Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly afterwards officers smashed their way into Mrs Curran 's bungalow where they found the victims ' bodies in separate rooms . |
| 2 | She went to the headquarters of the Special Air Services in Hereford where she underwent a ‘ terrifying ’ driving course where she learnt the basic techniques in handling a possible terrorist attack or kidnap attempt . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's evolution ; when we still lived in caves we used to go out and hunt and whoever brought back the mammoth or whatever ate the best meat and got to fuck the women , and all that was good for the human race . |
| 4 | Richard touched his finger reflexively to a light dressing on the left side of his neck where it met the collarbone . |
| 5 | Huy felt he could get drunk on the smell of Taheb , sinking his lips into the base of her neck where it joined the shoulder . |
| 6 | A harsh judgement would occasionally be reprieved by intervention from his sister , who sat by his side where she judged the women . |
| 7 | There was , Aunt Margaret said , a safe in their bedroom where he kept the money until he took it in to the bank at the end of the week in the massive , gleaming , opulent-looking calf-skin briefcase with a very large lock . |
| 8 | Before her a green sea rippled , melting into azure where it met the sky . |
| 9 | He has also played the lover , as in Green Card where he played the Frenchman in search of a permit to stay in America . |
| 10 | This so impressed the then president of the Canadian branch of the Anglo Jewish Association that he invited the young man , scarcely more than a boy , to be its secretary ; the start of a highly successful and very wide range of business and charitable interests . |
| 11 | The EP was ‘ brought in ’ in response to the teachers ' perception that they lacked the skills to manage George 's behaviour . |
| 12 | Seth flew forty miles an hour face first into the piling with such force that he uprooted the eight telephone poles . |
| 13 | The defendant struck with the knife into her throat on the left-hand side just near the jugular vein , with such force that it severed the spinal cord , causing almost instant paralysis . |
| 14 | Although Labour was defeated in the General Election of 1924 , the election which saw the publication of the ‘ Zinoviev Letter ’ with the allegation that it revealed the Communist intention to stir the masses of workers to revolution through using the Labour Party and the Anti-Soviet treaty , its vote increased by more than one million , or about 24 per cent , even though the number of Labour MPs was reduced from 191 to 151 . |
| 15 | It 's true we were acquainted , with the result that I discovered the imposture as soon as her doppelgänger arrived . |
| 16 | It was getting dark so he pulled the curtains and put on the overhead light . |
| 17 | It 's not called like a golf club that you hit the ball with ? |
| 18 | Circumcision as a rite had been performed in Israel for many centuries , but it was only with the exile that it assumed the character of a covenantal sign between God and his chosen people . |
| 19 | It was when he finally reached the end of the turning by the Rotherhithe.Tunnel entrance that he saw the three standing together across the street . |
| 20 | And it was in this frame of mind that I undertook the journey to visit a witchdoctor who reputedly had the ability to establish contact between a person and their ancestors . |
| 21 | He told the ECHO that he thought the teachers ' action which has left thousands of exam papers unopened , was a ‘ great tragedy ’ . |
| 22 | This was not Dickens ' fault that he changed the ending , he was practically forced to do it by a friend . |
| 23 | Lord Aldington , who lives at Knoll Farm , Aldington , Ashford , Kent , is claiming libel damages over allegations in a pamphlet that he arranged the repatriation of around 70,000 Cossacks and Yugoslavs , knowing they would be massacred on their return . |
| 24 | Lord Aldington , former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party , who lives at Knoll Farm , Aldington , Ashford , Kent , is claiming libel damages over allegations in a pamphlet that he arranged the repatriation of 70,000 Cossacks and Yugoslavs , knowing they would be massacred . |
| 25 | MacDonald 's reply — ‘ I explained my hopeless parlty. position if there were any resignations ’ — is a clear indication that he found the idea of a National Government distasteful ; indeed , that his position was likely to be ‘ hopeless ’ . |
| 26 | Among our samples , for instance , 79 per cent of the spouses said at first interview that they wanted the dementia sufferer to remain at home , compared with 36 per cent of the non-spouses . |
| 27 | And it 's funny because the last car that I saw the fellow 's from I saw the fellow 's who did it . |
| 28 | When the gentleman in your office , however , addressed me not as Mrs Maitland , but by my maiden name , which is the one I write under , I realized that it must indeed be me who was being phoned , whereupon it suddenly seemed ( perhaps only by association of ideas ) imperative that I had the means of writing to hand . |
| 29 | ‘ did drive ’ Driving is usually proved by witness statements to the effect that they saw the defendant drive . |
| 30 | It is with a sense of shock and disbelief that I studied the details that the Scottish Arts Council has released concerning its distribution of funds for 1993/94 ( reported , 16 February ) . |