Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huy understood why he had been dropped here , from where a large number of roads led off back to the various parts of the city , but guessed that they had underestimated his knowledge of the twisting muddle of streets that formed the harbour quarter . |
| 2 | then him and his mum got off along with the rest of the people what was the driver 's name ? |
| 3 | Rich raw smells of tar , rotting excrement , spices and brine rose up along with the sight of ship masts , looped sails , small boats beached on the first mud of the receding tide , sailors in striped breeches and greasy caps leaning on the wooden railings , others arm in arm on their way to the taverns , piled kegs and crates , winches , the last of the horsedrawn sleds and — a gathering knot of people beyond a bonded warehouse . |
| 4 | Cardiff moved out on to the landing , still keeping the gun well in front of him , and ready to use it if the thing should show any signs of stirring . |
| 5 | THE computer giant Amstrad yesterday announced what it said was the world 's first ‘ personal digital assistant ’ — a pocket-sized computer that allows the user to write directly on to the screen with a special pen . |
| 6 | This method is particularly suitable for removing minor bumps in the landscape , the new level blending naturally in with the surroundings . |
| 7 | So Angus got up on to the rock and held his fist high and told young McCulloch to stand the hostages on a knoll where everyone could see them and called out the oath above the drone of the pipe : ‘ We do swear — never to swerve — from our present path — till we have cleansed the country — of this oppressive Act . |
| 8 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 9 | While appreciating the need to continue good exporting conditions for this major Scottish commodity , one could argue that perhaps much of the tax revenue goes straight back into the system to treat those many people who suffer from alcohol misuse or abuse ( not just whisky , of course ) . |
| 10 | As Paddy realised that his stalling tactics were n't going to get him a morning off we went out of the village on a treelined bridleway sloping gently down to the coast . |
| 11 | The boat moved comfortably out into the river . |
| 12 | When the car bumped out on to the tarmac he swung the wheel hard across and turned the car around to face towards his chosen village . |
| 13 | Bernice moved purposefully over to the corner of the passenger section where their meagre supplies were stored . |
| 14 | Jessamy scrambled in beside him , then let out a silent sigh of relief as the car moved swiftly off down the drive , leaving the house behind them . |
| 15 | Once he had gone , Shiona sank down on to the bed and kicked off her shoes , glad to be alone for a few minutes . |
| 16 | As Lucy moved back out into the passageway , she met the returning tide from the last ensemble number onstage ; they arrived in a rush , panting like horses and shedding their quasi-military costumes as they moved . |
| 17 | A little later from his bedroom , where he had retired for a rest , he watched through his daughters ' brass telescope as the grey shadow of what had once been the sleek and lively Hari moved slowly over to the sepoy lines with , as usual , the Prime Minister dodging along behind am . |
| 18 | The trees and undergrowth came almost up to the house . |
| 19 | Every detail was picked out by the floodlights mounted high up on the walls behind protective grilles . |
| 20 | In the second half , Thame came more in to the game and created a couple of chances , however in the sixty fifth minute , Sean Liden won the ball on the halfway line , his long ball found Gary Weaving who turned and placed a low shot past Mayhew to make it one nil . |
| 21 | Molly drove skilfully back down the road , taking the short cut to what she had already grown to think of as home . |
| 22 | The constable apparently left the chamber at that , for half a minute later a cloaked figure came quickly out of the Garden Tower 's entrance and disappeared into the darkness . |
| 23 | However , when she wrote down ‘ I 'm afraid that if I find a man who loves me … , one evening , she was amazed to find words spilling out on to the paper . |
| 24 | They encountered no difficulties en route , although they had to traverse one of the most dangerous ambush points in all South Scotland , at Pease Dean , where the Lammermuirs came directly down to the coast in steep wooded slopes cut up by deep ravines , and round which travellers had to wend their narrow , devious way . |
| 25 | His mouth turned sullenly down at the corners , like the mouth of a joke mug Melanie had once seen in an antique shop . |
| 26 | I rubbed the creature 's tiny wrist against the broken glass so that blood poured down on to the bed . |
| 27 | Moving as quietly and gently as she could to avoid scaring the budgie away , Penny climbed up on to the fence and then , by way of various branches , up the tree . |
| 28 | The rotary input gain control can be set to the optimum level so that the overload light flashes momentarily on for the loudest peaks of signal . |
| 29 | A broad terrace ran round it with tufts of herbs growing on it and broken steps leading down on to the ruins of a lawn . |
| 30 | The offices faced out on to the wolf enclosure and as he looked at the pack huddled by the iron fence in the snow he thought how right they looked for once . |