Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb past] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His talents were demonstrated through a system that gave him opportunities and brought out the best in him . |
| 2 | After gobbling up whatever I could find in the house , I crept into bed and pulled the blankets over my head in a vain attempt to stifle the mocking voices and shut out the ugly visions . |
| 3 | After slipping the clip carefully into her anorak pocket and zipping it closed she descended the steps and scooped up the fallen FN FAL . |
| 4 | Spitting it on to the floor , he raised the half-empty bottle to his lips and drank down the fiery vodka in great gulps , as if to drown the useless curses which rose in his throat . |
| 5 | Well , each of the seven great churches had a peel of six bells that hung on the outside wall of the church tower . |
| 6 | As yet it was only eight o'clock and the sun reluctant to leave without treating its worshippers to a pyrotechnic display of rose and gold flames that burnt up the whole western sky . |
| 7 | This chapter begins by considering the circumstances that brought about the so-called imperial presidency . |
| 8 | Before leaving the ground floor , make your notes and sketches and set out the approximate costs of making good the defects and of any necessary alterations . |
| 9 | At the next trick , I continued my strategy of playing Clubs and led out the 9 . |
| 10 | She had reached the place where the Dalek Killer had entered one of the six squat buildings that made up the central complex . |
| 11 | Other whaling nations recognised the destruction of whale stocks and set up the International Whaling Commission in 1946 to control international whaling , Just when Japan was developing her whaling industry to full commercial efficiency . |
| 12 | The declining popularity of bonfire night in the back garden is having two effects : a dramatic cut in the number of people hurt by fireworks , and booming business for the firms that put on the big public displays . |
| 13 | He made a sort of ducking movement to acknowledge his orders and tipped up the nearest chair so that its burden of garments slithered to the flagstones . |
| 14 | I climbed the two flights of stairs and walked down the rickety balcony which led to Ellen 's small end room . |
| 15 | And when her tears mixed with the salty tears that fell down the great beast 's cheek , the spell was released , and he stood before her , a golden-haired young man in hunting-costume . |
| 16 | It was then that France , after two centuries of increasing penetration by its missionaries and traders , decided to establish dominion over the Annamese lands and the separate kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia by force of arms and set up the French Indochinese Union . |
| 17 | Tell your friends and put up the enclosed poster where it will be seen . |
| 18 | It was getting dark so he pulled the curtains and put on the overhead light . |
| 19 | She balled her fists and fought down the growing desolation inside her . |
| 20 | She made for the fires and the sudden yellow flashes that lit up the central complex of buildings . |
| 21 | But little of the necessary reading for " Schools " interested me : I had little interest in constitutional development , political theory or economic growth , none at all in the Industrial Revolution and the technical and scientific achievements that ushered in the modern age . |
| 22 | Mercy handled the porcelain and silver with her elegant hands and measured out the wild rice and caesar salad . |
| 23 | On Sunday 10 May 1719 three warships subjected Castle Eilean Donan to a fierce bombardment which left gaping holes in its walls and the small garrison , in their alien white and yellow uniforms , surrendered , in the most gratifying fashion , to a few boatloads of English sailors , who seized the rebels ' stores and blew up the old fortress . |
| 24 | When the headmistress , with some guilt , asked her to take over the school 's unpopular Commonwealth Society she rolled up her sleeves and cleaned out the dusty room that had been hung with torn posters depicting ‘ Tea-picking in Ceylon , ‘ Coffee Growing in Kenya , ’ and ‘ Sheep Farming in Australia . ’ |
| 25 | If I was n't an actor I 'd be covered in tattoos and pierced up the fucking ying-yang . |
| 26 | Japanese handpainted pictures adorn the walls and set off the elegant porcelain figurines , while the walnut dining table is from Hong Kong . |
| 27 | She opened the double rear doors and pointed out the two forty-five-gallon tanks which were her emergency supply if an airport closed down on her . |