Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one is saying it is fair , but the system has more or less worked over the years . |
| 2 | Possibly caused by people returning to work , I think those are the ones that really opened up the community and dropped people on either side of the fence as opposed to sitting on top of it . |
| 3 | But he thought better of it and slowly breathed out the air through his nose . |
| 4 | Old Herky turned around and slowly started back the way he had come . |
| 5 | With what I swear was a scathing look that said something like " Wally " , he launched himself gracefully on to the air and noiselessly flew down the gill out of sight . |
| 6 | He slipped a hand beneath Corbett 's cloak and deftly drew out the clerk 's knife which he stuck into his own sturdy leather-studded belt , and almost dragged the horse across the market-place . |
| 7 | For the diminutive Andy — people often wonder how he hauls around the pro bags that stand as high as him — the triumphs he has shared with Nick Faldo are something of a fulfilment of his own ambition of winning the titles himself : he started as a tournament professional with dreams of a major championship before realizing he would not make the grade as a pro , and so took up the bag instead of the club . |
| 8 | After depositing my faint-hearted photographer at the foot of the craggy slope , I locked the Discovery 's transmission into low-ratio first gear for the steep climb , revved the big V8 engine decisively and gingerly eased out the clutch . |
| 9 | I pulled off my boots , put the stick between my teeth and gently went down the rope into the water . |
| 10 | World prices for Arabian light grade had dropped by around $4.50 per barrel since October 1991 , to about $18.50 , at a time when the onset of winter in the northern hemisphere would normally have increased demand and thus shored up the price . |
| 11 | Late in 1939 Jack Radford was moved back to Toronto and he was sorely missed ; he was succeeded by Peter Aylen who proved a most satisfactory station manager for a year until he also was transferred back east and shortly took over the post as Director of Radio for the United Nations Organization in New York . |
| 12 | Delia had taken her for a walk in the park and Mrs Miniver — always an inquisitive ‘ person ’ by nature — had squeezed through railings alongside the river and promptly slid down the bank into the water . |
| 13 | In a civil question between the creditors of a deceased and insolvent certificate-holder and his widow , who , without objection by the creditors , obtained the certificate and thereafter carried on the business without any agreement being made regarding her paying her husband 's debts , or the application of the profits during her tenancy , it was decided that she was not bound to account to the creditors for the profits earned by her under her own certificate : Stewart 's Trs. v. Stewart 's Executrix ( 1896 ) 23 R. 739 . |
| 14 | This was undoubtedly his eldest son , who served his engraving apprenticeship under his father from 1802 and later took over the business c .1821 in partnership with his brother John , although their father probably remained a partner until his death . |
| 15 | On Dec. 17 Gaidar was made presidential economic adviser and also took up the directorship of the Institute for the Problems of the Transition Period . |
| 16 | Lee remained secretary-general of the ruling People 's Action Party ( PAP ) , which he had founded , and also took on the post of Senior Minister in the new Cabinet . |
| 17 | Yeltsin issued a decree on March 16 creating a Russian Federation Defence Ministry , and temporarily took on the portfolio himself . |
| 18 | This led , they argue , to a situation where decisions were made by the elite at the top of the management hierarchy and then fed down the line of command . |
| 19 | At the gangway he hesitated and then ran up the bank after them . |
| 20 | The firm organized catering at the Glasgow exhibition , the 1889 Paris exhibition , and then took over the catering at Olympia and the Crystal Palace . |
| 21 | The entire band dropped into the valley beyond us , and then proceeded up the Bitterroot . |
| 22 | Asik was glad to get a drink ; it did not matter to him if the water was dirty or clean , he was thirsty and gulped down as much as he could , washed his feet and then filled up the water jug . |
| 23 | It is as if surveyors had worked out what they were going to do and then laid out the plan on the landscape , ignoring the difficult topography of the area . |
| 24 | Wakelate examined Cleo 's tense posture with apparent embarrassment , and then blew out the sizzle stick with a mournful expression . |
| 25 | Next , mark the outline of the board onto the film and then lay down the positions of the copper pads to act as a reference , just as we did in the ‘ direct etch ’ method last month . |
| 26 | I left it there and then went down the caravan . |
| 27 | My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames . |
| 28 | Rain packed half her things and then picked up the telephone . |
| 29 | The rain , whipped up by the wind , bit into her face , stung the softly tanned skin on her neck and then trickled down the inside of her blouse , to merge with the hundred other rivulets of water that soaked into her skin . |
| 30 | I waited until the Worm was back in there and then blocked up the hole through which it had come . |