Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colin fought back the inevitable question . |
| 2 | While soccer 's purists quake at the thought of Graham Taylor bringing in the long-ball game , Ferguson insists Dublin 's arrival will not mean a switch to Route One football at Old Trafford . |
| 3 | Between them Locke and Newton built up the mental picture of the universe which the educated classes in the eighteenth century absorbed as incontrovertible truth . |
| 4 | After consultation with the Leeds Permanent Building Society , the EOC drew up the following recommendations in respect of mobility : |
| 5 | Cadfael straightened out the coarse folds of the hood , and shook out a few pale feathery fragments from among them . |
| 6 | Scott wandered down the short set of steps to Carol 's door , noticing that there was a pint of milk on the step . |
| 7 | When Blyth came back the next year he was even more unpleasant than before , having lost his left leg from above the knee in a road accident ( the boy he was playing'chicken ’ with was killed ) . |
| 8 | The sooner DOL gets back the better IMO . |
| 9 | Midfielder Dino Baggio added a second from another corner just before half time and substitute Fabrizio Ravanelli killed off the Portuguese side when he hammered the third shortly after coming on midway through the second half . |
| 10 | Dundee defender , Steve Pittman , latched on to a defensive error by John Inglis to race down the left flank . |
| 11 | ANDY pulled back the spring-loaded handle of the machine and released it with a thump . |
| 12 | Sacco swarmed up the steering-wheel post and wrestled the keys out of the ignition while the rest of the boys poked around in the cab . |
| 13 | Gerhard Schürer 's post as Chair of the State Planning Commission was abolished and Grünheid took over the new position of Chair of the Economic Committee . |
| 14 | The Macedonian Assembly elected on March 20 a new government led by Nikola Kljusev , while Blaze Ristovski , Jovan Andonov and Bekir Zuta were elected as Deputy Premiers , Risto Damjanovski became Minister of Defence , and Jordan Mjalkov took over the Interior Ministry . |
| 15 | But would the United States go over the nuclear brink to save Britain , France , Germany or any other NATO member from a conventional attack ? |
| 16 | Hill sums up the 1992 housing market in one word — ‘ weird ’ . |
| 17 | Hilton sums up the whole process as he has defined it in Book One through the two images of sin and Christ with a quotation from Galatians 4:19 : Scale 1 , then , maps the whole area of the contemplative life and shows it may be accessed through inner participation in the truth revealed at the Incarnation : Most of the book , however , is occupied with the effort to clarify the process by which the reformation to the likeness of Jesus in his manhood may be begun , the experience of this likeness in the reformed " " of the soul and how it leads to contemplation of the Godhead is not explored in any fullness although it is present as a stated goal . |
| 18 | Edgar put out the ageing Donald 's eyes and consigned him to prison . |
| 19 | The Robinson twins of Coleraine battled out the 200 metre breast stroke for 14–15 years , and it was Louise who this time eclipsed Emma by five seconds . |
| 20 | Dennis ran down the concrete slope and leapt in as the craft relaunched itself with a loud splash , taking on quite a lot of water . |
| 21 | Acceptance and usage of techniques pioneered by the economist J. M. Keynes ushered in the managed economy . |
| 22 | Crosby is determined to buy this week to halt the Roker slide down the First Division table . |
| 23 | Over the years he has played league cricket and county cricket for Sussex and Glamorgan with resounding success , and on his last trip to England thrilled the crowd with a magnificent display of strokemaking at the Oval , scoring 260 as Pakistan ran up the imposing total of 708 . |
| 24 | A tower where Robert Watson-Watt carried out the early experiments with radar can still be seen , as can the crumbling remains of the curious Pergola-style buildings which were used to test nuclear triggers following the Second World War . |
| 25 | Eight years after her marriage to Robert Dudley , Amy Robsart , daughter of a Norfolk knighted gentleman , moved from Lincolnshire to Berkshire to take up the vast abode that her charming if rakish husband had provided for her . |
| 26 | Michael Dolley and Jack Bennett were severely critical ; Fred Heatley and Billy McMillen were doubtful about the emphasis given to the trade-union movement — McMillen pointed out the vast difference between trade unions in the north and in the south . |
| 27 | Mr Lang set up the working party in March 1991 after the Government rejected calls for national parks in Scotland . |
| 28 | Eleanor picked up the fresh flowers and began trimming their stems . |
| 29 | Frankie picked up the empty kettle and went to refill it but I noticed that none of the onlookers tried to wring his neck while he had the kettle in his hands . |
| 30 | However , by January of last year Scott was involved in arrangements with Chorley and Walker to bring in the second load , alleged Mr Burke . |