Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These punishments include having ‘ the throat cut across , the tongue torn out by the root ’ and being ‘ buried in the sand of the sea at low water … ’ — this explains why you tend to find heads sticking out of the beach who refuse to tell you that they 're up to . |
| 2 | When a senior executive arrived at the studio a day or two later he found parcels piling up in the reception area . |
| 3 | It has records going back to the reign of Henry II in about 1165 . |
| 4 | He noticed figures coming out of the barn , walking slowly and painfully to their homes . |
| 5 | And seen gillies going out for the Stenness Hotel s with sailing boats , I 've seen eight leaving there in the morning I went to school . |
| 6 | EPRDF forces moving in from the west began to reach the suburbs of Addis Ababa on the weekend of May 25-26 . |
| 7 | I 've often seen toddlers jumping about in the back of cars ahead of me . |
| 8 | The structure appeared to have been built into the air , with scaffolding and support systems running up towards the sky . |
| 9 | I say ‘ by great good luck ’ , because the Turkish authorities do not like foreigners wandering about in the neighbourhood of frontiers , particularly the Russian frontier . |
| 10 | Sometimes Buddie stacked trays of eggs above the pipes to incubate , and after a few days there would be dozens of fluffy , chirruping chicks hatching out in the heat . |
| 11 | On the first day the Champion Hurdle had been won by Kribensis ( owned by Sheikh Mohammed and trained by Michael Stoute ) from Nomadic Way ( owned by Robert Sangster and trained by Barry Hills ) — powerful Flat racing connections elbowing in on the jumping scene . |
| 12 | ‘ Also I ca n't see cafes catching on in the North , we have n't got the weather to sit outside . ’ |
| 13 | They do not see women going out into the world and doing . |
| 14 | She had made it a habit never to leave medicines lying about since the time she found Emma sucking a Panadol , thinking it was a mint , but thankfully then having the sense to spit it out when she found it was n't . |
| 15 | The decision whether or not to order a retrial lay with the special prosecutor , Des Drummond , appointed to pursue cases arising out of the Fitzgerald Commission . |
| 16 | Labour councillors say they would rather have flats backing on to the gardens than rats and rubbish . |
| 17 | The dawn was breaking as the cars rolled off the ferry at North Wall ; there was a sullen , red-streaked sky , with banks of threatening clouds building up on the horizon . |
| 18 | When there was a sense of unrest and what not , and then first one ship then the other , starts shuddering but before that happened we saw Germans coming off in the rafts and that . |
| 19 | He said that his men were held back by the heat of the fire , which stripped plaster from the walls , burnt floorboards and brought ceilings crashing down onto the ground floor of the semidetached house . |
| 20 | It was almost time for Compline when Cadfael came from the gardens after his last round of the evening , and saw horsemen riding in at the gate . |
| 21 | Tony and his friends made their way to the bar — homing pigeons coasting along on the wings of thirst . |
| 22 | A 62nd minute strike by Belgian international Marc Wilmots sent Hearts crashing out of the UEFA Cup . |
| 23 | Do not leave peels lying about in the laboratory before mounting or filing them : they attract dust and lint and are easily scratched . |
| 24 | At least The Mission have n't turned into redundant dinosaurs like those bastards The Cult , although ‘ Hands Across The Ocean ’ is fairly ordinary goff fare with only Hussey 's clear cut vocals standing out of the mix . |
| 25 | At least The Mission have n't turned into redundant dinosaurs like those bastards The Cult , although ‘ Hands Across The Ocean ’ is fairly ordinary goff fare with only Hussey 's clear cut vocals standing out of the mix . |
| 26 | JUNIOR club Banbridge sent CIYMS crashing out of the First Trust Senior Cup yesterday — and now play host to Ballymena in the quarter-finals . |
| 27 | Fenella remembered the houses on Renascia and how they had nearly always had sculleries and washing houses jutting out from the main rooms . |
| 28 | Many of the offices are in the West End of London , where rentals are still growing , and there are quite a few rent reviews coming up in the next few months . |
| 29 | The stain lightened slowly to reveal lowering clouds moving in from the north ; the sea became less ink-like too , and showed itself as a mess of enormous and ever-moving swells picked out here and there by off-white skeins of spray . |
| 30 | Between the ages of 25 and 30 most of us start to notice lines radiating out from the corners of our eyes . |