Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun] [coord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett dismounted and looked around , noting that the tower was not as vulnerable as would at first appear : narrow slits pierced the walls and a machicolation jutted out from the parapet just above the tower door from where defenders could hurl stones , or boiling oil , on any attackers . |
| 2 | As Margaret made the sandwiches and a pot of weak tea , Maura glanced around her . |
| 3 | The dome was covered on the outside by a flattish pitched roof , an ambulatory was constructed round the rotunda which became the nave and a chancel was added at the east side . |
| 4 | The rampaging hooligans ran the length of the train , frightening passengers , smashing light bulbs and windows and ripping up seats , then attacked the driver and a woman guard . |
| 5 | Canada , Australia and eleven other members of the Interim Committee opposed the decision and a number of other countries abstained . |
| 6 | A blinding light filled the cab and a beam of raw blue energy pulsed down . |
| 7 | Excepting for German reconnaissance aircraft which shadowed the convoy and a number of abortive U-boat attacks , we all arrived safely and I had my first run ashore in a foreign country . |
| 8 | A total of six new ministers joined the Cabinet and a number of ministerial responsibilities were re-allocated [ see p. 37844 ] . |
| 9 | However , after my saying , ‘ Oh , you would n't part a mother from her child , would you ? ’ he allowed the dolls and a teddy bear . |
| 10 | A temporary vang , taken to a pad-eye on the deck , then ripped the eye and a part of the deck away . |
| 11 | He scooped the jackpot and a diamond ring prize after calling house on 52 in our big money game number 229 . |
| 12 | The full-length skirt of her modest navy blue suit brushed the ground and a veil and matching , narrow-brimmed hat of the same colour partly hid her face . |
| 13 | He sniffed the bundle and a drop of water fell on his nose and made him jump . |
| 14 | The advantage of systems such as Dbase 2 are that the user controls the number of fields available ( e.g. the school librarian may wish to have a field for the person who ordered the item and a teacher could have a list of all books or items ordered by him/herself or by the Geography department ) and the size of each field , which is limited by other programs . |
| 15 | I 've always been good at painting ; I 'd nearly finished my picture — which included the ark and a mountain when Miss began telling us how rainbows were all an illusion caused by sunlight and raindrops . |
| 16 | In 1983 a Government initiative broke the deadlock and a compromise of sorts was reached , with the Stock Exchange agreeing to amend its rule-book on the condition that the case against it was dropped . |
| 17 | Rugs covered the floor and a lap dog played before a small log fire . |
| 18 | During the night preceding the planned offensive , however , the weather suddenly deteriorated : the temperature dropped , snow soon covered the ground and a blizzard reduced visibility to an arm 's length . |
| 19 | ‘ Maybe he just sent the telegram and a letter will come after a few days , ’ Maggie tried to soothe . |
| 20 | I took the book and a supply of ballpoint pens back in February . |
| 21 | She went back to her place with a complacent bounce to her step , and with a curse , but not meaning it , I took the Coke and a glass to her table and went on into the dome car for the rest . |
| 22 | On the first day of BDA Week 1985 twelve deaf children , chosen from various schools for the deaf and accompanied by their teachers and Susanne Turfus , presented the Declaration and a copy of the Report to Sir Keith Joseph in his office at the Department of Education and Science . |
| 23 | That some would come with very bad intentions proved the truth and a person under the assumed character of a man of rank deceived and married the unsuspecting Sally but he did not survive his villanies villanies . |
| 24 | Then , while a Navy surgeon lieutenant — she liked the sport and a contract that would last nicely into her forties — had come the memoranda . |
| 25 | The Commissioner supported the application and a solicitor was appointed . |
| 26 | Any fool can buy a blue-chip index ; Aunt Agatha could do it for herself , if she had the money and a stockbroker . |
| 27 | Nearly all pupils tackled the question and a variety of answers was given . |
| 28 | They loaded the launcher and a box of black clays into the back of the Toyota , and drove up an old gated track to the little-used range . |
| 29 | Yet the accounts of the explorers Armand and Michaela Menise , who travelled the land but a season earlier , say nothing of such an edifice . |
| 30 | Spy fever gripped the country and a couple seen sketching the Royal Albert Bridge were , as a result of information given by a boy scout to a sergeant of the Royal Scots , arrested in the nearby tea gardens and escorted to Devonport by the police . |