Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dividend may be expressed as a fixed percentage of the nominal or paid up value of the shares , or may even extend to participation in any dividends declared over and above that fixed amount . |
| 2 | Your partner should be lying down on his or her back with a cushion or rolled up towel under the knees to prevent any strain in the lumbar region . |
| 3 | by no means all of the large reptiles that are found in the Mesozoic rocks are dinosaurs — the reptile groups that took up life in the sea or the air were only distantly related . |
| 4 | She still saw him , made a point of popping over to say hullo to Uncle Willi and sought out Georg in the dairy or the office . |
| 5 | People who bought Dixons traded options on Tuesday and sold once news of the bid was released yesterday made a 100 per cent profit in 24 hours . |
| 6 | E/A turned and made off East at the same time as we sighted him . |
| 7 | Shankar and Vice-President Henck Arron formally " resigned " and handed over power to the Army on Dec. 27 . |
| 8 | On Dec. 6 Ershad was forced to relinquish power and handed over control of the government to Chief Justice Shehabuddin Ahmed who had been nominated as Acting President by the main opposition alliances . |
| 9 | Food industry sources described the prediction as ‘ alarmist ’ and insisted only part of the increase in the farmgate prices would be passed on to the customer . |
| 10 | Place a glass of water or beer on your head and lay down flat on the floor and then stand up . |
| 11 | ‘ Of course not , ’ said Rain , and bit back information about the typewriter used for the packages and a death threat . |
| 12 | The Severn had the longest uninterrupted stretch , and its 20- to 80-ton open barges carried down coal from Shropshire and salt from Droitwich , as well as agricultural produce , and brought up iron from the Forest of Dean for the Midlands metal makers , and a whole range of goods and groceries from Bristol . |
| 13 | When his father-in-law died unexpectedly in 1898 , Stuart became a director of J. & J. Colman , moved to Norwich , and took over management of the firm . |
| 14 | A detachment of Cromwell 's troops guarding the bridge at nearby Bewdley came to Kidderminster to cut off their retreat and took up position in the square . |
| 15 | The ‘ naked ’ crab moved about 60 cm ( 2 ft ) away while the first crab nipped out of its damaged shell and took up residence in the new one . |
| 16 | He exchanged ideas and information with other early practitioners and invested much thought in the technical and artistic refinement of his chosen medium . |
| 17 | Joseph Chamberlain as Chairman of the Local Government Board in 1885 was responsible for the Medical Relief ( Disqualifications Removal ) Act which removed the pauper stigma — disfranchisement — from inmates of Poor Law infirmaries who made no other demands on poor relief and increased both use of the infirmaries by respectable working people and their willingness as ratepayers to finance them . |
| 18 | The Bolsheviks recognised the crises of the autocracy and harnessed there party to the revolutionary mood of the masses . |
| 19 | Two years later Clark had the first of his 25 Grand Prix wins at Spa and ended up runner-up in the World Championship to Graham Hill . |
| 20 | She crouched and picked up part of the brickwork that had crumbled away from a supporting pillar . |
| 21 | By December Gould had crossed the Liverpool Range and set up camp on the banks of the Mokai . |
| 22 | You did not go off and set up house with the man in your life and perhaps think about marriage if it seemed like a good idea , after a year or two . |
| 23 | Son of Gifford Tate , the painter , he had been the Garlands ' doctor since , at his father 's death , he had returned to Falmouth and set up practice in the family house . |