Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Wishart had been away but he had heard the stories later , how Alexander had suddenly looked down the hall , dropping his cup and going pale with fright . |
| 32 | It was n't his fault that powerful and doting parents had systematically brought out the worst in him . |
| 33 | This did not mean their parents had happily shelled out the £2,000 for the trip — many had been sponsored by local firms and one girl had taken out a bank loan . |
| 34 | Eventually , Lenin had somehow to explain why the changes in the nature of public administration , which he hoped would be brought about by the revolution , had not materialized . |
| 35 | Ollie had then built up the impression that he actually had a right to all these advantages and was , therefore , a very important dog in the pack — not important enough to challenge the humans , but able to get their attention when he wanted it , and to defend his position against Stan . |
| 36 | Under the chairmanship of the new deputy head , the committee set about thrashing out the proposal . |
| 37 | THE parents of the two-year-old hooked on smoking vowed yesterday to give up the habit . |
| 38 | ‘ I think I 'd better be the one , ’ Joanna said , then Robert came out to pick up the remaining chair . |
| 39 | Somehow they were lying down , his strong body pressed intimately close along the whole length of hers . |
| 40 | Fleming went on to describe how the nasal secretions of the patient ( himself , in fact ) were cultured , and how a round microbe or coccus first grew and then was destroyed where it came close to the nasal secretion . |
| 41 | Elinor did not pick up the pan and hurl it across the room . |
| 42 | The water in the basins had a layer of ice on them , which had to be broken before the children could wash ; then , in the dining room they sat shivering , for the fire at the end of the room did not take even the chill away . |
| 43 | Nevertheless , it was a defiant stand which was to be admired even if the final outcome did not bring about the desired result . |
| 44 | The man he left in charge did not carry out the duties expected of him . |
| 45 | Alison 's classes did n't take on the air of duty which can mar anything from going to a party to visiting relations . |
| 46 | The Collector did not know how the magazine had been blown up but he did not stop to wonder . |
| 47 | Perhaps the producer hurried the film prematurely into production , or the director did n't carry out the necessary preparation . |
| 48 | However , this revelation did not bring about the destruction of Euclidean geometry , it simply added to it . |
| 49 | Walsh did not rule out the possibility of criminal charges against former members of Reagan 's Cabinet , however , and there were strong suggestions that former Attorney General Edwin Meese had become a key target of the investigation . |
| 50 | The astonishing achievements of Western civilisation in controlling and exploring the resources of the world , and the consequent increase in material wealth and standards of living , would not have taken place if the procurement of knowledge for its own sake had not mapped out the paths of which technology and investment for profit thereafter took advantage . |
| 51 | His brother Donald had already opened up the route to South Africa with his famous Castle Line and occasionally vessels were transferred to supplement the respective fleets . |
| 52 | They argued that a new racism based on arguments about cultural difference had largely taken over the arenas of public debate . |
| 53 | The Pitts had certainly livened up the appearance of their house since their return . |
| 54 | Back at the castle , Oyston had already written off the £100,000 . |
| 55 | ‘ Robert had just taken over the Seconds , but was called back to play in the first team . |
| 56 | Rosa Jacobsen had not said where the giants had removed to . … |
| 57 | The October decree had also given back the name Vladikavkaz to North Ossetia 's capital , Ordzhonikidze ( renamed after Stalin 's henchman Sergo Ordzhonikidze ) . |
| 58 | Classical structuralism had already ruled out the possibility of explaining texts in terms of an author or a reality external to them , but its use of the linguistic analogy and its construction of a poetics had the effect of turning language and poetics into origins for literature . |
| 59 | He claimed at a press conference that the plant 's management and government officials had deliberately played down the scale of the fire . |
| 60 | Carrie had already gathered up the baby 's toiletries in her arms and she left the room without answering him . |