Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] [noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett and Ranulf finished off the meagre scraps of food they had begged from the kitchen and hurried down . |
| 2 | Richard and Henrietta set up the business in 1987 . |
| 3 | As O'Grady and Kyle went down the 8th another sudden roar came from the expectant crowd waiting round the 11th . |
| 4 | Springfield and Fenton pulled back the flaps of the cut they had made in the chain-link fence , allowing Grant and Larsen to duck through into hostile territory . |
| 5 | Nigel and Shirley handed over the cheque to matron Ann Teaney . |
| 6 | Suddenly there was a commotion outside as Nigel and Elinor hurtled up the garden path and through the front door . |
| 7 | He has lived on , you see , through the time when Athens embarked on the Peloponnesian War , and Cleon and Alcibiades buggered up the world 's first and best democracy . |
| 8 | Finally , when Schisgal had returned to his interrupted slumbers , Mortimer and Yates brought up the subject of the purpose of their visit . |
| 9 | Graham and Slater walked down the narrow alley formed by the seedy , decaying stonework and the painted wood ; Graham saw the grimy glass of cracked windows ; fading political posters flapped in a slight breeze . |
| 10 | Not only was there no chance of seeing Karen , but Trish and Brian took over the house with heavy hints about housework that needed doing or how if only the back garden was cleared we could plant organic vegetables . |
| 11 | Wilcox and Hill set up the move , Stowell could only block Shearer 's shot and Sellars followed up to put Rovers ahead . |
| 12 | Carrington and Grant disappeared down the for'ard companionway while Talbot and Van Gelder took the after one . |
| 13 | Oliver and Tim carried out the task while he watched . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The team that ended the 1960s was dumped , and Ripley-Rust and Pybus set about the daunting task of building a squad capable of winning promotion when the club 's League career got underway again . |
| 16 | Charles and Diana sent back the bland and unadventurous vegetarian dish , a taste of the lacklustre state of the royal marriage . |
| 17 | Portugal pulled a goal back in the 56th minute when Fernando Couto headed in a corner from Paulo Futre but Italy wrapped up the game when Dino Baggio scored with a powerful 25-yard shot in the 73rd minute . |
| 18 | In the fifteen months Since Paul and Wayne took over the roles they 've seen the audience grow and get younger with children as young as four who 've seen the repeats joining the audience … |
| 19 | In relation to Chloe , Pauline and Dan lived out the conflicts of their own adolescence . |
| 20 | Leaving Fraser to deal with the occupants of the vaulted basement chambers Douglas and Ramsay raced up the twisting turnpike stairway to the first floor , where would be the great hall , followed by fifty or so mosstroopers . |
| 21 | Scenes of India and Tibet hung on the walls , and I enjoyed a late-night coffee among wicker chairs , potted plants and handwoven Oriental rugs . |
| 22 | Philippa was dancing alone like Tinkerbell while Larry and John monkeyed up the mast and Conrad , suddenly bearded and old , fought the winds and the rain with his clenched fists . |
| 23 | Boulton & Watt gave up the gas side of their business in 1814 , and the development of more efficient gas apparatus passed into other hands . |