Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb past] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now the child watched Ben slowly lay down the half-eaten trotter and hold up both hands before his large face . |
| 2 | When the tape finally ran out the eight members present were silent with shock . |
| 3 | WEU also took over the social and cultural responsibilities outlined in the Brussels Treaty , but since most of the original military functions had become redundant with the creation of NATO , it was decided that WEU could perform best by being directly incorporated within the broader defence alliance . |
| 4 | The execution of a provo murder gang in Coagh a few months ago brought about the usual uproar from the republican politicians . |
| 5 | The Intermediate and Interior areas together made up the Kandyan districts , the geographical area under the sway of the former Kandyan Kingdom . |
| 6 | Bonar Law promptly gave up the whole idea , with obvious relief , as he told Balfour : |
| 7 | Drainpipe trousers and fluorescent socks , drape jacket , bootlace tie and hair carefully greased back into a DA style — the Teddy Boy certainly livened up the Fifties . |
| 8 | Suddenly Tring found themselves in front , with City committed to attack , Tring suddenly broke down the right and Danny Glass saw his strike-on goal pushed away by Taylor , but only into the path of Danny Rook following up , who put home after sixty five minutes . |
| 9 | The compounds , known as gamma linolenic acid ( GLA ) derivatives , are produced by a British-Canadian company , Scotia Pharmaceuticals , which six years ago took over the former fish drying factory at Callanish on the west coast of Lewis as its principal production unit . |
| 10 | Torres also took on the Foreign Affairs portfolio , Vice-Adml. ( retd ) Raúl Sánchez Sotomayor being unexpectedly dropped from the Cabinet . |
| 11 | Even women who would be terrified by this designer 's visual incontinence happily snapped up the chain-store derivatives . |
| 12 | Richie angrily shook off the restraining hand . |
| 13 | Each locomotive then took over the other train of wagons making a slow descent hitched to the back of the train using considerable braking power . |
| 14 | Marcus greedily breathed in the fresh air . |
| 15 | The man now walked down the central aisle and halted beside the projector , where he turned and spoke . |
| 16 | Rosa too woke up the next day unsure whether she had walked in the street below in a dream , but the mud between her toes showed her that she had indeed left the house . |
| 17 | This line effectively opened up the southern reaches of West Ham which until then had been deserted marshland , and focused attention on Stratford as a centre of railway activity . |
| 18 | The Department of Education and Science therefore took over the enlarged responsibilities of the Ministry created by Butler in 1944 , and Quintin Hogg ( who had divested himself of his peerage in the hope of succeeding Macmillan as Prime Minister ) became the first Secretary of State . |
| 19 | Flynn also brought out the best in Seaman with a 25-yard shot but while Coventry 's strike force of Furlong and Ndlovu showed promise , their threat later diminished . |
| 20 | Paul also picked up the monthly prize for February when other winners were Peter Daly ( South Home Counties ) , Bob Bray ( Midlands and South West England ) , Alastair Valentine ( East Scotland ) , Paul Melvin ( Glasgow ) and Marjory Simpson ( North Scotland ) . |
| 21 | An event a quarter of a century ago sparked off the nationalist project that has now been brought so violently to an end . |
| 22 | In her room , she sat on the bed and opening her travelling bag carefully took out the satin-lined box . |