Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually this deepened below the random of Fleming 's Level and rendered the pumping and winding sump at the intersection obsolete . |
| 2 | precisely this happened in the case of two churches by Bassett Keeling , which both came under threat in the 1970s . |
| 3 | Fortunately this occurred during the dress rehearsal , so the general public never knew what they missed . |
| 4 | From there many went to the mainland US , especially after the US annexation of Hawaii in 1897 . |
| 5 | Then both ran for the marsh . |
| 6 | If my memory serves me correctly , the very first public outing of the very first public train resulted in a fatality , and one at a mere 12 mph , though doubtless this seemed like the speed of light at the time . |
| 7 | Heavily bearded , Scott was a witty and apparently sociable man but became increasingly pedantic and intolerant of views divergent from his own , Doubtless this contributed to the personality problems within the British meteorological establishment during the later nineteenth century . |
| 8 | Evidently this belonged to the couple , for they settled down as though at home and made no objection when Hazel did the same . |
| 9 | Most teachers ( 85% ) used the library for borrowing books connected with their work but 58% looked for information on other subjects also , and over half came to the library to browse . |
| 10 | Very few stayed beyond the age of fifteen . |
| 11 | But much had to be done before any real progress could be made , and essentially this lay in the problem of land acquisition and assembly . |