Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb past] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Board took over the legal aid scheme 's administrative structure and most of the staff . |
| 2 | Heaven help them all when the dailies came out the next day . |
| 3 | This is a problem from which the ordinary courts are not immune , but it is true that this type of uncertainty is absent from the rival schemes because there the courts lay down the precise meaning which a term should bear . |
| 4 | But the chances of Paris opening the decade with a momentous show were always dashed when the Germans held back the three most significant new cars still due this year — the new Audi 100 and BMW 3-series in a matter of weeks and the Mercedes S-Class by months . |
| 5 | The Right-Ons fired back the unanswerable reply that meetings belonged to those who attended them . |
| 6 | After consultation with the Leeds Permanent Building Society , the EOC drew up the following recommendations in respect of mobility : |
| 7 | The bells crashed out the joyous news practically all day . |
| 8 | The driver sought out the agreed parking space which was as far away as possible from the canteen and shop complex . |
| 9 | The truck came back the same afternoon . |
| 10 | In 1921 the employers won back the 5 per cent concession made in 1920 to the woollen workers and successfully reduced the cost of jiving addition to wages , paid since the First World War , over the next four years . |
| 11 | On Sept. 17 , Polish inspectors in the Netherlands carried out the first inspection of a NATO member state by a unit from a Warsaw Pact country . |
| 12 | Outside , the snow blotted out the last irregularities in the flowerbed , making it one with the lawn . |
| 13 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 14 | The Waverley puttered down the still narrow river like a little terrier keen to get to the open fields of the Firth and the sea beyond . |
| 15 | The wind whipped down the narrow side-streets and alleys , whistling in the wide estuaries . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She tried to sound playful , but somehow the words came out the wrong way . |
| 18 | The darker ‘ skunk-stripe ’ of walnut in the back of the neck covered up the rear installation of the truss rod . |
| 19 | In seeking to make these aims operational , the plan set out the general characteristics of the proposed polytechnic : it was to be a ‘ broadly-based institution catering for a wide range of higher education for the over-18 age groups ’ , giving priority to sandwich courses , but providing courses other than degree courses for those able to benefit from ‘ advanced courses of a specialist nature ’ . |
| 20 | Ranging on her side , a flare from the window lit up the coarse , reddening features , followed immediately by the uncouth clatter of the skies , echoing her strident voice . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | Her impression of a bleak , high-ceilinged room was confirmed when she entered : the hall took up the top two storeys of the three-storey building . |
| 23 | If that happened , when the sun came out the lingering nicotine would burn yellow marks around the edges of young foliage . |
| 24 | The Committee set out the principal options , and the preferences of the broadcasters . |
| 25 | Then the Judge picked up the stiff body of the student in his arms . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It 's claimed the boy carried out the first attack behind a row of shops , holding his victim to stop her struggling , and laughing at her cries for help . |
| 28 | Anabelle watched from under the gate while the boy snatched up the huge bowl and dashed into the house . |
| 29 | Mr Heseltine was asked on LBC radio whether , if the Conservatives ended up the largest party with , say , 320 seats , Mr Major would not get on the telephone to do a deal to secure an overall majority . |
| 30 | And in 1972 Lee 's remarkable shots from around the green snuffed out the British challenge of Tony Jacklin . |