Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] [adv] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Over the long centuries a series of massive offensives rolled them back through the Shadowlands and eventually culminated in the storming of Anlec .
2 ‘ Marseille lead the group and remain the favourites to go through , but we gave them two goals of a start at Ibrox and still drew with the French on a night when injury prevented us from having Ally McCoist . ’
3 ‘ She says he met someone from the convent on the night that Lady Eleanor died , and that Father Reynard did go to Godstowe but then disappeared until the next morning . ’
4 At a certain point , evidently prearranged , for he did n't consult Nenna and hardly glanced at the banks , Richard put about , switched off the engine and hauled it on board .
5 He was an inflexible , even fanatical supporter of the ultramontane line taken by Wiseman and Manning and often machinated against the other English bishops , exacerbating disputes and misrepresenting them to the pope .
6 I put the visor down before I got out on to Gresham Street and almost walked into the edge of a glass door , but by the time I got to the Kawasaki my eyes had adjusted themselves .
7 One Y6 thought vaguely about inviting Michael Jackson but finally plumped for the local third-division full-back who lived just down the road .
8 She trained as a pilot at Haddenham near Aylesbury and regularly flew around the area .
9 She trained as a pilot at Haddenham near Aylesbury and regularly flew around the area .
10 She took the infant from Terry and quickly walked from the bedroom making , not cooing noises , but a ‘ kind of shrill moan ’ .
11 MOTORHEAD : ‘ Hellraiser ’ Lemmy splits a track from the recent ‘ March Or Die ’ LP , co-written with Ozzy Osbourne and also featured in the forthcoming Hellraiser 3 — Hell On Earth soundtrack
12 Andy Culshaw , the other trumpeter , studied at the Birmingham School of Music , while tubist Richard Sandland hails from Tamworth and also studied at the Royal College of Music .
13 The President turned pale , vomited into the lap of Miyazawa and then collapsed to the floor .
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