Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darwinism destroys the presumption that a separate organism functions primarily to preserve itself ( as do simpler homeostatic systems which do not reproduce ) ; it shows me that even at the biological level my spontaneity only secondarily and partially serves myself , and invites the reflection that behaving consistently to my own advantage became conceivable only with the clarification of my viewpoint in contrast with others , which in turn implies that I have been assuming other viewpoints from the beginning of self-consciousness . |
| 2 | The jet crashed in a ball of flame , destroying 15 cars and damaging 10 more but further evidence of the good fortune became clear yesterday with the sight of the aircraft wreckage embedded in mud . |
| 3 | I found that out in the pleasure garden . |
| 4 | Arnold Bennett caught this splendidly in the story of Denry Machin , an ambitious and well-off young councillor , who brought back a local footballing hero to the town at his own expense . |
| 5 | Fancourt , the court denied validity to a promissory note made payable out of the maker 's money to which he would become entitled from his reversion . |
| 6 | A patchy picture also emerges from the serious assault statistics , with an 8.5 per cent rise across the six forces surveyed driven primarily by the surge in Strathclyde . |
| 7 | The silence seemed broken only by the sound of Isabel 's laboured breathing . |
| 8 | In sharp contrast to most of his contemporaries , Pétain seemed unambitious almost to the point of self-extinction ; when offered the post of Commandant to the Rifle School , he refused because it would have meant his promotion over the heads of more senior majors . |
| 9 | It seemed simple enough at the outset … vegetarian author Rebecca Hall offered to pay ten thousand pounds to any farmer willing to live like a battery chicken for a week . |
| 10 | She seemed bored already by the visit . |
| 11 | Could we not have all guessed that Lt Col Custer ( he gave himself the rank of general ) came 34th out of the class of 34 at West Point . |
| 12 | The father was just moving round to sit at the head of the table when the mother came sweeping out of the kitchen carrying a huge plate piled high with eggs and sausages and bacon and tomatoes . |
| 13 | Then , about halfway to Black Point , I 'd snug down in the anchorage of Bridgemarsh on the north bank . |
| 14 | But Philip Burton was a proven scholar and a writer and an opener of doors thought slammed shut forever in the face of a hungry and rough Welsh Jenkins . |
| 15 | Otley leapt to his feet eager to practise some passion as the strains of ‘ La Paloma ’ came throbbing out of the music box . |
| 16 | In this way , the unfortunate Guy Fawkes became linked indissolubly with the autumn solstice and its fire-lighting rituals , which were imitative magical ceremonies designed to keep the power of the sun from waning . |
| 17 | But er according to my mother 's great joy , she got seasick even on the landing stage in in Liverpool and never came out of her cabin , so she had a big time as a young women running around the ship . |
| 18 | There was a stack of timber being unloaded from the Dock and the wind threw that all over the place . |
| 19 | Although this is the first recorded instance of a private undertaker being used by the royal household it is possible that they had been previously involved in some small way in royal funerals , for it is doubtful that the College of Arms provided coffins and it would seem probable that they contracted this out to the trade , to people such as William Russell — indeed , could it have been Russell who provided the coffin for Queen Mary in late December 1694 ? |
| 20 | ‘ Dug these out of the wall . |
| 21 | It was very dark and a clock chimed three somewhere in the distance . |
| 22 | The NDP captured 348 out of the total of 444 elective seats in the Assembly , although 93 of these were to be occupied by candidates who had distanced themselves from the leadership . |
| 23 | But leaving aside instances of momentary irritation , of which there were many , as all field-workers must expect , most respondents became confident enough in the field-worker 's presence to express what were undoubtedly widely held fears about the research . |
| 24 | I think they got all in including the settee I think . |
| 25 | When the two Highlanders stood , he sauntered up and touched each gently on the chest . |
| 26 | Wires hung unconnected out of the back of the switchboard and the pigeon-holes had grown cobwebs . |
| 27 | A veteran of Le Mans , he 's won his class and finished 5th overall in the past . |
| 28 | He often got hungry up in the wood and he 'd most likely want them later . |
| 29 | Clearing the gap in the reef , the patrol boat drove into a wave and leapt half out of the water like a giant grey killer whale . |
| 30 | He carried a silver-topped malacca cane and he waved this vaguely in the direction of the strolling crowds all around them . |