Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her dark-brown skin picked up the deadening light inside the train and reflected it strangely so that her face looked almost silver . |
| 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 | DIRECT Banking rolled out the red carpet for two special guests . |
| 4 | What will the Minister say to people who will receive the new allowance from April when they learn that last Friday a Conservative Back Bencher talked out the Civil Rights ( Disabled Persons ) Bill ? |
| 5 | Flowered Up 's co-manager Terry stars in Rude Boy as a wayward yoof put on the straight and narrow by Joe . |
| 6 | Kapil had a frustrating day yesterday as a light drizzle washed out the fourth day 's play in India 's first Test against South Africa in Durban . |
| 7 | The old Corporation bought out the two private gas companies in 1869 , and by 1877 vast strides in the world of Glasgow by gas-light resulted in the universal installation of Siemen 's regenerative lamps and Sugg 's argand lamps . |
| 8 | On 18 October , therefore , the British government turned down the new fare proposals from American operators , while the CAA rejected British Airways ' request . |
| 9 | He also stresses that the new female values encouraged marriage for love rather than for prudential considerations , and maintains that women 's increasing search for sexual fulfilment pushed up the general fertility rate of lower-class marriages in the nineteenth century . |
| 10 | While the Daily Star held out the glittering prospect of ‘ dark , damp , rat-infested dungeons in a medieval castle where troublemakers will be left to rot . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's not a bad place , ’ he said , once they were in reception and the smoked glass shut out the small hut where they searched the hand-bags , and she 'd laughed and said ‘ All right ’ and they 'd signed in . |
| 12 | The false idea is that French culture took over the leading position of Italy . |
| 13 | Then his corpulent body collapsed and gradually the noise of his drunken snoring drowned out the quiet sobbing of the Annamese girl . |
| 14 | The jury in the David Nock murder trial has been told that the accused man showed off the alleged murder weapon to his workmates . |
| 15 | First , central government set up the Civil Contingencies Unit ( CCU ) , a formal institution based in the cabinet office whose brief was to monitor and respond to industrial disputes in key industries . |
| 16 | Undoubtedly the natural defences of the human body held out the greatest promise of further success , and undoubtedly , in England if not in the world , Sir Almroth Wright was the leading expert in devising ways of stimulating such defences . |
| 17 | A large smile took over the small face of Elmer . |
| 18 | Laboriously the little creature laced up the last two strands of an otherwise perfect web , checked to see every strand was in place , then scuttled to the centre and sat there waiting . |
| 19 | The 1971 White Paper laid down the following requirements for adult training centres and showed the actual provision in 1969 , as shown overleaf . |
| 20 | Run For Free led the charge in the £35,000 stamina test , and the Pipe supporting cast mopped up the minor prizes . |
| 21 | Its origins are disguised by its huge cob , and only in the last few years has genetic analysis teased out the whole truth about its humble cereal ancestry . |
| 22 | The series was alight — only for it to be thoroughly dampened in Guyana when relentless rain washed out the second Test completely , for only the fifth time in Test history . |
| 23 | In other respects careful management and a firm hand pushed up the royal income . |
| 24 | In his speech , the Prime Minister set out the weak position from which he negotiates on economic and monetary union . |
| 25 | An enterprising parents ' association at one primary school took on the short term lease of a shop in the local High Street in the pre-Christmas period and made a substantial profit by buying in stock from discount warehouses and retailing in competition with other traders . |
| 26 | Squeaky Sutton , the landlord of the ‘ Windy Ridge ’ for the past thirty years , looked up as the noisy party clattered down the four steps into his cosy cellar bar . |
| 27 | The question presented itself at yesterday 's Foyle 's lunch in Mayfair , when the distinguished scientist Sir Rudolf Peierls took an early siesta during an interesting speech by Lord Zuckerman , whose new book we were celebrating , and who at that very moment looked down the top table and described Peierls , rightly , as ‘ one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists ever ’ . |
| 28 | Already weak and exposed where Midnight was concerned , this unexpected consideration broke down the last of the barriers Jess had constructed against the old woman . |
| 29 | The term is ultimately derived from the Greek ‘ khoros ’ , a dance , the modern ‘ chorus ’ arriving because the dancers in Greek theatre sang out the repetitive bits and encouraged the audience to join in . |
| 30 | The yardage booklet advises : ‘ It demands a longish tee shot up the left , but the best approach is from the right . ’ |