Example sentences of "[vb past] [det] the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You used half the hits yourself , earned sixty for the rest . |
| 2 | I listed all the things I could remember : camera , five films , pens , pencils , compass , maps , books , address book etc . |
| 3 | It is true that the government used all the influence it could to secure the return of loyal members , and the purges of borough corporations at the end of Charles II 's reign certainly had an electoral impact , but the election of such a loyal Parliament appears to have been more the result of a genuine reaction against the Whigs amongst the electorate than it was of Court manipulation . |
| 4 | When I caught all the balls it made the game a lot more fun for both of us . |
| 5 | But there had also been this other vision — of the ‘ green wood full of primroses ’ — which he had glimpsed through a hole in the wall , and which promised all the things which Lewis and Greeves had come to label ‘ It ’ or ‘ Joy ’ . |
| 6 | This done , though not yet admitted to his brother or , presumably , to anyone else , he found all the justification he wanted in the words of ‘ Father ’ Millet — another of his father-replacements . |
| 7 | Paul ( Myers ) sat me down and asked me what I liked to play , and I mentioned all the things I do , including these transcriptions . |
| 8 | I tried all the baits which worked earlier in the season and varied my approach . |
| 9 | It demonstrated all the concerns which have been made by Edwards , Adler , and Temkin in relation to rape trials about the bias of the proceedings against the woman . |
| 10 | That was our marking , all our ships used to have the blue and er I think blue and yellow in the square , cos they hired these the people who do er you know suppose hire them off now would be the erm the Dutch people cos they 're the people what er , they deal in all that type of thing , big dredging , that 's how Rotterdam was built |
| 11 | If he is lying , however , they deserved all the shit they 've been put through — and a lorry load more . |
| 12 | It had already shared dinner and such a tough mouse deserved all the nourishment it could get . |
| 13 | James , in particular , deserved all the accolades he received for securing his par . |
| 14 | It is perhaps asking too much to exact sympathy when one has killed a king and bedded his queen but he deserved all the accolades he received . |
| 15 | Diana vented all the grievances which had been welling up inside her for more than ten years . |
| 16 | I unpacked all the things he 'd bought . |
| 17 | The procession filled all the space there was between buildings , so there were few people about in the street , except peering over shop-ledges or within doorways . |
| 18 | Jane was nearly knocked over by his aftershave , then noted all the details she would have expected : his exactly filled expensive/cheapo suit , his red tie and pocket handkerchief , his shiny shoes , the leather folded at an angle to form a point , the artificial orchids on his desk , and she remembered the untidy Bin and faded jeans with nostalgia . |
| 19 | He could hear the men beginning the old bawdy ‘ Thousand and One Nights of the Wolfking ‘ , which had been written about Cormac , and which Lugh did not care for overmuch , because even if you discounted half the things it said , you were still left with a patently exaggerated tale . |
| 20 | With the help of his father , John built the Nautilus , 38ft long and one of the earliest boats to be driven by a screw propeller , and it outpaced all the steamers which followed the University Boat Race between Putney and Mortlake , which by then had become an annual event in the spring of each year . |
| 21 | She had gone to the library and borrowed all the books she could find on accountancy , bookkeeping and running a business . |
| 22 | Oh we danced all the dances you can think of long ago like Browns Reel , the Lancers and the Quadrilles and Jackie Tar , Rory More , Pluars Edinburgh and er Oh I think we 've near named them all up and down . |
| 23 | The debt counsellor said that as long as I paid all the money I was getting from Social Security for the house , they could n't take it away from us . |
| 24 | Things are now too simplified and Arnason dodged all the traps I set him to reach the drawing haven . |
| 25 | Glass withdrew all the music he had previously written , about 70 pieces . |
| 26 | Well I was actually married in England because I 'm E , I 'm English , but one of guys , erm , for instance , he wore a kilt and he showed all the English what he wore under the kilt |
| 27 | I had to make a life for myself … and thank God I did , even if Douglas appropriated all the things I left behind … pictures , papers and clothes … |
| 28 | She got the food well out of the way mid-afternoon , devised a tongue-teasing cocktail , and asked all the people she loved . |
| 29 | They 'll calculate as if Carmichael sold the whole consignment to end-users and made all the profit himself . |
| 30 | It was cheap to do , too , as Simon designed and made all the units himself . |