Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three out of four UK chemical firms surveyed by Friends of the Earth failed to support proposals to extend to the UK the level of openness on toxic emissions required in the US . |
| 2 | On this particular tour they were based in Chicago for seven weeks and expected to see gangsters shooting on the sidewalks every minute . |
| 3 | Yet when he trilled on the water-whistle , he seemed to create birds singing in the branches of invisible trees overhead . |
| 4 | In the opinion of many of the villagers , and naturally of all those who 'd had relatives massacred in the German reprisal , he should have done what they ordered . |
| 5 | In Minister for Arts , Heritage and Environment v. Peko-Wallsend the property in question comprised mining rights held by the respondents in an area known as Kakadu National Park , Stage 2 . |
| 6 | I 'd naively thought they could mount some low-profile operation to catch Andy watching his own funeral ; I 'd imagined cops slinking through the undergrowth , whispering into radios , gradually closing in . |
| 7 | He 'd messed up his note-book , scared off the hen pheasant that he 'd waited ages to lure to the feeding ground , nicked his helmet , that was all . |
| 8 | The in-car shot showed catering leftovers splattering across the windscreen . |
| 9 | GARY McAllister last night vowed to make Spurs pay for the darkest moment of Leeds ' reign as champions . |
| 10 | By JOHN EDWARDS GARY McAllister last night vowed to make Spurs pay for the darkest moment of Leeds ' reign as champions . |
| 11 | On March 23 the UN Security Council sanctions committee agreed to ease restrictions imposed on the exporting of food to Iraq [ for resolution 661 of Aug. 6 , 1990 , imposing mandatory sanctions see p. 37639 ] . |
| 12 | To help support his family , he began writing articles calling for the defence of free trade in West Africa against the protectionism of the encroaching French and the special privileges of the Royal Niger Company . |
| 13 | Then she turned and began to climb steps cut in the rock . |
| 14 | It was about this time that Endill began hearing footsteps echoing around the corridors of Nightside . |
| 15 | The GPO in Leeds rang to say it would have to make special arrangements to cope with the volume , and delivered bulging sacks direct to the production team . |
| 16 | The ground became more accessible after June 1922 when Huddersfield Corporation started running buses direct to the south-west end . |
| 17 | Because another way in which I had to throw good money after bad was that after he died once I started having things done in the house they kept on turning up things that he had done that were absolutely N B G |
| 18 | Almost midway between the two and marked on the map as " Chapel ( remains of ) " is the ruined church of a settlement of Knights Templars , a military organisation formed to protect pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land . |
| 19 | This contained cunningly inlaid pouches holding a little gold and some silver ( which I pocketed to have Masses said for the poor man 's soul ) , and a small roll of parchment . |
| 20 | Ruth saw thrown spears hang in the air as if floating in water , and she thrust herself down into the grass , her face in her hands so as not to see any more . |
| 21 | Originally they offered to take measures to blend in the mast with it 's surroundings ; now the company seems to be softening its attitude . |
| 22 | When the Boards were abolished in 1902 , the Women 's Local Government Society fought to have women elected to the County and Borough Councils , which became the new Local Education Authorities ( LEAs ) . |
| 23 | At every gig we went to , there was a woman there — that 's what we wanted , we liked to see women hanging around the star attraction of the group because he was good-looking and he did stand out and look good on stage . |
| 24 | Not only , therefore , did sleep mechanisms rebel against the regime by more and more attempts to initiate REM sleep during the period of deprivation , and " make up " for the amount lost to some extent when allowed to , but the subjects also showed signs of psychological distress when it was prevented . |
| 25 | Yoash Kahn , who has taught in England for many years but who also has strong links with education in Israel , recalls his hostel days with affection , even if he did have problems adjusting to the regime . |
| 26 | He , the laibon , had heard Fahfakhs shouting at the accused man in the cells at Ewaso Narok police post before he was taken to the coast . |
| 27 | In response , the guardians pointed out that for the previous thirty-four years the infirmary had received patients suffering from the same class of disease as William Joseph C. from the workhouse , in accordance with the arrangement whereby the guardians were currently paying £202 per annum to the infirmary . |
| 28 | ‘ I know the Japanese are a very clean race , very keen on hygiene , but they had let things go towards the finish and we had to get their working parties to clean the ditches out . ’ |
| 29 | He pleaded with New York station WBLF to reinstate presenter Sammy Mack who had featured songs banned from the airwaves — including recent hit Sexy MF . |
| 30 | He had seen horrors committed by the enemy , and horrors that were the doing of his comrades-in-arms . |