Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [v-ing] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As regards the current European Communities-European Free Trade Area negotiations [ see p. 37906 ] , the programme avoided ruling out the possibility of an eventual application for EC membership . |
| 2 | The outlawed Ulster Volunteer Force admitted carrying out the shooting . |
| 3 | South Africa was marred by the fatal accident to Tom Pryce when a marshal ran across the track : a memorable moment when a dead man 's car kept running down the straight . |
| 4 | A couple more members of the gang came scrambling down the companionway ladder . |
| 5 | Begbroke seemed ideal but then the vicar started laying down the law . |
| 6 | This repair and replacement necessitated breaking away the concrete into which the track had been set . |
| 7 | The familiar whisky-edged voice came bellowing down the line , and she grinned fondly . |
| 8 | Some of these are mirror images of those previously cited ; for instance , the recession meant less need for businessmen to seek out large industrial sites , central government began running down the overspill programmes and giving greater attention to the rejuvenation of inner city areas , and ‘ baby boom ’ was replaced by ‘ baby bust ’ . |
| 9 | The message disappeared leaving only the galaxy of her own thoughts in the infinite night of meanings . |
| 10 | Almost immediately the national press began taking up the campaign . |
| 11 | In unspoken agreement mother and son began clearing up the debris . |
| 12 | As the clearing up began , John Perry , who works the farm with his elderly mother started rounding up the herd . |