Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To achieve this aim involved driving out the small importers . |
| 2 | Nor had it been mentioned in Parliament since the previous April , when Hall proposed setting up the Select Committee and holding an international competition . |
| 3 | An archaeologist who has transformed the way people think about his area of study ; a communicator who can make an enthralling TV programme ; a lover of contemporary art who has persuaded the Fellows of his Cambridge college at least to tolerate biannual sculpture shows ( one of which involved digging up the hallowed lawns ) ; and now , since his peerage which gives him the forum of Britain 's Upper House , a politician , with strong views on how to preserve the world 's history as encapsulated in its archaeology : Colin Renfrew at fifty-five has an enviable career and range of interests . |
| 4 | Just as many equality feminists opposed shoring up the traditional family at the beginning of the century , so present-day Labour has been challenged internally time and time again — and externally by the women 's and lesbians and gay liberation movements — on its sexual politics . |
| 5 | The four men looked up as he came scrambling down the steep bank . |
| 6 | Kalchu came rushing up the notched-pole ladder . |
| 7 | I made 400 before great arcing beams of light snaked out above the eastern-bounding ridges of the valley and I had to stop as blocks and slates came hurtling down the softening snow . |
| 8 | ‘ Madame ! ’ she called , and Miranda quickly bundled up her clothes and streaked across the landing , as the proprietress came heaving up the curving stair , the rail quaking in her grasp . |
| 9 | After struggling with her composure for a moment , Paige began gathering up the odd assortment of utensils they had used . |
| 10 | Juliette bent down and began picking up the smashed pieces of china . |
| 11 | People began filling up the empty seats . |
| 12 | He began reading out the typewritten sheet in front of him : |
| 13 | William Tanner finished tidying up the small warehouse stock and sat down to await the van which was due . |
| 14 | She had used make-up sparingly due to the heat , and had chosen a blouson dress with thin straps , made of numerous tiny pleats that fanned out as she walked showing off the pastel rainbow hues of the silky material . |
| 15 | He was still grinning when he left the centre and as Rachel began clearing up the soiled dressings she strained her ears to hear what was being said in the office . |
| 16 | Chancellor Norman Lamont and fellow finance ministers began hammering out the final draft in Edinburgh yesterday afternoon . |
| 17 | With that he started putting on the shabby jacket he always kept hanging on the hook on the back door . |
| 18 | At 55 he could claim a distinguished record of philanthropic and public service which included setting up the Royal Army Education Corps . |
| 19 | So when I went creaking up the winding back staircase to the two attics and looked in through their respective doors ( ‘ Do n't touch , dear … |
| 20 | My famished brain kept throwing up the same line , and I had not the strength to control it , even though I knew it was wrong : Cymbeline Ghost-relic has returned from the Other Side : |
| 21 | She remembered looking down the sunny garden and feeling content . |
| 22 | Its form was dictated by the tightness of the site between Flinders Street and the river , which necessitated stringing out the narrow building along the full length of platforms which ran parallel to the river behind . |