Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver sought out the agreed parking space which was as far away as possible from the canteen and shop complex . |
| 2 | Instonians have former international and vice-captain Keith Crossan back in the side after a successful visit to Donegal 's Sheephaven Bay where the local junior club laid out the red carpet in spectacular fashion for an international select side . |
| 3 | In the drawing used here the effortless decision has been chosen in preference to the one that required a little more effort . |
| 4 | The main force came ashore the next night and followed a strict timetable . |
| 5 | The Prime Minister has , like Eden before him , become both bogged down and boxed in by one big issue at the expense of the general election mandate secured only the previous year . |
| 6 | The darker ‘ skunk-stripe ’ of walnut in the back of the neck covered up the rear installation of the truss rod . |
| 7 | I can not express to you the enchanted effect produced by this Arabian scene of colour as the wind blew aside the great waterfall behind which we stood and hid . |
| 8 | The old Gymnasium could then become additional space for Art , while Geography took over the old Library . |
| 9 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 10 | It was thought that if Calvinism were undermined the Presbyterian churches would give up their people to the Episcopal Church ; in fact the slow waning of Calvinism in the Presbyterian fold took away the one advantage the Episcopalians had and doomed them to irrelevance . |
| 11 | The German artillery did just the same thing , as the following account from the British side shows : |
| 12 | By the kindest count , seven catches were grassed at Auckland , and six more chances were spilled on this opening day , with Gooch missed twice off Cairns before reaching double figures , after a 90-minute delay while the groundstaff mopped up the previous day 's heavy rain . |
| 13 | Then his corpulent body collapsed and gradually the noise of his drunken snoring drowned out the quiet sobbing of the Annamese girl . |
| 14 | On 10 May 1794 , Huntingford wrote to the Speaker of the House of Commons ( who had himself been elected a vice-president of the College ) as follows : ‘ Honble Sir , I should not have taken the liberty of troubling you on the subject of the Veterinary College did not the recent business of Wm Stone who stands charged with High Treason prove the cause of his exerting himself to my prejudice in favor of M Vial the late Professor , to be that he might establish a French Connection in that Institution in order that he might through the channel carry on his correspondence with the enemy . |
| 15 | One study summed up the overall situation as follows : |
| 16 | His bedroom extended almost the seaward width of the house , like the music-room below . |
| 17 | The wind swept aside the foetid air of the compartment as the door was unbolted . |
| 18 | The first watcher picked up the red phone nearby and punched out three digits . |
| 19 | If the domestic servants at the Rectory were surprised when their mistress came downstairs the following morning , her husband was astounded . |
| 20 | The truck came back the same afternoon . |
| 21 | Richard Littlejohn of The Sun became only the second winner of the Irritant of the Year award since Private Eye won in 1968 . |
| 22 | Since that time , and despite further hostilities in 1965 , the 1949 ceasefire line or " line of control " had separated Azad Kashmir ( " Free Kashmir " — the northern Pakistani-controlled sector ) from Indian-administered Kashmir , which together with Jammu further to the south made up the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir . |
| 23 | Anabelle watched from under the gate while the boy snatched up the huge bowl and dashed into the house . |
| 24 | Over those years accumulation built up the phenomenal momentum which it was to sustain through the sixties . |
| 25 | His thick blond hair , deep blue eyes and effortless charm had probably captivated the hearts of a host of women that evening , but as Becky assumed that every girl received exactly the same treatment , she avoided allowing herself to be flattered by him . |
| 26 | The elderly constable shooed away the two security guards , and locked the door . |
| 27 | If that happened , when the sun came out the lingering nicotine would burn yellow marks around the edges of young foliage . |
| 28 | A person buys a new washing machine , and is unfortunate enough to discover that ( a ) the cabinet is badly scratched , and thus not of merchantable quality ; ( b ) the machine ripped up the first batch of clothes and half-flooded the kitchen ( ie it was not fit for the purpose ) ; and ( c ) the model delivered by the suppliers was not the model agreed upon in the shop ( ie the goods were not as described by the retailer ) . |
| 29 | The upper storey covered only the left hand side of the ground floor and it was up there that vehicle bodies took shape . |
| 30 | There he sat until a child switched on the widescreen t.v. showing a news broadcast . |