Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With regard to the industry budget as a whole , there is a cash cut of £16 million in real terms between the net planned outturn and planned spending for the coming year . |
| 2 | The second tactic employed by the authorities related specifically to the Snowball campaign and involved dealing with the symbolic fence-cutting as the offence of criminal damage . |
| 3 | Eight riders galloped from cover and came thudding across the cleared land towards the settlement . |
| 4 | Although he never grew much above 5′5″ , Bremner was always in the thick of disputes and played according to the old motto , when the going gets tough , the tough get going . |
| 5 | A blue Mini arrived and began manoeuvring into the limited space remaining as Melissa picked her way along the uneven path and knocked on the door of number three . |
| 6 | Steve pulled the duvet over the two of them and began fiddling with the remote control . |
| 7 | On reaching the fire , Joseph jumped out and began wheeling off the thick long hose pipe from the engine . |
| 8 | He found Carter 's knife in his pocket and began hacking through the silky bonds . |
| 9 | Mr Kronweiser sprang into his earlier stance of crouching flabby tiger , then with a deprecatory smile he relaxed stiffly and began rummaging in the top drawer . |
| 10 | Kirov stepped into the street and began crossing towards the open park on the opposite side . |
| 11 | Some Australians came out of the shower room and began arguing with the merry sub-human guard : |
| 12 | Gedge was keen to keep parents and old friends informed and began corresponding with the local paper , The Middleton Guardian . |
| 13 | The Director paused and watched the scene below for a few thoughtful seconds , as a squad of house servants bagged and carried out the human remains , and began stripping off the blood-soaked canvas cover from the padded squares underneath , removing it for cleaning . |
| 14 | The availability of water is the main constraint on food production and while traditional shifting cultivation and nomadic practices are inherently conservation-oriented , the trend towards permanent cultivation and settled herding over the last 50 years has led to widespread environmental change . |
| 15 | I left the main group and started searching on the first floor at the west side of the house . |
| 16 | Ulysse and Brutus , both low-ranking males , soon moved in and started eating with the dominant females , who showed no aggression towards them . |
| 17 | That was when they first changed over from seamed stockings to seamless ones and started laying off the skilled knitters and bringing in the women . |
| 18 | Redpath put on a pair of silk gloves and started going through the inside pocket of the jacket , following with the outside pockets . |
| 19 | ’ He turned away and started trudging through the wet grass in the direction Lesley-Jane had specified . |
| 20 | He just rolled neatly over on his side and commenced talking to the Big Man . |
| 21 | He turned his horse time and again , and went ploughing through the thickest of the struggle with bared sword , exchanging strokes with any who cared to stand and debate with him . |
| 22 | Bowater 's retiring chairman , Norman Ireland , described the purchase as an ‘ exhilarating opportunity ’ and said trading in the last four months of 1992 had been good and this had carried on into the first two months of this year . |
| 23 | Eventually one form became pre-eminent , perhaps through warfare and forced intermating between the divergent stocks . |
| 24 | She mounted the steps to the front door of the house and stood looking for the right bell to ring . |
| 25 | Norman had n't brought any rockboots , and intended climbing in the old green trainers he was wearing . |
| 26 | Harry switched off the engine and sat staring at the big , grey , stone-built mansion with a sense of shock . |
| 27 | I was a little unsettled by the fury of the blizzard , and hugged the top of the ridge all the way along , but avoided taking in the top due west of Cairn Gorm in case I was blown off my feet . |