Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [vb past] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 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 ) .
2 She guessed Ben lived mostly in the kitchen , cooking neatly and painstakingly for himself .
3 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 .
4 They saw Rodo balanced precariously on the edge of a sheer cliff face about a hundred feet above them .
5 She thought the remark was odd but before she had a chance to query it the attendant 's phone rang and as he disappeared Rachel went on to the changing-rooms .
6 As the half progressed Banbridge came more into the game and in the 29th minute .
7 Poland 's official news agency PAP said Kohl flew home in the early afternoon .
8 In the season just ended Ulster played once under the Ravenhill lights .
9 The icy missiles bombarded the runners for the first two miles , and when the aerial attack subsided Johnson pulled away at the head of the field , and only Steve Webb , of Blaydon Harriers , responded to the quickening pace .
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