Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [coord] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You think she jumped off the top of that boat and swam to the shore ? ’ |
| 2 | We wrapped camouflage squares round our heads and faces as some protection and jumped into the trench . |
| 3 | The patrol took some prisoners and drove through the lines until they met up with a British unit , who refused to believe they were who they said they were . |
| 4 | Although the requirement of intervention in the nasal oxygen group was halved , the most extreme example of hypoxia occurred in this group and led to the only termination of the procedure . |
| 5 | I crumpled this ticket and waited for the next to be called . |
| 6 | I got up to get some water and went to the window . |
| 7 | Mr Norman Tebbit , then secretary of state at the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) , asked few questions and waved through the Al Fayed bid in ten days flat . |
| 8 | Oh , I stood outside the primary school this morning and spoke to the other mothers , and none of them want anything to do with it . |
| 9 | Jan was making a comeback this season and played in the curtain-raiser to the Currie Cup Final . |
| 10 | On several occasions he stood up with some serenity and went to the bathroom , and dived back in again gracelessly scrabbling at his belt . |
| 11 | Reaching it she climbed a few rungs and looked over the heads of the people and the cockpit where a double ring of candles hung low on iron chains from the rafters , spreading a brilliant pool of light . |
| 12 | He turned yet another corner and saw in the distance a rare copse of evergreen trees close to the road . |
| 13 | Its stored sun-power fired through her , steadying her nerves ; she poured another shot and stumbled towards the stairs to her room . |
| 14 | So anyway I found this doctor and said to the receptionist : ‘ I 've had a bad back . |
| 15 | It made her look like a boy , or how boys used to look in the days when men had some self-respect and went to the barber 's . |
| 16 | The case was solved when Downey finally walked in to a police station earlier this year and confessed to the killing . |
| 17 | The case was solved when Downey finally walked into a police station earlier this year and confessed to the killing . |
| 18 | 2 ½D means a 2D drawing in the x-y plane repeated and viewed from another angle or moved along the z axis . |
| 19 | He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement . |
| 20 | Hope bought a site for this purpose and acted as the client , although he claimed that he was only the Society 's agent , and it was not ‘ his ’ church . |
| 21 | It was set with a full English breakfast — well , she had told Michele she was always hungry — and while she poured herself some coffee and began on the bacon and eggs she recalled their first meeting . |
| 22 | The foreman yelled something to the ceiling in another language and stomped toward the door saying , ‘ The whole world is crazy , I tell you . |
| 23 | It veered on to another track and smashed into the approaching passenger train . |
| 24 | I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour . |
| 25 | I puzzled over this one for some time and came to the conclusion that my children 's concept of life is largely derived from fairy stories in which anybody with power is always male . |
| 26 | I had known them now for some time and smiled at the thought of their good company . |
| 27 | The salesman and Hank , however , seemed to have reached some agreement and strolled towards the office , where fat old Josh presided over the financing section with the careful rapacity of a born moneylender . |
| 28 | On the other hand , a holiday video which is basically a travelogue will probably need the help of sub-titles , or a commentary which can either be ad-libbed at each showing or added to the sound track later . |
| 29 | She knew that Constance dealt in other , ill-gotten , commodities on these trips but concurred in the popular , criminal view that nicking a lorryload of underwear was in a different class from stealing wedding rings from old ladies . |
| 30 | He resented the price of all these things and toyed with the idea of starting a relationship with a beautician with a view to getting free samples . |