Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then he got on to explain what the items were , seventy five percent of the items went next day , and ninety thousand went , I 'm sorry , and er , and twenty five percent went two day , three day , and if you divide one into the other , what it means is that two point one consignments two me , sorry , two point one items per consignment went Express , and six items per consignment , general . |
| 2 | Then first one , then another and finally eight cabbies all wandered over to see what the fuss was . |
| 3 | ‘ I think you 'd better tell me the whole story , Charles . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I think I 'd better tell you the whole story right from the beginning . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 'd better leave me the matches , then . ’ |
| 6 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 7 | Yes , and you see Mr came in to show her the hoover and she was n't here was she ? . |
| 8 | It was a monologue called ‘ Good News ’ , in which Beattie enthused down the phone at great length to a young man who 'd apparently done her the most enormous good turn . |
| 9 | Yeah , well tell him you 'll put him in his diary , I I would have thought if you 'd just sent him the notes to each meeting he would come if he would , if he could , and if he ca n't , he ca n't . |
| 10 | Many seemed not to know what the knives and forks were for and took the napkins for handkerchiefs . |
| 11 | But the Friar 's wits had not yet returned to him and he seemed not to hear what the Trapper said . |
| 12 | ‘ Celia came up to pay me the rent , mid-morning that 'd be . |
| 13 | She then came back to tell me the customer did n't like green so would n't be having the soup . |
| 14 | He 'd often asked himself the same question . |
| 15 | ‘ The MP came out to see what the scare was . |
| 16 | She 'd even given them the evidence herself . |
| 17 | He 'd never allowed anyone the opportunity . |
| 18 | Except she was saying that you 'd actually offered her the job . ’ |
| 19 | The mannikin skipped over to show them the unexpected addition to his ghastly collection . |
| 20 | Her composure regained , she turned back to hand him the long tall glass of iced tea , managing with an effort not to flinch visibly when his fingers touched her . |
| 21 | For answer , the Robemaker lifted his arms out so that the great black cloak fanned out giving him the outline of a massive bat or a creature of prey . |
| 22 | I popped in to see what the form was , and to find out if I 'd been fired as a house-sitter . |
| 23 | He pulled up at the bridge and got out to show me the concrete cancer . |
| 24 | Chatterton unbent enough to ask me the question . |
| 25 | However , the organisers decided not to award him the individual trophy since he already had a team trophy and instead awarded the individual trophy to the person with the lowest score . |
| 26 | I needed it because when I finally disentangled myself from Zaria 's legs ( another advantage noted : no claws ) , I padded over to see what the noise was . |
| 27 | I just looked down to see what the time was , I just looked up |
| 28 | Curious , she went over to see what the paper said . |
| 29 | When I went up to investigate it the floor caved in beneath me and I fell into the middle of all those nasty plants . ’ |
| 30 | No matter how long he waited or how often he looked up to see who the latest arrival was , he knew in his heart of hearts it would n't be his son . |