Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undergraduate pupils of Jack 's throughout the middle years of the 1930s got used to passing through the outer drawing-room of his rooms at Magdalen where sat the mysterious figure of Captain Lewis , typing with two fingers on an ancient black portable . |
| 2 | I countered this by intermixing with the transoxides . |
| 3 | When it had been obtained program crashes occurred due to triggering of the consistency check traps . |
| 4 | Chapters 2 through 16 introduce concepts and techniques found useful in dealing with the questions outlined above and describe some of the relevant aspects of the company functions forming the interfaces . |
| 5 | They urged Prime Minister Miklós Németh to reveal who had been privy to the intelligence information , and called for the dismissal of Interior Minister István Horváth ; they stopped short of calling for the government 's resignation , however , saying that the country needed stability before the elections . |
| 6 | Nine out of ten of the 2/2 Independent Company were from the dry country districts of Western Australia , used to living in the bush , butchering their own meat , and improvising motor repairs — skills they found essential in living off the country in Timor and during their first year or so as an Independent Company stationed 250 miles ( 400km ) south of Darwin in the little town of Katherine with its corrugated buildings , its one hotel and two stores . |
| 7 | The beetle children got bored with peering into the distance . |
| 8 | Neither Pasok nor Synaspismos seemed capable of capitalizing on the unpopularity of the government 's austerity measures , and the ND did better than expected in the municipal elections of October 1990 [ see p. 37785 ] . |
| 9 | Such excursions spelled glamour and excitement for Fergie , something that the duke seemed incapable of providing at the time . |
| 10 | Nothing he ever wrote came near to conveying to the reader the way the moor really was or the way he felt about it . |
| 11 | And I was surprised at how easily my eyes became accustomed to seeing in the light of the head torch . |
| 12 | Robin Haire and Adrian Semple made sure of knocking off the remaining runs , leaving them with an over and a half to spare . |
| 13 | Elsewhere members of the public had experienced odours from one source for over 20 years ; needless to say even the most persistent critic became tired of complaining over the years . |
| 14 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 15 | Liz Kennedy was hit in face by flying debris when a special effect went wrong during filming of the BBC 's £850,000 political thriller ‘ Love Lies Bleeding ’ . |
| 16 | She thanked him once again , saying she now felt better about going on the radio . |
| 17 | On the second day , she wrote Louise a letter that she knew was inadequate but told all that she felt capable of confiding for the moment . |
| 18 | However , he did this without falling into the compulsions , the defence mechanisms , and all the sinfulness and deceitfulness of our own lives . |
| 19 | He said this without looking at the Substitute , though he would have liked to see his reaction . |
| 20 | The external conjugate was not , however , related to cardiovascular mortality after adjusting for head circumference whereas the trend in cardiovascular mortality with head circumference remained significant after allowing for the external conjugate diameter . |