Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [to-vb] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a crowded traffic way he 'd have been dead in under a minute but the barren landscape of this world offered little in the way of obstacles and the vehicle seemed able to right itself over the irregular peaks that occasionally reared unexpectedly out of the mists . |
| 2 | Indeed , all of Mrs Crump 's not inconsiderable bulk seemed determined to contract itself before the Honourable and her movements , her voice , her gestures declined in decent proportion to her increased sense of intimacy . |
| 3 | Business visitors looking for editorial staff seemed bemused to find themselves in the middle of such a busy and , it has to be said , chatty event . |
| 4 | A solitary star plummeted downward to bury itself in the sand beside Alec 's foot . |
| 5 | And not only the tabloids : with the exception of Lord Whitelaw , Tory leaders did little to distance themselves from the racist comments of Sir Nicholas Fairbairn and instead came back with very similar language — from ‘ swamping ’ to ‘ Mongol hordes ’ . |