Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are presently around 600 active volcanoes on the continents or exposed above the sea as islands . |
| 2 | ‘ After he passed you , did you notice whether he went into one of the houses or continued down the hill ? ’ |
| 3 | Containing the first studio cut of ‘ No Woman No Cry ’ , versions of early Jamaicans singles ‘ Belly Full ’ , ‘ Bend Down Low ’ , ‘ Natty Dread ’ and ‘ Lively Up Yourself ’ , this is , superficially , a simple set of songs that went against the grain of the mesmeric dub that was then dominating reggae . |
| 4 | And , all run here , everything was run here , and animals , animals that won here , well er well I think they put them down as better animals than animals that raced before the war , you know , cos they had to do such a lot in a short time . |
| 5 | They were prominent in the Silurian and Devonian , where they can be found with the fish-like animals that abounded in the fresh- and brackish water deposits of the time , although some of the Ordovician ones are in marine sediments . |
| 6 | However , King also believes that traditional agroforestry led to the establishment of plantation forestry because of colonial timber requirements in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that culminated in the separation of agricultural and forestry interests . |
| 7 | He was very aware of her body beside his , of the long legs that shimmered in the semi-darkness , and of the smell of her perfume . |
| 8 | Léonie wheeled , scrambled back past the baker 's , and fled along the boulevard edged with limes that led to the church and the walled cemetery , to the lane beyond . |
| 9 | The little Austers removed a significant amount of the in-flight workload imposed on the Lincoln navigators , however the frequent rain squalls that came over the jungle limited their use and as such the heavy bomber crews had to carry out operations with the required precision in dangerously adverse weather conditions . |
| 10 | He stared at it , puzzled , deciding it was pulsating , with red lines swelling and diminishing in the self-same rhythm ; tentacles that throbbed with the heart beat of the central creature . |
| 11 | Check the files on those British right-wing organizations that flourished before the war , the ones that sometimes had Members of Parliament on their books . ’ |
| 12 | With the companionway protected from the wind , only the waves that broke over the cabin top burst into the saloon . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've never seen the church so crowded for a funeral , ’ said William 's nan proudly , though there was a hint of suspicion in the eyes that gazed around the congregation . |
| 14 | His strong face , lined by age and illness , framed a pair of kindly eyes that softened at the sight of her . |
| 15 | Something as tall as a steeple , in a trailing black dress , fair hair cascading ; a face turned , looking down at Ruth , with long mocking green eyes that glimmered like the sea . |
| 16 | One of the more unedifying spectacles that emerged from the community charge was the flaunting display of the ’ can pay , wo n't pay ’ brigade . |
| 17 | In other words , there was a growth in the use of ‘ framework legislation ’ , with Parliament establishing a general framework for controlling or regulating an area of activity and granting to governmental agencies both rule-making powers to put flesh on the framework or quasi-judicial powers to resolve disputes that arose in the course of implementing these schemes . |
| 18 | Clapham was a committed negotiator , and Kerr did a great deal to assuage the anxieties that existed in the NCDAD and its institutions . |
| 19 | I told them they could n't expect people to get excited by four scruffy ragamuffins that came in the stage door and then go put on their party clothes , which were fantastic , and then again put on their horrible Levis and leave again . |
| 20 | He noticed everything , from the good but worn carpets to the books that abounded in the room . |
| 21 | In images that shone against the dark |
| 22 | They stepped off the pavement outside and crossed over to another group of shops that curved around the square . |
| 23 | I if I remember correctly those are words that led to the death of a very distinguished explorer . |
| 24 | A blistering July day , her thick woollen underwear sodden with perspiration under the hot black habit , a throbbing headache , Hilda more insistent than ever ; a scene in the playground , only a few words exchanged because other girls were watching , but a few words that shrieked under the stress of the emotion that they bore ; an impatient phrase , more cutting than she had intended ; Hilda turning away–nth a passionate sob , running , running … |
| 25 | Price recounts the experience of one UI client which bought a range of ‘ open systems ’ equipment supporting Posix , assuming that applications would be portable across the mix of SVR4 , Ultrix , HP-UX and AIX environments that came with the kit it purchased . |
| 26 | It was almost certainly the growth of dissatisfaction with this arrangement in the other republics and provinces that led to the abandonment of the retention ratio system at the end of 1985 . |
| 27 | It was several days later that he found himself rising through the complex of dripping wet catwalks and steps that ran around the Power line . |
| 28 | Cleo took a single step backwards down the short flight of steps that led to the door . |
| 29 | In front of the shallow steps that led to the door were parked two — no three , motor cars . |
| 30 | Detailed Description : a detailed description of the problem , including the steps that led to the problem , any relevant messages or codes displayed or printed by the computer system , and any other useful data . |