Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Rosa had taken the tray Luce picked up the crutch and practised hobbling round the bedroom . |
| 2 | As they settled themselves on the trunk Silas switched off the torch . |
| 3 | With Mr Merchant 's assistance Stewart opens up the box of chocolates and offers me one with the hand that is n't attached to a pulley and the ceiling . |
| 4 | In the brief soliloquy following Clarence 's exit Richard keeps up the equivocation : ‘ I will shortly send thy soul to heaven , /If heaven will take the present at our hands ’ ( 119 — 20 ) . |
| 5 | The post-war history of South Korea shows how the balance of effect can change over time , driven by a coherently evolving logic for economic development , despite major changes of government and military rule . |
| 6 | In spite of the pain in his hands , as he drank with his boss Dai felt only the excitement of having achieved his goal . |
| 7 | Later that evening when they were seated comfortably in the bar Mary brought up the subject of the eerie feeling in the cutting ; they agreed it had been a most disturbing experience and that there must be some explanation . |
| 8 | ‘ The Hieroglyphs , cosmological monuments and institutions of the Peoples of Central and South America prove indisputably the existence of communication between America and India . ’ |
| 9 | In dealing with the matter of bringing a slave to the ordeal Childebert sets out the time-scale of the case , and states that his deadlines are as required in Lex Salica . |
| 10 | During this period Churchill took over the coal negotiations and displayed a vigour for settlement which had been entirely lacking in the Prime Minister . |
| 11 | In the Preface to the Wessex edition Hardy described how the music books of the choir were handwritten , hymns and psalms at the front , dances and ballads at the back ‘ till sacred and secular met together in the middle , often with bizarre effect ’ . |
| 12 | Playful springer spaniel Hanna pushed down the lock with her paws — with Nicky 's keys inside . |
| 13 | A study of the GEC bid to takeover Plessey outlines clearly the conflict that can exist between maintaining competition in the domestic market and restructuring an industry to enable it to compete with foreign competition , by allowing rationalisation to occur and encouraging the combined group to exploit economies of scale . |
| 14 | At this point Shakespeare brings back the Duke , disguised as a Friar , who sets in motion a complex plot involving several substitutions : of Mariana for Isabella , in Angelo 's bed ; of the head of Ragozine , ‘ a most notorious pirate ’ , for Claudio 's ( IV.iii.69 ) . |
| 15 | In one central passage the Apostle Paul brings together the essence of this teaching from both Testaments , and with some clearly articulated principles lays down teaching which has many straightforward and practical applications for the frustrations and conflicts which many families experience today . |
| 16 | Four years after her accident Dawn took up the javelin , shot and discus . |
| 17 | When Kee left the room Conway picked up the telephone . |
| 18 | On May 28 , ten days after they had lost contact and close to complete despair Bonington gave up the search . |
| 19 | SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury threw down the gauntlet to M & S , Tesco and Safeway yesterday with another set of sparkling results . |
| 20 | When he was a couple of streets away from the pensione Aldo tore up the letter into pieces as small as he could manage and dropped them in the gutter . |
| 21 | Office manager Heather rang the company 's technical services department in Cambridgeshire where systems analyst Chris picked up the phone . |
| 22 | Office manager Heather rang the company 's technical services department in Cambridgeshire where computer analyst Chris picked up the phone and at once both knew it was the start of something special . |
| 23 | ABOVE : Old man Roberts checks out the family album . |
| 24 | ‘ Comes round wavin' his byelaws at us ’ her Cousin Jake took up the story . |
| 25 | Having regained his edge Dunlop turned up the wick again , and went on to win by four seconds from Perugini with Gianluigi Scalvini third . |
| 26 | Having regained his edge Dunlop turned up the wick again , and went on to win by four seconds from Perugini with Gianluigi Scalvini third . |
| 27 | With a shaking hand Isabel picked up the goblet . |
| 28 | In an apparent effort to soothe North Korean fears , the official Soviet news agency Tass played down the significance of the meeting , suggesting that diplomatic relations would develop within the context of a general improvement in relations throughout the region . |
| 29 | Outside the hotel Maggie turned up the collar of her mac . |
| 30 | Most were still bewildered by the way Northampton opened out the game to create openings for surprise attacks , and after a 4–1 win at Swindon , the Railwaymen 's international winger Fleming told Chapman : ‘ You have something more than a team : you have a machine . ’ |