Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I think they 've more or less given up the ghost . |
| 2 | They wiped out the buffalo , more or less wiped out the Indians and , eventually , were driven away themselves by loneliness , extreme weather , drought , and the loss of topsoil brought on by over-farming . |
| 3 | Early in this chapter it was pointed out that at the beginning of the century British governments adopted an approach of relief of unemployment that largely ruled out the creation of specific employment opportunities . |
| 4 | Other practices that once held up the flow of the dance were the continual closing in 5th position before a new step and the continual moving of the arms through 1st position at every change of weight or during a ports de bras . |
| 5 | It was a triumph that also set up the Kiwis nicely for a surprise win over the seventh-seeded Italians . |
| 6 | Describing Gloucester 's subsequent attack on the Woodvilles , More continues : ‘ [ Gloucester and Buckingham ] said that the lord marquis had entered into the Tower of London and thence taken out the king 's treasure and sent men to the sea . |
| 7 | Describing Gloucester 's subsequent attack on the Woodvilles , More continues : ‘ [ Gloucester and Buckingham ] said that the lord marquis had entered into the Tower of London and thence taken out the king 's treasure and sent men to the sea . |
| 8 | The dark rim around the bright mound is artefactual : the coverslip has pressed the top of the mound down into the plane of optical section and thereby pushed down the epidermis around the foot of the mound below that plane . |
| 9 | It was holiday snaps of Wyatt with a naked Bea which angered Andrew and eventually brought about the Yorks ' tragicomic separation . |
| 10 | Some of those attending the final farewell wept as personnel manager Mr Parry , 46 , stood beside his son 's coffin and courageously poured out the family 's feelings . |
| 11 | As we saw earlier , the period which marks the emergence of Consumers ' Co-operation as virtually the sole objective of the Movement , and its rejection of authentic Producers ' Co-operation , coincides with Hobsbawm 's Age of Capital , that period which marked the phenomenal growth of a global economy of industrial capitalism and so held out the prospect of unlimited and unfailing progress — and nowhere more than in Britain which held a de facto international monopoly in trade in manufactures . |
| 12 | It composed a tortured symphony , and impulsively printed out the score on fabrex in the Midlands clothe factory . |
| 13 | She crossed to the other bed , and gently pulled back the sheet which covered him . |
| 14 | Willie did so and soon picked up the melody until he almost began to enjoy it . |
| 15 | She ought to be hoping instead that they did go to Civitavecchia and finally sorted out the mystery of Jeff and Silvia . |
| 16 | The Conservatives relied more on monetary policy , and , with R. A. Butler as Chancellor of the Exchequer , interest rates fluctuated around a rising trend , and gradually forced up the BEA 's borrowing costs . |
| 17 | During subsequent interrogation it was revealed that Ann Lynn had made a rendezvous during the night with a Dutch cargo vessel , had stowed the contraband below for later disposal , and calmly taken out the anglers for a day 's fishing before unloading the loot . |
| 18 | With a strength Isabel had not known she possessed she had beaten back panic and calmly taken down the rushlight , dividing the rushes into smaller bundles to conserve the light . |
| 19 | Replacing the glass with care , she slid back down in the bed and deliberately conjured up the scene in the Seren at the moment the engine cut out and she was about to capsize . |
| 20 | Without thinking she snatched up the phone again and quickly tapped out the apartment number . |
| 21 | Tolonen bowed his head , then turned his right hand palm upward and quickly tapped out the command on the grid of tiny flesh-coloured blisters at his wrist . |
| 22 | Now it was the women 's turn again ; while the men debated the finer points of why the device had failed , we fetched buckets of water and old blankets and quickly put out the fire . |
| 23 | Then she picked up a pencil and quickly worked out the sum on a piece of paper . |
| 24 | On my return I discovered the score was 1–0 to England , and later found out the goal was scored by Mark Tinkler ! |
| 25 | On 5 July 1966 that Congress , which had made him president For Life , revoked this decision and also handed over the authority to appoint Cabinets to General Suharto . |
| 26 | These rules deal with the requirements of English law as to the actual method of service and also set out the procedure for securing official assistance in the transmission of documents for service overseas . |
| 27 | And also bought out the insurance company fire brigades where , when you go round a lot of the older buildings in our towns and cities today and even villages , you will find an insurance plaque or an insurance mark on the side of the house or the building concerned . |
| 28 | We repair to the kitchen and blithely set off the burglar alarm searching for the cat to cuddle . |
| 29 | The Papingo Trophy was traced to The Royal Company and on 7th June , 1951 , a contingent of Royal Archers paraded through Kilwinning and ceremoniously handed over the trophy to the joint care of the town council and the Ancient Society of Archers . |
| 30 | Fishermen willingly co-operated with the students , passed on information about dolphin sightings , and even handed over the bodies of dolphins accidentally taken in their fishing nets . |