Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO-YEAR jail sentences and unlimited fines will face Scottish knife-carriers under Scottish Office plans announced yesterday to toughen up the proposed law . |
| 2 | And above the flames of burning houses rose up to drown out the moonlight and rush hot air into their streaming faces . |
| 3 | Only 600 schools did not take up the offer of half-price computers . |
| 4 | Chris Horn and his CCG staff of some 110 joined in the celebration last December , when the UK and French tunnel engineers broke through to link up the Channel Tunnel Marine Service Tunnel . |
| 5 | Before yesterday 's hearing Mr McTear , gasping for breath , said his goal was to ensure youngsters did not take up the habit and go through his ordeal . |
| 6 | It was n't his fault that powerful and doting parents had systematically brought out the worst in him . |
| 7 | This did not mean their parents had happily shelled out the £2,000 for the trip — many had been sponsored by local firms and one girl had taken out a bank loan . |
| 8 | Alison 's classes did n't take on the air of duty which can mar anything from going to a party to visiting relations . |
| 9 | He claimed at a press conference that the plant 's management and government officials had deliberately played down the scale of the fire . |
| 10 | ‘ If things did n't carry on the way they have been , I would carry on enjoying my life . |
| 11 | Arncliff folk were so poor — the meagre belongings of all twenty-seven totalling no more than £9. 7s. 4d. — that when the subsidy came to be levied , Robert Selson and William Prysche , with 20s. apiece , John Knolles ( 26s. 8d. ) , and Thomas and Leonard Atkynson ( 10s. each ) were selected as if at random and assessed at £2 each ; although the first two also enjoyed tiny incomes from land , it is to be hoped that some at least of their neighbours chipped in to make up the shilling due from each . |
| 12 | During the election campaign Premier John Major promised tax cuts , but Treasury chiefs refused yesterday to rule out the backdoor tax rise . |
| 13 | But Treasury chiefs refused yesterday to rule out the backdoor tax rise . |
| 14 | And now it was time , because , at night on his seat in the square , three newspapers did not keep out the cold . |
| 15 | All the good timber had been felled and sold in the 1930s and saplings had quickly crowded out the original vistas . |
| 16 | Three quarters of local authorities did not follow up the Department of Environment 's advice and carry out checks to see if the tenant was receiving the right benefits . |
| 17 | The initial pitches gave easy climbing up the low angled base , but as usual with routes having ( F6a ) and ( F6b ) moves , there were only two or three bolts a long way apart . |
| 18 | If the police had never set up the jewellers shop , they would , in my judgment , have been doing the same thing , though of course they would not have been doing it in that shop , at that time . |
| 19 | By the 1860S , middle-class holiday-makers had effectively taken over the resorts . |
| 20 | She had tried , but the rehearsals had gradually taken on the menace of trials of endurance . |
| 21 | ‘ Still , ’ said Fenniway , ‘ if schoolteachers went around killing off the kids they hate — ’ |
| 22 | In many areas of the country black clouds had completely blocked out the sun , and noxious gases were making normal life impossible . |
| 23 | Soldiers had since picked up the habit of wine-drinking in France during the war and upon returning to England had educated the middle classes , further increasing the popularity of Champagne in the immediate post-war years . |
| 24 | The receivers had already paid off the debt to the bank which gave rise to their appointment , but had not paid themselves first , as they were entitled to do under the terms of their appointment ( p 99 ) . |
| 25 | Luke even hints that the Romans did not carry out the execution of Jesus but that the responsibility was that of the Jews ( Luke 23:25–26 ) . ) |
| 26 | My Early Intermediates had unwittingly pointed out the parallels between Karen 's refusal to ‘ go behind Dennis 's back ’ and the recorded conversation about money and shopping I had played them . |