Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | a mate of mine actually worked out in Russia and he said you know , piece of discussions about when , where the Russian 's sort of appear first and this sort of he said he said erm , this , he said that , that kids running around on the streets of Moscow is actually given a working permit and so he could actual work there and sort of like er |
| 2 | I gazed at the devastation from behind a stone horsetrough , lying flat on my face as another explosion sent lumps of metal and cobblestones clattering on to the roofs of the farm buildings . |
| 3 | Its principal hall , which still stands , is as long and as narrow as a ship , with delicately carved kiosks and balconies projecting out over the lake . |
| 4 | WHAT with car-jackings , smash-and-grab raids and bombs going off in the car park at the World Trade Centre , no wonder American motorists are turning to Bill O'Gara . |
| 5 | The new station , consisting of the by then classic steel , concrete , and glass concourse with facilities around its outer flanks and with steps and ramps leading down to the platforms below , gave a new twist to the separation of passengers and baggage regarded as an ideal at so many American stations . |
| 6 | A person of ‘ quality ’ — such as a member of the landed gentry or the clergy — would be at the top of their scale , commanding a funeral similar to that organized by the College of Arms for a knight bachelor , with paupers and wayfarers coming in at the bottom . |
| 7 | Many gardeners believe that an informal pool should be planted liberally , with waterlilies obscuring areas of the water surface , and reeds and rushes tumbling in from the garden . |
| 8 | Since the 1920's Berlin has been a city encountered through images : Doblin , Pabst and Isherwood ; the diabolic glamour of Nazism ; Year Zero ; the Airlift ; John Kennedy and spies coming in from the cold ; the generation of " 68 , the stylized desperation of the punk underground , and angels made corporeal . |
| 9 | The pops and bangs going off around the Porte de Versailles last week signalled a European industry in panic as the date for free access to the European market by the Japanese gets ever closer . |
| 10 | Street activities have increased by 60 per cent in Moabit and there is evidence elsewhere too of cafés , shops and restaurants spilling out into the street . |
| 11 | This index was started by Herbarium staff , who scanned new journals and books coming in to the Library . |
| 12 | They flowed from every avenue of the kitchen , a waist-high tide of grubby , grey-cowled figures rushing in towards him , their coloured boots , sashes and hat-brims swirling out of the mist . |
| 13 | When the morning came they saw all the gardeners and weeders coming up to the wall and every one was looked at by three guards . |
| 14 | Having regard to the objectives and the general scheme of the Convention , that it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention for the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned . |
| 15 | Having regard to the objective and the general scheme of the Convention , it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention for the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned . |
| 16 | As the court held with respect to the expression ‘ matters relating to a contract ’ used in article 5(1) ( see the judgments of 22 March 1983 in Peters [ 1983 ] E.C.R. 987 , and of 8 March 1988 in Arcado [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 1539 ) , having regard to the objectives and general scheme of the Convention , it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention of the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned . |
| 17 | The expensive new shops , restaurants , casinos and nightclubs opening up in the status-conscious post-Soviet capital are often given Western names , which represent luxury to the city 's chic new bourgeoisie. — Reuter |
| 18 | Ficulle is a small town with ancient origins , which still retains some of its medieval walls and watchtowers dating back to the 13th century . |
| 19 | Milton 's God was Empson 's last book , in his lifetime , though when he died he was collecting at least three others : Using Biography ( 1984 ) , on Marvell , Dryden , Fielding , Yeats , Eliot and Joyce ; Essays on Shakespeare ( 1986 ) ; and a book of Renaissance essays , as well as a massive ragbag ( as he called it ) of papers and reviews dating back to the 1920s which , when it posthumously appeared as Argufying ( 1987 ) , was rapidly seen by many to be the finest critical miscellany in the language . |
| 20 | Sunday morning say the start of the ladies ' competition with St Albans A and Mutineers going through to the semis to play St Albans B and Woodmill respectively , the latter two having been given byes to this stage . |
| 21 | The exquisite decor is tasteful and includes many antiques and paintings dating back to the original period . |
| 22 | I refer not only to issues about manpower and conditions arising out of the implementation of ’ fresh start ’ but to the clear opposition to privatisation of prison services , prisons or remand centres , on which I do not agree . |
| 23 | It was peaceful more than frenetic , a mirage of slow dawns and sunsets going back to the fluted point people : humbling . |
| 24 | Details of activities and entertainments going on in the town can be obtained from the entertainments page in the local press . |
| 25 | They seemed to have their own stools , Quiss had observed ; they carried them on their backs as they made their way from one range to another , and Quiss had seen quite violent fights and rows breaking out over the disputed ownership of one of the small three-legged platforms . |
| 26 | There were several families under the trees now , with little children running around and babies crawling about in the grass . |
| 27 | There is a comfy lounge , a bar and a stylish TV room and the traditional style dining-room boasts an amazing rococo fantasy of cherubs and angels looking down from the building 's original ceiling . |
| 28 | A spot like ‘ The Pit ’ , a jealously guarded beach near Porthtowan , will see teenagers and fathers sitting out in the line-up together . |
| 29 | The men and women lying around on the ground were roughly shaken awake . |
| 30 | It was like a mountain of walls and houses and streets rising out of the Vale with the river curling round its feet , lapping at the high walls . |