Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight-year-old Gerald pauses mid-way through extracting the marrow from a colobus bone with a short stick ( held between thumb and forefinger ) , which he had first stripped of leaves and broken to length . |
| 2 | Leaning back in a comfortable armchair , a glass of frosted lime juice in his hand , Hawkins succeeded only in giving the impression of a man with all the time in the world . |
| 3 | Sir David goes further in dismissing the scheme , saying that Granada is in no position to talk , having , as he says , a particular problem because , ‘ in many ways it is the weakest of the regions in its regional news coverage . ’ |
| 4 | This resembles the account by O'Connor ( 1984 ) of state expenditures , but Of Fe goes further by considering the role of the state in relation to crisis management . |
| 5 | When Lufthansa pulled out of sponsoring the Women 's European Open , Mrs Doyle replaced them with The European newspaper . |
| 6 | Ben lifted his hand in farewell and Hari smiled politely before closing the door behind her . |
| 7 | Maggie got on with making the breakfast . |
| 8 | RESIDENTS of Crozier House Home in Banbridge joined today in celebrating the 100th birthday of their most senior colleague , Alex Cairns . |
| 9 | Rincewind looked down at Kring the sword . |
| 10 | LIFFE scored here by exploiting the first-mover advantage achieved by introducing the contract two years ahead of the DTB . |
| 11 | Ballesteros dropped out after bogeying the first sudden-death hole and Mize and Norman continued . |
| 12 | Until the Annan Committee knocked BBC and ITV heads together and made them run a joint system of audience measurement , ITV relied mainly on counting the number of sets switched on and the BBC used sample surveys and audience ‘ diaries ’ . |
| 13 | Harold summed up by saying the discussion had been first-class : ‘ the best I have ever heard in this type of gathering ’ . |
| 14 | A week later , Treloar followed up by winning the Rosemary Symonds Cup for the first time in 17 years , so ending Hammer 's domination of this tournament . |
| 15 | JOHN Major and Douglas Hurd succeeded yesterday in defusing the Maastricht crisis . |
| 16 | As is well known , the Italians are soccer mad and so it is a fair bet that come Saturday , Michaelangelo would forsake the Cistern Chapel and Leonardo Da Vinci break off from designing the clockwork egg slicer and instead be found occupying the terraces of Inter-Milan or Juventus . |
| 17 | It was early , though , the next morning when Wendy Witherington came back from answering the telephone . |
| 18 | Still to come : on the piste at the Oxford Apollo , and firemen from Didcot look forward to tackling the Ridgeway on two wheels . |
| 19 | Malaysia went further by buying the parent company of many local mines , The London Tin Company , and later bought more mines from Charter Consolidated to emerge as a major producer in its own right , selling to world markets through the London Metal Exchange . |
| 20 | On that occasion Moses urged them not to be afraid , and God responded immediately by ordering the preparations for his great act of salvation . |
| 21 | Penelope Randall-Davies was a suitably alarming Queen of Night , while Neill Archer succeeded admirably in keeping the rather squeaky-clean Tamino on the right side of prim , while underlining his virtue . |
| 22 | Waving to him , Mungo got on with sanding the unfinished side of the gate . |
| 23 | As Britain concentrated more on integrating the United States into a western defensive system , France began to see integration as a way of increasing its own influence within Europe , especially over the future of Germany . |
| 24 | New recruits to Medau came forward after visiting the stand at the Royal Norfolk Show , and more joined after a Promotions Week in the Lowestoft area organised by Marlene McGee and Jane Fisk , with Come-and-Try sessions and demonstrations by Oulton Broad class members . |
| 25 | Sarah slipped back into using the name she had called her child at birth . |
| 26 | Andrew came back from opening the door for her : " Do you think they 'll hunt tomorrow ? " he asked . |
| 27 | Northampton came close to winning the game in the last five minutes when Walden drove a fierce shot against the crossbar , ‘ making a mark which it will take a paintbrush to efface ’ . |
| 28 | George looked up from tightening the girth as she banged the stable door behind her and stood , back pressed against it , glaring at him wildly . |
| 29 | While Mr Abalkin spoke eagerly of bringing the Soviet economy more in line with the international market , Mr Ryzhkov warned that increasing loans could increase economic and political dependence . |
| 30 | ARMAGH battled bravely before surrendering the initiative to Portadown during the closing ten minutes after a keenly fought first round encounter . |