Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lady prioress glowered at me , shrugged , and with ill grace took me back to her own chamber across the cloister garden where she poured me the smallest goblet of wine I had ever seen . |
| 2 | William was just five months 11 days old at the start ; he had already sailed over 1,500 miles , was the contented centre of attention and was still fresh from triumph in the fancy dress competition , where he earned himself the prize of a furry whale for his appearance as a white mouse . |
| 3 | But although I asked myself the question , I knew the answer . |
| 4 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
| 5 | What a relief it was when a couple of hundred other leeds supporters started going crazy , so I thought what the hell and joined in . |
| 6 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 7 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 8 | ‘ So you gave him the key . |
| 9 | Once you knew what the routine was , it was much easier to fit in . |
| 10 | ‘ With the Bob Marley exhibition ( which toured last year ) Adrian had taken most of the pictures , so we knew what the images were . |
| 11 | He looked like a wild thing so we called him the Yeti . |
| 12 | She declined There was something else she needed from the van so he gave her the keys . |
| 13 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 14 | I have looked after his books for forty years and that 's all I know , so he gave me the capital to start and here I am . ’ |
| 15 | Some , however , did receive Him and believed in Him ; so he gave them the right to become God 's children . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , as usual , except- ’ She stopped and she turned to look at him , but she could n't make out his face in the darkness of the wood , so it gave her the courage to say , ‘ I 'm worried , Charlie . |
| 17 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Tell me , ’ he complained , ‘ what would be your reaction if I told you the moon just fell out of the sky ? ’ |
| 19 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 20 | Well if I knew who the hell Dawn 's brother was ! |
| 21 | ‘ You would n't come out here if I sent you the money for the air ticket , would you ? ’ |
| 22 | Well I suppose I 'm sure Adrian wo n't mind if I paid him the day after or a week after or something . |
| 23 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
| 24 | All he wants to do is to get his hand inside my blouse or up my skirt , but if I gave him the chance to do anything more he 'd be so scared he 'd wet his pants . ’ |
| 25 | He said of course he 'd do it if I gave him the phone number of the hospital . |
| 26 | So the gradient gives you a mea If I gave you the gradient , if I said the gradient is one , what would the angle be ? |
| 27 | What would you do if I gave you the jade ? |
| 28 | ‘ If I approached it the way I usually work , I 'd agree . |
| 29 | Earlier this year the mother of three , who counts Warren Beatty and George Hamilton among her former beaus , was quoted as saying : ‘ If someone gave me the cash I 'd have a facelift this minute . ’ |
| 30 | well it 's the next door neighbour and they said it 's alive and I asked Jayne cos I said what the , hospital , yeah cos like it , it 's that neighbour , well it 's a neighbour |