Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conservative interests sought their own way of picturing the order of Nature , preferring images that admitted change only within the framework of a divinely preordained plan of creation . |
| 2 | She tied up her ribbons and laid William gently in the cradle before saying , ‘ I think he will sleep now . |
| 3 | Harry laughed as he refastened the windows and led Madeleine back into the hall . |
| 4 | When James Halden led Sarah away from the scene of her father 's death she had never felt so ashamed . |
| 5 | But we also had to leave because we chucked Wally out of the band . |
| 6 | Later , David pulled on Clare 's towelling bathrobe and led Josh down to the kitchen . |
| 7 | We got a name , we left Riverside and we slung Wally out of the band . |
| 8 | To strew blessings all over the world ; |
| 9 | He became mayor again after the war only to be dismissed by a British officer of the occupying forces , who found him as awkward to deal with as the Nazis had . |
| 10 | Clive 's estimate was that the Company and various private individuals made £3m. out of the change of rulers . |
| 11 | People spoke of the great times when he fought sea-battles all over the Sudreyar and further south , in England and Ireland and Wales , but he , Paul , had not been there and did n't remember them . |
| 12 | All this is not to say that the clergy lacked grievances generally against the king , but that they were neither of the kind to excite lay sympathy nor even sufficiently widespread or fundamental to unite the clergy themselves . |
| 13 | " Keep an eye on our friends , " he muttered and while Brady took up position beside the door , Tom helped Patrick over to the bar . |
| 14 | Later still , by the mid 1960s when the various organisations within the broad front of the civil rights movements had developed sufficiently to conduct their own educational programs , Highlander changed direction again in the thrust of its educational programs . |
| 15 | The decision by Nicaragua to open diplomatic relations with Taiwan in November meant that only Mexico of the Central American countries maintained ties exclusively with the mainland . |
| 16 | Below him , Nooty prodded Sacco respectfully on the arm . |
| 17 | Grandad , who had been reading his paper , said , ‘ Eh , I 'd like to help with the cleaning but you see I promised Angus up at the farm that I 'd help him with the lambs today . ’ |
| 18 | Barton beat Spencer Prior on the right and his 57th minute cross was stabbed in by Sanchez who made the vital connection just in front of Ian Culverhouse . |
| 19 | Selkirk grasped Corbett hard by the wrist . |
| 20 | In the 1450s , James II wrung concessions out of the papacy , offered to arbitrate in a dispute between the king of France and the dauphin , and ran an aggressive foreign policy towards England . |
| 21 | I did , and to my disappointment , I found Edward alone in the library . |
| 22 | The obvious fact that Event was not working , his instincts to protect his investment , but also the awakening of his latent enthusiasm for the business of running a magazine , all drew Branson deeper into the quicksand which Event became . |
| 23 | The IMF was understood to have urged such a devaluation , when Algerian representatives visited Washington earlier in the month . |
| 24 | After the meeting one of the leaders stopped Karen outside in the corridor . |
| 25 | My first inkling of this came when I phoned Karen shortly after the funeral . |
| 26 | They visited pubs all over the country , immersing themselves in pub culture — playing darts and drinking with the lads . |
| 27 | When the little family reached the Watermen , Connor unlocked the side door of the pub and helped Ruth in with the pram . |
| 28 | This drew attention away from the whole and focused it on the part , as all empiricist research tends to do . |
| 29 | An approaching Ilyushin passenger-jet was told to overshoot as the tower lined Duncan up on the runway . |
| 30 | Owing to faulty traffic lights at the top of Tip Lane , the procession was held up and , on arriving at the ground , found Potley already on the pitch and themselves a hefty fine for their late arrival for the game . |