Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheldukher replied while fiddling furiously with the communications panel . |
| 2 | It was the feeling he got while watching out for the bookies when the police were in the area . |
| 3 | She debated whether to sit down on the carpet for a while but shook herself and rang the bell . |
| 4 | One farmer was killed when his tractor overturned ; another died when run over by the vehicle ; a third was crushed when the uncabbed tractor he was driving overturned ; and a fourth , a student home on holiday , died when thrown from the cab of his overturning vehicle . |
| 5 | Whitaker 's partner slipped while turning tight into the penultimate fence , but the horse managed to jump clear and win from Emma-Jane Mac on Everest Oyster . |
| 6 | The overwhelmed sensation any understudy had when picked out of the chorus line to take over the leading role , the star having suddenly collapsed . |
| 7 | The experience which Anderson gained while working directly for the newly independent governments of Africa made him uniquely well placed for his second career , in the field of development co-operation . |
| 8 | ‘ We considered whether to vote again on the issue . |
| 9 | But I could never again imagine him doing something as spontaneously crazy , as aggressively , contemptuously fate-tempting and unleashed as running out across the frozen ice , arms out , laughing . |