Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lane led to the village one way , and off towards distant farms the other . |
| 2 | The 25-year-old QPR striker , who once had the blood of a slaughtered sheep smothered on his forehead and boots in Turkey , was the only new name Graham Taylor announced for the November 18 game . |
| 3 | Gorbachev announced at the RSFSR Supreme Soviet on Aug. 23 that he and Yeltsin had each agreed to take over the other 's functions if an emergency so demanded . |
| 4 | Woolley checked off the names all the way down her spine . |
| 5 | defence insurers argued against the order 14 summons on two counts ; first the plaintiff could not obtain summary judgement because there were two defendants and one might escape liability ; secondly the first defendant sought leave to amend his defence to argue contributory negligence because the plaintiff had not worn a seat belt . |
| 6 | He had hardly finished his remark when there was a terrifying roar overhead as a salvo of shells crashed into the area near to where the Germans had been mortaring . |
| 7 | The Jeep slammed into the gates some more , but still not enough to drive through . |
| 8 | Tranmere lost 3-0 at Rochdale , where the goals came in the opening 34 minutes ; Chester ( Don Travis , Bill Deakin ) beat Halifax 2-1 at home ; and Southport ( Jim Nuttall , Frank Hindle own goal ) drew 2-2 with Bradford at Haig Avenue . |
| 9 | The evening light came through the skylights high overhead , glossing the scurfy backs , the sores , the scabby manes , and a soft echo came back from the walls of the vast , bare concrete building of animal content , feeding . |
| 10 | Silas had said he wished to leave for Hastings immediately after the meal , so Lucy came to the table ready to leave at a moment 's notice . |
| 11 | Leo Abse commented on the effects this legislation had on kinship ties when he recorded the support given by people in South Wales to his efforts to reform the divorce law during the 1960s : ‘ Welshmen who had endured the depression had no time for the unctuous pleas for the need at all costs to maintain the unity of family life ’ . |
| 12 | As David walked into the canteen one of them said , ‘ Here comes Major Tom ’ . |
| 13 | Berkshire 's formidable Drake/Smith partnership began in the opening double confrontation in perfect harmony as they out-pointed Queens Patrick Hughesman and Mark Loosemore , 6–4 6–4 . |
| 14 | Through the Sixties Jack and Ann worked at the Nestfield Unionist Club , in Albert Hill , Darlington , supervising the new club when it was first opened . |
| 15 | The T-Rex singer was 29 when his car smashed into the tree 15 years ago . |
| 16 | Section two describes the two factors which will need pronouncing in this period to achieve this objective , these are the usual annual commitments and the need under the present rules laid down by Policy Committee to commence from the highways project , the loan charges on the capital expenditure over and above the figure included in the transport supplementary grant settlement , that is the two point seven million pound figure in paragraph two one B. |
| 17 | Following him , Gleeson scuttled through the door marked ‘ Governor 's Office ’ but the air still held his shape . |
| 18 | When Molly went to the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 to translate for nuns from the college in Shanghai , recent graduates from the Medau Schule came to teach with Peggy , and plans were being made to establish a Medau Training College in England . |
| 19 | Although there were some large and important exceptions , the population of most grammar schools fell within the range 550–750 . |
| 20 | For example , the 1987/88 Programme of Work included a major review of the modules in Personal and Social Development ( PSD ) ; the fruits of this review appeared in the catalogue last April and the new and revised modules are being used for the first time this session . |
| 21 | Her plea for companionship appeared in the Manchester Weekly Journal in 1727 . |
| 22 | Winnie Mandela appeared before the Rand Supreme Court on Feb. 4 to face trial with three others on eight charges of kidnapping and assault in connection with the alleged abduction of four youths in December 1988 . |
| 23 | Irwin 's sons John and David featured in the Division Two winning side , Greystone Loopers , while Methodist teams took Division Three and Four titles . |
| 24 | Well when Ken said about the headboard last week they were selling sheets on mini market I said pink ones and grey ones but I said not while they had the Christmas stuff in , it was before the Christmas stuff they must have taken them out you know I |
| 25 | An articulated lorry and a Ford Sierra car collided on the A thirty-four near Enstone at about nine o'clock this morning . |
| 26 | Press reports noted that Mugabe had during the March 1990 general election campaign promised public-sector pay increases and salary restructuring , but that senior staff had been the main beneficiaries . |
| 27 | Hari pointed to the building tall and narrow sandwiched between two other houses . |
| 28 | In 1968 Brian MacArthur suggested in The Times that of the two major educational developments under the Wilson government since 1964 the movement towards a national system of comprehensive education had received most attention : ‘ yet the development of the polytechnics , some of which will start with around 5000 students , is potentially the more revolutionary ’ . |
| 29 | Then David slid into the seat next to her , and added his cup of tea to hers . |
| 30 | His defence came as the Commons Public Accounts Committee decided it would meet on Monday to hold an inquiry into the Guardian 's disclosure of the ‘ sweeteners ’ which were revealed in a confidential memorandum sent to MPs by Mr John Bourn , the Comptroller and Auditor General . |