Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She also asked Pamela to try again during the next week to draw up a list of ways she would like her parents to change . |
| 2 | Rose helped Maggie to write away for the forms and then to fill in the forms when they came . |
| 3 | I caught Michael sitting unashamedly on the bench again . |
| 4 | His words made Tallis look sadly towards the mortuary house , a last shiver of loss making her huddle into her furs . |
| 5 | It was then that he noticed Whitlock standing discreetly in the background . |
| 6 | The fire finally doused with water , a young doctor across the hall was called and he advised Dustin to go immediately to the hospital . |
| 7 | With a sharp pang of defeat , he noticed Benny dive headlong through the weakened window , ending up in the water below with a huge splash . |
| 8 | He advised Eden to stay away from the House of Commons and to make some non-political speeches in the country on subjects such as ‘ England ’ . |
| 9 | But this caused Aboyeur to veer away from the rails and collide with Craganour , carrying him out towards the centre of the course and interfering with the finishing runs of Nimbus — who had been far enough back at Tattenham Corner for his jockey to have seen the suffragette incident — and Great Sport , both coming up the stands side . |
| 10 | As you 'd guess , most of ‘ Mexican R'n'B ’ was recorded live ( although Edgar did have to double on guitar when regular guitarist Ged Lynn went AWOL in the middle of recording ) . |
| 11 | A glance at Luke obviously caused Florian to think better of the quip she could see hovering on his lips . |
| 12 | This in turn encouraged Samsonov to drive farther to the west than originally intended , before turning northward , in the hope of encircling even greater numbers of Germans . |
| 13 | She guessed Ben lived mostly in the kitchen , cooking neatly and painstakingly for himself . |
| 14 | Corbett allowed Ranulf to slouch sleepily in the saddle and waited for Dame Agatha to draw alongside him . |
| 15 | But good work by Thorneycroft allowed Baldwin to get away on the left and , though Liley kicked a third penalty goal for the Tigers , Northampton 's challenge continues . |
| 16 | A wave of his gun made Owen reach desperately for the fiddle . |
| 17 | One of them , a tall Hung Mao sat apart from the rest , looked up as the three men approached , then , with the vaguest movement of his head to indicate that they should go on up , looked back down at the rifle in his lap , continuing his meticulous inspection of the weapon . |
| 18 | I was knocked to the ground , and a kind passer-by picked me up and dusted down my soaking clothes as 1 watched Dana walking away into the night . |
| 19 | He watched Tessa start reluctantly down the stairs , cradling the open suitcase in her arms , then went back into the flat , wishing it were the middle of the night once more . |
| 20 | Failure to lift the ban prompted Iceland to withdraw formally from the Commission [ see ED 59/60 ] , and Norway to announce a unilateral resumption of commercial hunting . |
| 21 | Rory watched Lewis walk away along the beach . |
| 22 | Vera had started to climax again as she saw Vashinov pump away at the young man , his breathing rapid as he reached towards his orgasm . |
| 23 | Hacker put the match beyond doubt two minutes after the interval with his second strike , although Jeremy Fry in the Welsh goal was called upon to make two smart saves before , in the last minute , Mark Lewis , one of only two home-based Welsh players in the side , sent Antony Colclough away for the final goal . |
| 24 | Dexter saw Blanche lean forward in the dimness , her eyes alert . |
| 25 | She crouched back into the shadows and saw Geoffrey run headlong down the stairs . |
| 26 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw Tweed glance again in the wing mirror . |
| 27 | She almost cried out in shock as she saw Ana moving quickly across the old court , drifting like someone in a dream . |
| 28 | When I got up to go to bed , I saw Emily sitting quietly by the fire . |
| 29 | She hesitated , just about to say yes , and at that moment saw Karl coming slowly down the steps of the Franz Joseph pulling on his driving gloves . |
| 30 | Two weeks later , on the morning of the auction , a determined knock on the door sent Cissie flying headlong down the hallway from the kitchen , with Beth in close pursuit ; young Richard was already upstairs with his newly appointed day-tutor , and David was closeted in the den with Luther , going over the final details for the auction . |