the few occasions he was on show . |
| 10 | As soon as he got home , the telephone was ringing and she told him the same thing many times . |
| 11 | An –easy conscience chafed him like his new , scratchy tweed suit , caused him the same persistent discomfort as the broken spring he was hatching out beneath his buttocks . |
| 12 | Although she was anxious to be able to travel on the underground and in aeroplanes , she felt that the problem which caused her the most inconvenience was her inability to go into any large shop or department store without experiencing extreme panic . |
| 13 | When his wife returned , Linkworth told her the same believable story and she accepted it completely . |
| 14 | In particular it showed me the many opportunities we have , and that we are a talented organisation . |
| 15 | She were laughing when I showed her that letter I got , cos she got one the same morning , , she said , and it said , and you can go round and talk to him . |
| 16 | ‘ She called him the former proprietor . |
| 17 | It concerned him the more to see that Titch , also , appeared to have no eyes for anything but the Wheel . |
| 18 | She enjoyed hearing about the governess 's letters which would never be received and translations of East End rhyming slang , but did n't think he actually listened to her , he often asked her the same questions . |
| 19 | God knows why — I made him the same way I made the rest of you — but there it is . |
| 20 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
| 21 | The government refused the paramilitaries the political status which they requested , and offered them the same terms as those given to surrendering drug traffickers : a reduction of prison sentences in return for confessions to crimes . |
| 22 | He adds : ‘ In the last year , most restaurants have brought their prices down or kept them the same as last year . |
| 23 | By now , though , he was tired of Barbados , particularly its narrowness of spirit ; they expressed their appreciation of his runs by refusing to allow him , as a black man , to practise at Kensington Oval , and he believed there were still those who resented his success and thought him the same ‘ bighead ’ as at school . |
| 24 | And I kept it the same and that 's When we bought this in nineteen fifty four , there was a lot of alterations to be done . |
| 25 | Dulles replied that a good many countries in the world saw themselves the same way . |
| 26 | Perhaps the disco-dancers of 1986 saw themselves the same way . |
| 27 | He gave me the most trouble by returning more potential Pathfinders than any other CO : hut not only — aircrew he walked about Gransden with a wad of railway warrants in his pocket , and anyone who offended got one on the spot . |
| 28 | I wish there was still something to look at which gave me the same feeling . |
| 29 | I might have returned to match fishing , which never gave me the same enjoyment , even when I won , that a big fish always does , and , I hope , always will . |
| 30 | That gave me the same charge as I remembered when I was a little kid and could memorise every record I had , who the publishing company was , how long the song was and what label it was on . |