Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [noun sg] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It goes on : ‘ This is one party political appointment too far and has brought further disgrace on to the use and abuse of patronage powers by the Secretary of State . ’ |
| 2 | I 've already 'ad ter fork out fer the lorry . |
| 3 | Then she let go and straightened up , standing there knee deep in the water at the bottom of the unlit channel , the first light lain like a white cloth over the latticework of the surrounding fields , picking out the channel 's lips , the crouching shape of Sung . |
| 4 | I recall being earnestly explained the breeding cycle of rabbits by pupils in a Class 6 in Machakos ( Kenya ) where the classroom floor appeared almost ankle deep in the creatures . |
| 5 | He does this gravely , perhaps fearing — with some justification from what I can see — that the whole thing might collapse like a car in a Laurel and Hardy movie , falling absolutely fiat on to the ground in its component parts . |
| 6 | Massive masonry was also encountered when the railway bridge was constructed further north still of the modern road bridge . |