Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lisa got to the office early and went straight to Vass 's door . |
| 2 | Have Severn Trent got on the bandwagon yet , for tidying up the water in Brussels . |
| 3 | Tsu Ma drew on the cheroot again , then looked up , meeting his eyes . |
| 4 | Bare granite peaks towered over the south all day and the pools and falls seemed to grow bigger and better every mile . |
| 5 | He sat down suddenly as the truck bounced off the bank again . |
| 6 | TODAY is Leap Year 's Day and Adam Walker got in the mood yesterday by leapfrogging over classmate Kevin Kokes . |
| 7 | The yard was squalid and run down , the lads slouched about the place resentfully , the tack was old and dirty with repair patches showing on almost every item of leather . |
| 8 | Then with about 7 minutes to go , Goodmans speed got through the defence again and Beeny could only parry his low shot for Gray ( there was about 5 of them on the pitch ) to tap in . |
| 9 | The cur tumbled into the moat only to be rescued by the brave Señor Sanchez . |
| 10 | And he gives the game away by specifying that the ritual occurred on the day immediately preceding Jesus 's triumphal entry into Jerusalem . |
| 11 | Shiona sank against the pillows now and closed her eyes as a rush of sadness went washing through her . |
| 12 | Some Scots fled to the abbey there after Flodden . ’ |
| 13 | According to the author , the princess 's lowest ebb came with the publication earlier this year of the so-called Dianagate tape — allegedly the recording of an intimate telephone conversation with her longtime friend James Gilbey . |
| 14 | According to the author , the Princess 's lowest ebb came with the publication earlier this year of the so-called Dianagate tape allegedly the recording of an intimate telephone conversation between the Princess and her long-time friend , James Gilbey . |
| 15 | I slipped an old Eurythmics tape into the cassette deck I have installed where Armstrong 's meter used to be and adjusted the speakers so the full effect came in the front rather than the back . |
| 16 | Donna glanced agitatedly at her watch and walked to the main doors , trying to see the Volvo parked in the street beyond . |
| 17 | The boy Crinan and Lulach strolled from the table together . |
| 18 | ‘ The first Svend knew that there was a search on for Suzie and himself was when my agent arrived at the house earlier this evening , ’ Rune told her calmly as he sorted through a small pile of leaflets . |
| 19 | Incidentally Irish international lead Martin McHugh skipped in the game yesterday and earned a 17-17 draw with fellow Irish international John McCloughlin . |
| 20 | Incidentally Irish international lead Martin McHugh skipped in the game yesterday and earned a 17–17 draw with fellow Irish international John McCloughlin . |
| 21 | A yellow line of electric light shone below the door just as he reached it , and his heart jumped ; he stepped back quickly as the handle turned . |
| 22 | ‘ The police and ambulance arrived on the scene very rapidly and the other driver admitted that it was her fault . |
| 23 | As money from Boy George and Culture Club poured in the airline really took off . |
| 24 | The car turned into the road ahead of him , catching him in the full beam of its headlights . |
| 25 | She toiled up the stairs , and saw that a light showed on the landing above . |
| 26 | There was an anxious moment for the Cobblers when Hampson had to be taken off , but he was soon back , and half-time arrived with the score still at 1–1 . |
| 27 | Jinny and Mr Hollins stepped through the door straight into the big kitchen . |
| 28 | SPRING sprang on the City yesterday and , in the euphoria of the surprise Tory majority in the General Election , the rains of earlier in the week were forgotten . |
| 29 | Dot walked down the road slowly to give herself time to think what to say . |
| 30 | A small , but thriving , woollen industry existed around the village then . |