Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edna often took Celia down there , carefully going first and waiting while the little girl slid or scrambled down the awkward parts of the cliff into her waiting arms . |
| 2 | James inaugurated the modern or as it is sometimes called , the ‘ modernist ’ novel in England , a kind of fiction which , in pursuit of a more faithful representation of reality , attenuated or eliminated altogether the authorial narrator . |
| 3 | I was struck by the fact that the majority of people visiting our stalls at summer shows had either not heard of us , or had only the vaguest idea about what we do . |
| 4 | I saw the barrels begin to spin and that 's when I snatched up Barry and whipped out the trusty Smith and West Wittering . |
| 5 | The big moment came : she opened her hand and laid down the burdened flower by Maman 's plate . |
| 6 | The eternal westerly swell rolled lazily across our wake and wiped out the last trace of our intrusion . |
| 7 | However , the Government 's approach , conditioned by the sole objective of reducing expenditure , was far too narrow and attacked only the soft underbelly without reaching the heart of the problem . |
| 8 | Once lodged in the realm of ‘ common sense ’ and sustained by ‘ practical ’ measures , state collectivism looked less and less like contestable belief , and became increasingly the broad starting point for argument , rather than its disputed conclusion . |
| 9 | Geelong forward Gary Ablett led his team with a record-breaking nine goals and became only the second person to win the most valuable player award while playing on a losing side . |
| 10 | Then I returned to the tinker camp and sought out the same woman . |
| 11 | One occasion was when my daughter , who I had suspected was a better reader than she had ever let on , casually picked up The Wind in the Willows while I was unpacking after a house-move , and read out the first page with great expression and hardly any mistakes . |
| 12 | We now accept that the report was based upon inaccurate information and conveyed completely the wrong impression about Linford . |
| 13 | Lacking axes or crampons we 'd kicked steps up the snowy approach gully the afternoon before and checked out the devious ladders and chains forming the descent from the summit . |
| 14 | With Buddie 's orders ringing in his ears , he stood his ground and made not the slightest move to obey . |
| 15 | He resolutely refused to conform to local customs and made not the slightest effort to understand the people . |
| 16 | She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story . |
| 17 | She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story . |
| 18 | If I was n't an actor I 'd be covered in tattoos and pierced up the fucking ying-yang . |
| 19 | Taken by surprise and fear of the other the boy lost his balance and tumbled down the grassy bank towards the stranger but to the boy 's incredulous gaze the figure melted into thin air . |
| 20 | Then I switched the dim hall light on , and experienced again the initial impact of the tobacco wallpaper and chocolate paint , the threadbare linoleum , the high gloomy ceilings that you were reluctant to look at for fear you should see bats hanging there . |
| 21 | She balled her fists and fought down the growing desolation inside her . |
| 22 | He opened his coat and got out the ten-shilling note from his wallet and the coins from his trouser pocket . |
| 23 | Complying with her appeal , Dada abandoned his kedgeree and , sucking his moustache inwards always with him a sign of annoyance he picked up the viburnum , still with its precious burden , opened the bottom sash of a long window , and flung out the double butterfly as viciously as if it had been a slug in the salad . |
| 24 | The two Senussi soldiers were sent off on a recce and reported back the following day that there was no checkpoint on the road leading into the town . |
| 25 | Only 16·5 per cent of the inhabitants of Pimhill Hundred were exempted from payment of the hearth tax in 1672 , and though many cottagers remained near the poverty line all their lives others prospered a little and moved up the social scale . |
| 26 | The clerk stretched and sucked in the clear morning air . |
| 27 | He came across and dabbed up the spilt coffee with a dirty dishcloth and a flourish . |
| 28 | Oh yes , erm I went to a comprehensive co-educational school and found exactly the same thing . |
| 29 | At Burford , they left the main road and headed down the sloping High Street . |
| 30 | Well , we did n't have much luck out in the open because the rabbits saw or heard or smelt us coming a mile off and bolted down the nearest hole , even though we were mute and trying to stay down wind ( the wind kept switching direction in little gusts ) . |