Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Banks of guards , telephones TV monitors and electronic friskers kept out unwelcome visitors and made the grounds secure for the Shah , and his wife , their children , their dogs and their courtiers . |
| 2 | Determined not to fail this test , she let the image fade into the business of polishing the brasses and cleaning ship . |
| 3 | He let the car drift to the kerb and stopped with the lights off , watching the rear-view and wing mirrors . |
| 4 | Out of curiosity , she let the light fall on the book doubled up under his elbow . |
| 5 | He let the words sink into the shocked man sitting on the edge of his bed in Washington . |
| 6 | ‘ Please ! ’ she moaned urgently as he lifted his mouth from hers to bury his face against the side of her neck , and excitement leapt as she heard the slight sound of the zip on his jeans being unfastened . |
| 7 | George lay with bated breath until he heard the taxi turn at the end of the street , then jumped from the bed . |
| 8 | ‘ On the contrary , whatever I supposed your sister to be , I suspected your basic innocence from the moment we crossed the Rådhuspladsen that first night and I heard the long-drawn-out note of the lur . ’ |
| 9 | Almost trembling with haste , I put the binoculars up again , found him , activated the automatic focus , pressed the button , heard the quiet click of the shutter : had him in the bag . |
| 10 | She heard the quiet click of the door and when she raised her head she had got what she wanted — she was alone . |
| 11 | Likewise in ( 84 ) one can not hear a tune " come " from somewhere ( cf. the strangeness of * I heard the tune come from the top of the hill ) : its source of emission can only be identified by a process of deduction which interprets what is directly observed in order to arrive at the conclusion that the sound is coming from such-and-such a point . |
| 12 | Mr Vernon added that the fund raisers highest recompense would perhaps come when they heard the citations read for the gallantry medals to be awarded that afternoon , there being no better proof of the importance to the Institution for which everyone worked so willingly . |
| 13 | Julia incredulously heard the Archdeacon say to the Dean , the tone , which was mellifluous , floating up the elegant staircase . |
| 14 | He heard the hollow slam of the prison door . |
| 15 | He heard the President stumble in the bathroom . |
| 16 | From the yard where the cart was kept , Rosa heard the Small splosh in the bucket after Sabina had placed the bird between her legs and slitted it to pull the guts . |
| 17 | He heard the machine-gun fire from the helicopter , but it was difficult for the pilot to manoeuvre in such a tight space , even more difficult for the machine-gunner to take aim . |
| 18 | I do n't know anything about Wallaces goal even though I heard the match report on the 12:00 A.M. BBC 5 sports news . |
| 19 | They heard the car start at the third try and roar jerkily up the track behind the boathouse , leaving a faint cloud of blue smoke drifting around the corner . |
| 20 | She heard the car come up the lane and stepped into the sunlight and her face shone . |
| 21 | He heard the Rover roar around the corner , accelerate past , then squeal to a stop and whine back in reverse . |
| 22 | I bled on the afterdeck so much I heard the skipper say to the mate : |
| 23 | When they reached the apartment 's front door they heard the key turn in the lock on the far side . |
| 24 | Without another word the guard dosed the steel door with a clang and Manescu heard the key turn in the lock , The ex-Director of the Romanian Securitate smiled to himself as he recalled a passage from the speech . |
| 25 | Scott looked up as he heard the key turn in the lock . |
| 26 | We heard the key turn in the lock . |
| 27 | She heard the key turn in the lock and a fear that was just short of primitive assailed her . |
| 28 | He heard the bell go for the High Mass , and knew now that Caterina would n't be coming ; so he left the byre . |
| 29 | Smiling to herself , she began to write up his case , then , suddenly , she heard the bell ring at the door of the waiting-room . |
| 30 | The clock chimed in the hall ; as it stopped , Jean heard the faint sound of the bells drifting across the Old Town . |