Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I got halfway I heard the angry voice of the French maid saying very aggressively : ‘ You got nobody like Napoleon ! ’ |
| 2 | When I got in I found the house was empty and the fire nearly out . |
| 3 | Your content was good but you were lacking pace I think forty eight you got so I want the weather forecast from you next all right ? |
| 4 | This time it proved to be the tunnel 's end , and as he drew nearer he saw the shadowy outline of a ladder etched against the concrete . |
| 5 | Refreshed bodily we filled the nearby Church of the Annunciation for our Holy Hour , followed by a torchlight procession to the Grotto in the grounds of Elham House . |
| 6 | As he drew near they heard the sickening crack of the rod striking flesh ; once , twice they heard it fall but it brought no anguished shout of pain in response . |
| 7 | The last time I phoned up I said the bicycle that was hidden in the bushes . |
| 8 | But surely there should have been more help for him at the beginning , when he first found out he carried the virus . |
| 9 | ‘ I was rather chuffed — then I found out it meant the fat one , ’ reveals Sir Harry . |
| 10 | Putting in a plug for his new book , Crashers , he described how it covers the major financial crashes in the world , starting with the 17th century tulip crash in the Netherlands , through to 30s banking crisis and the Deutschmark crash of the same period , to the stock market ‘ silver bubble ’ . |
| 11 | Crawford described How I Won the War as ‘ a brilliant movie ’ , but reviews were mixed , partly depending on each critic 's political opinions . |
| 12 | Angie Musgrave described how she minimises the risks . |
| 13 | ‘ Looks like something has been killed there does n't it , ’ she exclaimed Then she noticed the boys grinning . |
| 14 | I was delighted to be informed that I was one of the prize winners , but my delight turned to disappointment when I realised just what accepting the prize would involve . |
| 15 | When the girls came down they found the room already warm , the fire lit , the kettle steaming . |
| 16 | A police spokesman said yesterday : ‘ When she woke up she found the front door wide open . |
| 17 | We played whenever we got the chance in the evenings and if it did nothing else it kept us out of the bar . |
| 18 | When Helen came back she closed the shirt and buttoned it . |
| 19 | When he came back he rang the bell . |
| 20 | He sent me into the pub to have a drink , and when I came out he had the two back shoes on . |
| 21 | ‘ Screaming ’ ‘ I was downstairs in the living-room and when I came out I found the whole stairway on fire , ’ she said . |
| 22 | I was just saying to Simon remember when I did , I did this , before these came out I did the Fab Four Rock and Roll Beatles |
| 23 | When the annual nativity play came around she enjoyed the thrill of putting on makeup and dressing up . |
| 24 | When Martha brought Tamar 's cloak , her sister noted how she stroked the cloth before handing it over . |
| 25 | er , that farm down the road from us er , she came round we bought the |
| 26 | When he came round he saw the side of the train had been ripped open . |
| 27 | As he came closer he saw the old Georgian mansion was illuminated with lights in all the windows . |
| 28 | Once I got home I translated the idea into a pressed flower design . |
| 29 | ‘ When I got home I called the NRA freephone pollution number and I was told it was too dark and cold for anyone to go down and somebody would be there first thing in the morning . |
| 30 | I walked from Holborn but as I got close I discovered the attraction of setting foot in there again had faded rather badly . ’ |