Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the usual social exchanges we got down to business explaining the range of counselling that we could give and the various reasons why we thought it was important to ‘ talk about it ’ . |
| 2 | They scarcely noticed the occasional ravine and were careful to avoid the mires and blanket bogs laid down by Nature to trap the unwary . |
| 3 | Once upon a time , an angel came down to earth to test the charity of man . |
| 4 | They came up in time to see the penultimate line-up . |
| 5 | Before the American tour , John had already prepared his next new production , and he came back in time to supervise the final rehearsals before its premiere at Sadler 's Wells on 20 December . |
| 6 | The Sandrat darted back in time to avoid the spear of flame from the torch , and flung a handful of sand at Miss Liberty . |
| 7 | Those who had perhaps drawn back after much involvement came out of retirement to lead the church more effectively than ever before . |
| 8 | Danny Webster came out of retirement to join the Farnborough locals in the first comp there . |
| 9 | The protestors turned up in force to confront the man , but he 'd already been and gone . |
| 10 | The thought sent her spirits soaring upwards , and she sprang out of bed to open the curtains and let in the early sunshine . |
| 11 | They had been draped with canvas to protect them from the rain , and a watchman in wet buckram saluted civilly , then stepped back in haste to avoid the splashes thrown up by the hooves of the passing st'lyan . |
| 12 | Finally , candle wax was applied as a highlight on the river then worked over with colour to complete the study . |
| 13 | Not all traditional or other communities singled out for study get the anthropologists they deserve , or vice versa although a surprisingly high proportion seem to . |
| 14 | Menachem Begin the leader of Irgun , who was wanted for the murders of sergeants Martin and Paice ( see Daily Express ) went on in time to become the Prime Minister of the Zionist State of Israel . |
| 15 | He did study law and acquired all the necessary qualifications but he became increasingly depressed — a condition which was not conquered until , at the age of 28 , he went back to university to study the science subjects he so loved . |
| 16 | It lay out to sea facing the Windward Islands . |
| 17 | And from I was a little girl I went round with Mama cleaning the house . ’ |
| 18 | He dropped Julie off at the house , then continued on to Stone to change the accumulator . |
| 19 | Since 1983 , changes in social security regulations have given private-sector providers of residential and nursing-home care the confidence to expand because a subsidy was available for those residents without means or who ran out of money to pay the fees . |
| 20 | Good one too , from Defender , Shawn Taylor , but they ran out of time chasing the equaliser . |
| 21 | Having been commissioned to write an opera buffa for the 1774–75 carnival season in Munich , Mozart , again accompanied by his father , set off in order to complete the composition , La finta giardiniera . |
| 22 | The complete narrative proposed by this group is as follows , with letters retained for ease of reference , but with the gaps between the sentences closed up in order to render the sequence 'story-like " . |
| 23 | He and the Reverend McQueen set out after breakfast to find the ruins of what McQueen believed had been an ancient pagan temple to the goddess Anaitis . |