Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neglect of them could throw him into a searing rage ; as when he discovered that a rest camp for troops out of the line had been placed within sound of the guns . |
| 2 | The negotiations allowed Bouterse to adopt an increased political role at the expense of the civilian government , but on Feb. 14 , 1990 , he handed the mandate for negotiations back to the government claiming that the government was not supporting him fully . |
| 3 | She slammed the saucepan of potatoes on to the draining board . |
| 4 | He took the tin of sardines through to the lean-to , opened it and emptied the contents onto the cat 's dish . |
| 5 | ‘ At nights , ’ said the Canadian , ‘ it was so cold that you could n't sleep at all , and about dawn you 'd hear the shots as they knocked off that day 's quota of Frenchmen out in the yard . ’ |
| 6 | On May 6 Mother and I went the full complement of floors up to the very top of Telecom Tower , there to shake hands with Sir Dickie and to share a shuddering scaffolding ( I almost said erection — but I did n't ) with Michael Aspel , one of my all-time four minutes ' warning men . |
| 7 | She bundled Dot on to the front seat with rugs up to the chin . |
| 8 | Returning to the main road , which is very good , we cross the plateau and pass a small reservoir on the left-hand side with views down to the south side of the island and the sea . |
| 9 | the arrangements it makes for the admission of students on to the Bar Vocational Course ; |
| 10 | The nationalists promised to end the drain of resources out of the country , to industrialize in order to supply home consumption . |
| 11 | Yelling the news to Douglas , who was swording with Sir Walter Comyn , Ramsay dashed through the struggling mass of men back for the stairway , Down he raced , two steps at a time , and out again into the night . |
| 12 | And what does say about that ? says that we will keep the level of charges down in the now privately owned companies providing public utilities so there 'll be nothing for dividends . |
| 13 | And with the new school term in full swing , parents should take advantage of free eye-testing for children up to the age of 16 . |
| 14 | And with the new school term in full swing , parents should take advantage of free eye-testing for children up to the age of 16 . |
| 15 | Laura Ashley has a particularly good spring and summer range for children up to the age of twelve , with styles that are attractive without being prissy . |
| 16 | It includes for the first time in one volume additional indexes for porcelain painters , enamellers and silhouettists , incorporating the work of artists up to the present day . |
| 17 | Canon Frances Briscoe ( York ) said failure to pass the legislation to the grassroots would be a ‘ betrayal of women out in the dioceses , waiting in the wings ’ . |
| 18 | WARRING factions in Bosnia ordered a ceasefire yesterday and agreed to open three routes for the safe passage of civilians out of the stricken capital Sarajevo . |
| 19 | Henry unscrewed the top of the brass cylinder and shook out a bundle of sticks on to the table . |
| 20 | Raynor had tipped a basket of logs on to the fire , and warmth and light were washing over the room . |
| 21 | Today synthetic diamonds are commercially available in a range of sizes up to the present maximum , the de Beers ‘ Synthetic Rotary Dresser ’ stones , which have a weight of 2 milligram , ( equivalent to a cubic diamond of 0.8 mm edge ) . |
| 22 | Procedures for preparation of tax computations will have to be reviewed to ensure easy transfer of figures on to the new returns . |
| 23 | The transfer of sums out of the creditors ' total in the balance sheet does not , of itself , imply dishonesty and would not be an offence under the Theft Act 1968 , since any creditor able to prove the sum owing within the six year limitation period would be paid , regardless of the accounting treatment adopted . |
| 24 | He picked a newly constructed swatch of samples up from the desk in front of him and chucked it at Antinou , who caught the flopping thing one-handed and proceeded to fondle it familiarly . |
| 25 | Ted Heath ( I really ca n't get that knighthood out ) , looking spot on for Ascot , leads a bunch of frontbenchers and a gaggle of rubber-neckers out of the chamber for ceremonial fraternisation with the Lords and then back . |
| 26 | It 's , it 's living in harmony I suppose will be the word you know the , the environment sort of moves in to the power station and does n't get attacked , everywhere else gets attacked you know , people scrub up the weeds in the garden and things like that , here they 're allowed to grow , the butterflies come in , insects , great you know just , just love it . |
| 27 | Then erm names , babies I if a baby 's christened Timothy er it gets called Timmy or Nicholas gets called Nicky , which sort of ties in with the biscuits being called bickie and horsie and doggie and all this sort of ee things that you say to babies . |
| 28 | He pulled open the rear door and tossed the package of books on to the back seat , together with his gear . |
| 29 | Analysing the substantial drift of evacuees back to the danger areas , the Air Raid Precautions Co-ordinating Committee concluded that ‘ a detailed examination of available materials shows the basic cause to be the failure of the scheme to take account of either the viewpoint or the welfare of those concerned , be they evacuee or host ’ . |
| 30 | They stripped these books down to their narrative skeletons , then scattered a string of incidents on to the screen without caring whether they moved or excited the audience . |