Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The T & G traditionally have looked at the G M B as er look down at sometimes at the G M B. I 've heard them described before as the sweepers up union and various other things . |
| 2 | It was my ex who got me fixed up with the job ; Dizzy owed him , and he owed me maintenance for Jed , and I wanted to get away from town and get involved in something where I could start to 69 respect myself again … everything kind of fitted into place . |
| 3 | Innocently replying ‘ yes ’ , he found himself propelled on to the committee and later into the vice-chairmanship . |
| 4 | In 1952 , James found himself caught up in the tide of Cold War paranoia sweeping America . |
| 5 | Auguste found himself caught up in the general excitement and cursed his heavy waterlogged costume . |
| 6 | Although he had deliberately distanced himself from the government since being ‘ sacked ’ as prime minister nearly two years ago and although he personally remained untainted by the multiple scandals which have beset the Socialist Party , he found himself caught up in the great tidal wave of rejection of the Socialists , which has swept the country . |
| 7 | b ) How far has she travelled back from the market when her car engine went wrong ? |
| 8 | Sandy Scratchley 's patrol was sent out to raid petrol dumps in the El Daba area and found itself caught up in the back yard of the retreating Germans . |
| 9 | Then the truck accelerated over the cobbles into a violent right-hand turn , and the squadron found itself thrown hard against the side of the police patrol-wagon . |
| 10 | Unless the Training Authority backed its proposals with hard cash , it found itself drawn increasingly into the market in a rather ambiguous purchase/supplier role . |
| 11 | Penelope Huntley , who would very much have liked to have gone on with the discussion , found herself swept out of the office , and walked slowly down the road , flushed with a mixture of disappointment and excitement . |
| 12 | As the day of the wedding drew closer , the young Campbell lass found herself caught up in the arrangements . |
| 13 | When Penry returned he smiled in approval to find her propped tidily against the pillows , covers drawn up to her chin . |
| 14 | I found him hooked up to the interactive software in the starpod . |
| 15 | Although the revs are low the blades are still turning so he has it tilted back on the iron roller . |
| 16 | Well I I want mine permed really for the wedding . |
| 17 | They came for glory and found themselves huddled together in the smallest of Whalley Range bedsits . |
| 18 | Six Broadstairs matrons attempting to shop at Marchesi 's the confectioners , two errand boys buying bloaters from Mr Goodman the fishmonger , a few afternoon revellers strolling out from the Dolphin Inn and an eager group from the Tourist Cycling Club staying at the Balmoral Bijou Hotel found themselves swept along with the crowd as they pursued their leaders down Harbour Street under the ancient York Gate ( which being without specific Dickensian associations hardly received a glance ) . |
| 19 | Reactionary trade union officials who had steadfastly declared that they would not stand on a public platform with revolutionary workers , found themselves caught up in the stream and carried forward to participation in great united front unemployed demonstrations . |
| 20 | When Webern conducted student concerts I often found myself caught up in the riots . |
| 21 | His run at Haydock last time is best ignored as George Duffield got himself jammed in on the rails until too late . |
| 22 | I might have guessed you 'd something worked out in the way of revenge , but your timing 's gone a bit wrong . |
| 23 | Now the Bishop has had me kicked out of the parish and it 's all your fault . |
| 24 | The three chief contenders for the leadership of the Socialist Party , when the ailing Andreas Papandreou hands it over , all tell you sensible things that would have got them drummed out of the party ten years ago . |
| 25 | Maritza and the new Luxembourg were better for Therese than he liked , but he 'd got her pushed out of the Baron and she would really look very silly singing Arsena , which was the juvenile role even if it was fairly static — and she would be even more ridiculous playing Sonja in Der Zarewitsch . |
| 26 | And I know that 's what she 's planning to do — get me thrown out of the company that I 've helped to build , taken a reduced salary . |
| 27 | That left her free to play at being married which consisted of getting herself done up to the nines and visiting her friends all day , now and again taking the baby , all nice and clean , out in her pram . |
| 28 | Well I gets him pulled out of the ditch and I brings him down and it 's the time I , I had Sarah boil up the boiler for the pigs . |
| 29 | For the last hour his progressively alcoholised brain had reminded him of the consequences of justice ( small ‘ j ’ ) : of bringing a criminal before the courts , ensuring that he was convicted for his sins ( or was it his crimes ? ) , and then getting him locked up for the rest of his life , perhaps , in a prison where he would never again go to the WC without someone observing such an embarrassingly private function , someone smelling him , someone humiliating him . |
| 30 | Willy a Willy Willy away to bed , Raymond away to bed son , go on you get yourself sorted out for the morning , go on son . |