Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Without turning round he said in a harsh voice : ‘ If you want to know about Inez , Mr Wycliffe , you must ask Sara , the two of them lived in the same house for nearly twelve years . |
2 | There are at least ten or a dozen different principal textures , but it would be unusual to find a large number of them used in the same piece . |
3 | ‘ I lived in the same house as him once . |
4 | In the next article , I will describe the details of the job , and in another the solutions I found to the many problems encountered on the way . |
5 | But then I found in the same week in the relatively liberal UK magazine Time Out several references to women as ‘ chicks ’ and ‘ broads ’ . |
6 | I came at the same time as the Sweeper came for I saw him standing by this very cage in clothes the people wear and not in Keeper-clothes such as he began to wear afterwards . ’ |
7 | ‘ I came in the same van as someone called Gleeson , ’ said Marcus . |
8 | And Graham claimed : ‘ Frank McLintock was a marvellous skipper — I should know because I played in the same team with him . |
9 | When I had done that , I touched over the same areas again to strengthen a colour or restate an edge or detail as I felt necessary . |
10 | ‘ I certify that I have known Colour Serjeant William Nicholl late of the 8th ( or King 's ) Regiment for the space of ten years , six of which I belonged to the same Company and always considered him a man of most exemplary character . |
11 | Some years ago I protested against the latter which , in my view , vitiates nearly all research in the so-called ‘ science ’ of sociology . |
12 | I used to work with them before I finished at the same YTS scheme . |
13 | But most of my time I spent in the many and varied mosques , and each day I went back to Hagia Sophia , sometimes remaining for hours . |
14 | But what I heard at the same time was the most fantastic application of expression . |
15 | I decided on the latter and was again pleased when I managed to haul myself to safety at the top of the boulder . |
16 | Unsure whether I actually wanted to strike the rod and possibly miss another take or just enjoy the sound of the buzzer , I decided on the latter and leapt out of bed and grabbed the rod . |
17 | ‘ My car 's been stolen , ’ I screamed at the same traffic warden . |
18 | ‘ As I told you , I did n't go out much when I worked in London , but I 've got a silk dress which I wore on the few times I went to the opera . |
19 | This created two new corners , which I treated in the same way , and so on till I achieved the shape marked out . |
20 | This Pool who is not Poole can not be worse than the last idiot I saw from the same backward profession : he was extremely fortunate that I did not send the details of his impertinences to the Medical Association or whatever it is called . |
21 | As I looked at the few stones that remained of the castle , I learned from the magazine that the Irish-built castle of the local kings , the O'Rourkes , had once towered over the local countryside . |
22 | On the way to Mrs Zamzam 's land , I looked across the same Lebanese border from the Israeli side and could actually make out in the far distance Mrs Zamzam 's camp at Rashidiyeh inside Lebanon . |
23 | Interestingly enough I looked into the same situation in America and Germany and in all three mighty industrial countries six out of the top ten firms had gone . |
24 | I looked in the same direction and saw a group of men standing and staring at us . |
25 | Well it , it was n't funny that day before I went to the that ear |
26 | ‘ I went to the same school you 're going to now . |
27 | ‘ My parents left enough money to make sure I went to the same school as Elise , but I was never the academic type — too fond of games . |
28 | Again I went through the same reception , being sort of frisked , getting undressed , doing a twizzle , seeing the doctor , having a bath . |
29 | Patiently , I went through the same arguments that I 'd used with Mazzin himself , emphasizing that we did n't want any trouble but would n't tolerate abuse , and that we felt Islamic Jihad did n't want to cause us unnecessary distress . |
30 | ‘ I went through the same thing . |