Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when she writes or herself , her tone is almost girlish : ‘ The romantic world seems to have supposed that I kissed the sculptor last week . |
| 2 | Accounts of their trial suggest that it took the form of a political witch-hunt , with the intention of intimidating other critics of the government . |
| 3 | I like to think that Hume would agree , but some of his writings suggest that he underestimated the complexity and beauty of biological design . |
| 4 | Of course , we do n't know that they gave the police the same alibi , do we ? ’ |
| 5 | If I were experienced and sophisticated like Marise , he might get involved with me anyway , because he 'd know that I understood the game and would n't get hurt . |
| 6 | If hesitating between a peach and a pear you languidly inspect sniff and fondle the fruit before deciding for the pear , and eat it slowly with a look of bliss , no one who has left behind the absolutism of childhood ( ‘ Anyone can see that a peach is nicer than a pear ’ ) will doubt that you made the best possible choice between the flavours ; the rightness of the choice , and the objective fact that in the fullest awareness of the two flavours you were spontaneously moved to take the pear , are two sides of the same coin . |
| 7 | Secretly she exulted that he had the car . |
| 8 | She was flying , just within the still pocket of air , but enough to know that she had the power . |
| 9 | To know that he knew the truth at last . |
| 10 | Leeds midfielder David Batty is included although he missed the European Cup defeat by Glasgow Rangers last night through injury . |
| 11 | From a letter to my mother dated 2 May , which has escaped destruction , it is clear that I had just written to Eliot explaining that I realized the undesirability of publication , unless indeed Rowse himself were prepared to give it his endorsement . |
| 12 | The Staufer maintained that they accepted the magisterial primacy of the Roman Church — the pope 's power to approve and anoint the emperor — but they challenged the jurisdictional primacy , namely the pope 's claim to appoint the emperor . |
| 13 | The next day 's headline — Youth denies sex attack — told how the teenager maintained that he took the schoolgirl behind a shop for a goodnight kiss , alleging that the girl consented to his advances . |
| 14 | A doctor jilted by a nurse took revenge by falsely diagnosing that she had the Aids virus . |
| 15 | Emily felt hurt and betrayed by a close friend who had borrowed a considerable sum of money towards down-payment on a house and then , when Emily eventually enquired about repayment , angrily claimed that she thought the money had been a gift . |
| 16 | The emphasis was now to be increasingly on service , given to and paid for by the state , which assumed the right to appoint its commanders ( this was made easier by the fact that all accepted the state 's money for service in war ) and to demand that it got the best available in return for its money . |
| 17 | But once your anger has subsided , realise that you allowed the crash to happen . |
| 18 | I always say that I enjoyed the R and R but it was as I go down |
| 19 | The reports on ceefax say that he requested the move . |
| 20 | Some records say that he dismissed the White Lions and the rest of his retinue , claiming that he wanted a moment alone to contemplate the blade that had done his people so much harm . |
| 21 | Afterwards he got in touch , not to sign me but to offer encouragement and say that he liked the album . |
| 22 | He mentioned that he hoped the Princess of Wales would open the refurbished clinic the following year . |
| 23 | He was interested to find that they shared the same distrust , perhaps the same revulsion . |
| 24 | He was beginning to find that he enjoyed the big offworlder 's company , and it was amazing how many things they had in common . |
| 25 | The other members began to find that he gave the faculty coherence and a sense of purpose . |
| 26 | He led her to it and was delighted to find that she accepted the lair at once . |
| 27 | Charles II took a personal interest it , matters relating to mining and it is reported that he united the old Mines Royal and the Soc. of Mineral & Battery Works which had for so long run as separate enterprises . |
| 28 | It was also reported that he had the audacity to join the Special Constables , but all pretence was blown asunder when he was noticed pawning stolen articles by a fellow officer . |
| 29 | It was reported that she disturbed the prowler when she arrived back unexpectedly at her family 's Melbourne home . |
| 30 | Studies on savants who can tell you the day of the week on which you were born found that they followed the rules of a calendar to work out the dates . |