Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trying to control the trembling in her legs , which felt as though they were made of cotton wool , Laura silently followed Ross across the green lawns to their guest cottage , where Carole had laid out the cold supper . |
| 2 | At the earlier hearing , Sheriff Reid had heard that Walters had dreamt up the fraud after a Jersey-based financier had failed to come up with cash to back market research for a new board game . |
| 3 | Charlie stared up at his mother 's framed photo that Becky had hung on the wall . |
| 4 | Imagine , then , that Mandela had written down the story of his life , and that the manuscript was for sale . |
| 5 | She clung to the belief that Friend had sneaked down the wires through Karel 's network and one day he would come to rescue her … . |
| 6 | She remembered that Aycliffe had brought up the matter of clothes , that Benedict himself had scolded her for her nip-cheese ways . |
| 7 | It was claimed that Goebbels had raised up the Führer to be the ‘ German god ’ . |
| 8 | In the 23 August 1968 issue of It the plug was provided , next to news that Knullar had taken over the It workers ' co-operative . |
| 9 | It seemed clear that Gilbert had wiped out the landmarks . |
| 10 | It was alleged that Moin tried to scuff up the pitch — but England officials said yesterday that they would not study the video . |
| 11 | It was a fast journey , and accomplished for the most part in silence , although Rohan did point out the entrance to the Château de Biron , as they flashed past . |
| 12 | The fact that John had handed over the reins of power to Miss Doris and Mr Smith seemed a great honour but his stipulation that they should keep and maintain the name and reputation of the business so long as it was possible to do so proved a massive task for them in later years . |
| 13 | In his speech at the inauguration , Kadhafi said that Libya had carried out the project unaided by developed nations or international financial institutions . |
| 14 | Attorney General Amos Wako , speaking in London on Jan. 21 , said that Kenya intended to phase out the five British judges still employed by the Kenyan legal system , including Chief Justice Alan Hancox . |
| 15 | When the appointment of new director Wilfrid Lockwood in 1983 meant that James had to yield up the house normally granted to the director , he threatened to sue the library . |
| 16 | He asked the mother the child 's weight , worked out the dose and Kathleen went to draw up the drug and get the Flamazine ointment . |
| 17 | Finally it was over , and David started to write up the notes . |
| 18 | Forester 's fear was not so much that the room might not have been available , but that if Hennessy had moved out the hotel might be closed down for the off-season altogether . |
| 19 | I waited until Duncan had winched up the Golf to the road and exchanged the rope for the winch hook which lifted the front of the VW off the ground so it could be towed . |
| 20 | But the bed was manoeuvred into the room without incident , the two men departed after various forms had been signed , and Belinda and Tom began to set up the room . |
| 21 | Armenia , Byelarus , Kazakhstan , Kirgizstan , Russia , Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agreed to set up the Assembly " as a consultative institution to discuss matters and consider draft documents of common interest " . |
| 22 | And Faye planned to show off the eight paintings she had done over the past four months , six of which featured Belinda and all of which were now professionally framed . |
| 23 | They had packed and Adam had locked up the house . |
| 24 | She bit — savagely at her cuticles again , and McLeish had to fight back the urge to yell at her to stop , for God 's sake . |
| 25 | Half an hour later Seawitch was anchored , the engine was silent , and Nathan had switched off the bow , stern , and masthead lights . |
| 26 | Two years later , when MGM had the not-so-bright idea of remaking Goodbye Mr Chips as a musical , and UA tried to bring back the British war film with The Battle of Britain ( 1970 ) , the bill for each picture was something like $12 million . |
| 27 | And Joanna had sped down the outer stairway , crying and joyous at once . |
| 28 | Charles was avoiding marriage like the plague , and Henry had taken on the cloak of religion . |
| 29 | But Marc had put down the shutters again . |
| 30 | A voder commentary accompanied the recording , but Rostov had switched off the auditory input to his chair so that he could converse with the Manchu technician who was running the session . |