English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "The" in Example Sentences
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1029620	Tom asked Mary who she thought would be the most likely to win the race.	CK	1
1095839	Tom asked the man at the front desk where he could get his suit pressed.	CK	1
1095701	Tom called the insurance company to report that his car had been stolen.	CK	1
1950642	Tom can't account for his whereabouts on the day that Mary was murdered.	CK	1
1095609	Tom can't change the way Mary is, but that doesn't stop him from trying.	CK	1
1095487	Tom certainly doesn't seem like the kind of person that would back down.	CK	1
1095475	Tom certainly gives the impression that he doesn't know what he's doing.	CK	1
1029369	Tom danced with Mary and only three other girls at the high school prom.	CK	1
1094646	Tom didn't think he had the stomach to tell Mary what needed to be done.	CK	1
1838048	Tom didn't think that it would take a long time to complete the project.	CK	1
1029251	Tom didn't think what Mary was wearing was appropriate for the occasion.	CK	1
1025434	Tom has been avoiding me like the plague ever since he broke my glasses.	CK	1
1025264	Tom has to study hard and catch up with the other students in his class.	CK	1
37218	Tom is captain of the football team and is on the baseball team as well.	CK	1
1028496	Tom is the only American Mary knows whose father wasn't born in America.	CK	1
1838113	Tom is usually the last to leave, but last night Mary left after he did.	CK	1
1922112	Tom opened up the crate with a crowbar and took out a stick of dynamite.	CK	1
1092740	Tom thought the little place on the corner might be a good place to eat.	CK	1
2006446	Tom usually fishes off the dock, but sometimes he fishes from the shore.	CK	1
1092567	Tom wanted Mary to buy him some stamps while she was at the post office.	CK	1
1023966	Tom was killed by the husband of the woman he had been hanging out with.	CK	1
1092393	Tom was killed instantly when the bomb he was trying to defuse exploded.	CK	1
1092214	Tom wondered when Mary had bought the milk that was in the refrigerator.	CK	1
1092181	Tom wouldn't be too surprised if Mary didn't like the puppy he gave her.	CK	1
1893823	We have to figure out who started the fire that burned down Tom's house.	CK	1
301696	He didn't see the stop sign and almost hit the child crossing the street.	CK	1
2331764	I had to catch the first train this morning in order to get here in time.	CK	1
953560	I never thought it'd be this hard to choose a color to paint the kitchen.	CK	1
2042890	I wanted it to see the elephant first, but Tom wanted to see the monkeys.	CK	1
887005	She borrowed the book from him many years ago and hasn't yet returned it.	CK	1
283366	The fact that he did not accept any money shows that he is an honest man.	CK	1
3183408	The last time I spoke to Tom, he said he wasn't planning to go to Boston.	CK	1
1096042	Tom accidentally deleted all the files on one of his external hard disks.	CK	1
1029558	Tom bought that camera because Mary thought it was the one he should buy.	CK	1
1095372	Tom certainly made it clear that he didn't want Mary to attend the party.	CK	1
1095081	Tom couldn't possibly have known that Mary was the one who got him fired.	CK	1
1094974	Tom decided that he would have to visit Mary before the end of the month.	CK	1
1094816	Tom didn't do well enough on the driver's test to get a driver's license.	CK	1
1040632	Tom had a new scar on his forehead since the last time Mary had seen him.	CK	1
2425984	Tom hadn't washed dishes in a week, so the sink was full of dirty dishes.	CK	1
1040598	Tom hasn't seen Mary more than five or six time in the past twelve years.	CK	1
1868061	Tom looked at the half-open door and wondered what was on the other side.	CK	1
2048417	Tom met Mary on the way home from where he worked part-time after school.	CK	1
1922279	Tom removed the hacksaw from his toolbox and asked Mary if she wanted it.	CK	1
1027902	Tom told Mary that she couldn't just make up the rules as she went along.	CK	1
1092513	Tom wanted to help Mary rake the leaves, but she was using the only rake.	CK	1
1023876	Tom would have missed the train if he had stopped to buy a chocolate bar.	CK	1
1543588	We have to consider the possibility that Tom was involved in the robbery.	CK	1
2050711	Yesterday was the first time Tom had ever played in front of an audience.	CK	1
1096240	Everyone in the office was impressed with the way Tom handled the problem.	CK	1