Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cardiff moved out on to the landing , still keeping the gun well in front of him , and ready to use it if the thing should show any signs of stirring . |
| 2 | So Angus got up on to the rock and held his fist high and told young McCulloch to stand the hostages on a knoll where everyone could see them and called out the oath above the drone of the pipe : ‘ We do swear — never to swerve — from our present path — till we have cleansed the country — of this oppressive Act . |
| 3 | The big truck shuddered to a halt , spraying gravel from under its locked wheels , as Rocky tramped down hard on the brakes . |
| 4 | The dispute which led the Conseil d'Etat Luxembourgeois to seek a legal opinion from the ECJ arose quite simply from the withdrawal of Mr Ramrath 's authorisation on the grounds that he no longer satisfied Luxembourg law ( ie the requirement that he have a professional establishment in Luxembourg and that he fulfil conditions of professional independence ) . |
| 5 | In his reply to Tarshis and Dunlop , Keynes referred almost exclusively to the marginal cost curve of the representative firm , neglecting the relationship between average and marginal cost . |
| 6 | Bernice moved purposefully over to the corner of the passenger section where their meagre supplies were stored . |
| 7 | Once he had gone , Shiona sank down on to the bed and kicked off her shoes , glad to be alone for a few minutes . |
| 8 | As Lucy moved back out into the passageway , she met the returning tide from the last ensemble number onstage ; they arrived in a rush , panting like horses and shedding their quasi-military costumes as they moved . |
| 9 | A little later from his bedroom , where he had retired for a rest , he watched through his daughters ' brass telescope as the grey shadow of what had once been the sleek and lively Hari moved slowly over to the sepoy lines with , as usual , the Prime Minister dodging along behind am . |
| 10 | The United States moved steadily away from the Moscow agreement in the first half of 1946 . |
| 11 | Even the young Milla Jovovich has a wordly , knowing air and Deborah Maria Moore and Nancy Travis appear positively long in the tooth . |
| 12 | Leeds boss Doug Laughton moved in quickly for the 31-year-old former Test forward after he was listed at £20,000 at his own request . |
| 13 | Leeds boss Doug Laughton moved in quickly for the 31-year-old former Test forward after he was listed at £20,000 at his own request . |
| 14 | Although the break was a nasty one , McCracken came back successfully at the beginning of 1921–22 when the Palace made their debut in Division Two and he played more games for us in that division than anyone else during our four year tenure there 1921–25 . |
| 15 | In the second half , Thame came more in to the game and created a couple of chances , however in the sixty fifth minute , Sean Liden won the ball on the halfway line , his long ball found Gary Weaving who turned and placed a low shot past Mayhew to make it one nil . |
| 16 | Molly drove skilfully back down the road , taking the short cut to what she had already grown to think of as home . |
| 17 | In April 1980 the first attack on Raybestos came yet again from the Ringaskiddy residents . |
| 18 | They encountered no difficulties en route , although they had to traverse one of the most dangerous ambush points in all South Scotland , at Pease Dean , where the Lammermuirs came directly down to the coast in steep wooded slopes cut up by deep ravines , and round which travellers had to wend their narrow , devious way . |
| 19 | What happened next is a matter of supposition , terminating with John Tawell racing swiftly away from the scene and Sara screaming and moaning from the cottage . |
| 20 | Moving as quietly and gently as she could to avoid scaring the budgie away , Penny climbed up on to the fence and then , by way of various branches , up the tree . |
| 21 | Shiona climbed out on to the crunchy , gravelled forecourt and looked around her . |
| 22 | It is because Marx and Engels look not just at the laws but at the nature of relations of production within a whole system that this fundamental and analytically fruitful difference shows up with such great prominence in their work . |
| 23 | Amongst new captives brought in were a Maxwell laird and an English under-officer , both of whom testified that they had seen King Edward Balliol riding off eastwards from the camp area , alone , still only in shirt and breeches , presumably making for the Border and Carlisle . |
| 24 | Meredith glanced up uncertainly at the four-storey buildings soaring up forbiddingly on either side of the alley where they were walking . |
| 25 | Shiona stepped out on to the landing . |
| 26 | Lij Yasu escaped once more into the Danakil country . |
| 27 | The twin doors sighed open , and Manville stepped slowly out into the corridor . |
| 28 | In the next few weeks Anne and Marilla worked hard together on the farm and in the house . |
| 29 | As he walked up beside the 17th Patrick met O'Grady trudging disconsolately back to the tee to play a second ball . |
| 30 | Coleraine hit back early in the second half with a splendid strike from Cook . |