Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike Schleiermacher , Hegel had a large number of followers who sought to carry on from the point he had reached . |
| 2 | When the doctor had gone , Dot said , ‘ I got to go back in the hospital , ai n't I , Mrs H ? ’ |
| 3 | She must have told Gloria off too , for the very next day , Gloria said , ‘ You got to go off to the country , ducks , health visitor says . |
| 4 | The company has promised much in the past but to date failed to perform up to the market 's expectations . |
| 5 | Kayersbridge Farm in Hurst , Berkshire , was making its second appearance at auction : auctioneer Gary Murphy had sold it in December for £262,000 to a bidder who failed to come up with the money . |
| 6 | That was just about the only redeeming feature of that winter because it formed a kind of bridge which made walking up to the road a lot easier . |
| 7 | Kenneth Clarke watched from the window as the police got mixed up in the brawl . |
| 8 | It has its new smell still — the perfect red plastic smell , the smell of writing numbers in arithmetic books ruled in squares ; the smell it had before it got mixed up in the dust and plasticine and tangled electric flex in the toy drawer . |
| 9 | We got squeezed out of the middle . ’ |
| 10 | The Algiers agreement failed to work out to the satisfaction of either side . |
| 11 | It appears that the Airborne and Commandos got caught up in the shelling and suffered casualties , dead and wounded . ’ |
| 12 | Another man , a social worker got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected . |
| 13 | Another man , a social worker , got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected . |
| 14 | His parents , who live at Clevelys , near Blackpool , feared he had strayed outside the airport and got caught up in the disaster . |
| 15 | You said you got caught up in the fighting , my husband Michael said he 'd love to hear more about that . |
| 16 | His horse , Travel Over , got caught up in the tape at the second false start and came back from Aintree lame . |
| 17 | Did they ever mention to you or your father that they in fact got caught out by the weather ? |
| 18 | A strange feeling of expectation mixed with our fear as we became caught up in the thrill of the hunt . |
| 19 | Three of the men agreed to come back to the captain , and we put the others in my cave . |
| 20 | But what a pity that , when the heat was on — when the law of the land was being challenged by Labour councillors up and down the country , and by Members of Parliament — the Opposition Front Bench was found wanting , and failed to stand up to the rule of law . |
| 21 | A distributor or seller who was not the manufacturer ( e.g. a retailer ) could also be liable under the same principle if he was negligent , e.g. if he negligently failed to pass on to the customer a warning label ( ‘ Not to be taken internally ’ ) which he had received with a bottle of medicine . |
| 22 | The claim is disputed … but it 's still a good excuse for a ballooning festival.So the lawns of the Chase Hotel were busy this evening as the fist arrivals for the weekend event prepared for their ascent.We took up the offer of a flight with Ian Ashpole , who told us he planned to jump out of the balloon when we reached full height : |
| 23 | Five hundred lines to anyone caught sneaking in before the bell ! ’ |
| 24 | He even tried sneaking back to the library at night , thinking the Bookman might appear after dark , but had to stop this when he backed into Mr Crangle , who was up to the same thing . |
| 25 | The researcher stopped hanging on to the doorframe and stepped into the room . |
| 26 | I tried to sit down on the bed and wait . |
| 27 | As Fraser tried to drive out of the car park one of the men tried to prise open the sunroof of his car , then kicked the side of it , causing dents in the driver 's side wing and door . |
| 28 | On the following Monday she proposed to go back to the job she had taken to make it financially possible for Peter and her to buy their little home . |
| 29 | ‘ You must excuse me — I promised to go along to the tennis courts . |
| 30 | She tried to catch up with the machine , but she did n't want to attract any undue attention from the IMC troopers , and the thing seemed determined to ignore her . |