Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meal of horse might be compared to the draught of air that a drowning man who has fought his way to the surface manages to inhale before being whirled down into the depths again . |
| 2 | The procedures for the flexible sale process and auction are considered separately in the sections below . |
| 3 | And er , we 'll see that if they 've , if they 've come through with the goods all right . |
| 4 | At all other times , cars are parked just outside the walls where there is some free as well as fee paying parking available . |
| 5 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 6 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 7 | You no doubt have picked up on the typos etc. but it is sometimes useful to have another ‘ eye ’ . |
| 8 | But her remarks in America would subsequently be picked up by the papers here — so she would have two platforms . |
| 9 | Most spreadsheets were designed back in the days when 640KBytes was the maximum amount of memory that was available . |
| 10 | CPMA Managing Director , Nigel Rushman , claims that several other sponsors have already signed for the Sevens spectacular in April at Murrayfield , but for a variety of reasons none has come out of the woods yet . |
| 11 | That was the kidney knifed out of the bullocks where the kidney lay in , what you have steak and kidney pies , yeah . |
| 12 | A poll carried out into the reasons why people voted for the SDP candidate in the Warrington by-election of 1981 revealed that only 9 per cent did so because they supported SDP policy ; 8 per cent did so because they admired the well-known candidate ; and nearly 70 per cent voted for negative " reasons — the most frequently cited being their opposition to the extremism of the two established parties . |
| 13 | In medieval times well-documented court activities were carried out at the caputs already discussed . |
| 14 | By Brig Scott 's account , " as far as I could see , during the next twenty four hours , all the arrangements in connection with the surrender and evacuation were carried out by the Yugoslavs speedily and efficiently " . |
| 15 | Even the policy-making functions will generally be carried out by the executives rather than the board itself . |
| 16 | ( 10 ) If the property is leasehold : ( a ) please confirm that the seller has complied with all the covenants in the lease ; ( b ) does the seller know whether any items of substantial expenditure for decoration , maintenance or repair have been carried out by the lessors recently but not yet charged to tenants , or are any such contemplated in the near future ? ( 11 ) Is the seller aware of any overriding interest under the Land Registration Act 1925 , s70(1) ? ( 12 ) Please confirm : ( a ) that all gas and electrical installations are the seller 's absolute property and are included in the purchase price ; ( b ) that the electric light installations down to the bulb holders will be left intact ; ( c ) that all furniture , furnishings and fittings not included in the sale and all rubbish will be removed before completion . |
| 17 | The first prisoners had come here in the days when the state of war between England and Germany was still largely theoretical . |
| 18 | The Nazareans or the Nazarean Party — the so-called ( and misnamed ) ‘ first Christians ’ or ‘ Early Church ’ — do not appear to have differed doctrinally from the groups generally known as Essene or Zadokite . |
| 19 | She had heard already from the girls how Luke had tried to get Maggie to go to England to learn nursing against Moran 's fierce opposition , how their older brother and Moran had fought , and when Maggie yielded to Moran and stayed , Luke had gone on his own without telling his father . |
| 20 | Any ice left after the previous day 's racing had been broken conclusively in the scenes out in the station , and the party had already gelled and was in full swing . |
| 21 | The second I did n't hear about for four days and even then not from a friend but from the free paper which used to be given away in the bars once a week those days . |
| 22 | Contoured hills hide car parks tucked away in the hollows out of sight — for the cars of yachtsmen , fishermen , ramblers and bird watchers . |
| 23 | Verily , the game has moved on from the days when Bobby Locke could , for instance , win seven tournaments in his baptismal year on the US circuit , and four Open Championships on this side of the Atlantic , and yet virtually never feel the need to depart from his habitual draw . |
| 24 | While Nyasha bravely went into the temple and there sitting on the throne that was made only for the chiefs there sat not a king not a prince |
| 25 | Athletics , too , had moved away from the days when black sportsmen in the USA were forbidden to compete against whites . |
| 26 | While Fullan writes in a wide educational context , his work can be applied directly to the initiatives now underway in the UK : |
| 27 | This way of regarding the infinitive 's relation to person can be applied moreover to the uses already examined in Chapters Two and Three , where this form is related to another verb in the sentence and thus provides a coherent explanation covering all the uses of both versions of the infinitive by means of a single principle of analysis . |
| 28 | The magnificent palace of Diocletian at Split , which inspired Robert Adam , the English designer of the eighteenth century , and also influenced the contemporary Georgian styles , still forms the outer shell , a square mile in area , which surrounds the vibrant city which has grown up over the centuries within and around its protective walls . |
| 29 | In effect this was a period of withdrawal from a rigidly structured police world to a world turned upside down ; where , in a ‘ counter-cultural ’ way , we were to find that the strict terms of reference we had carefully built up over the years no longer seemed to have relevance . |
| 30 | Willi frequently turned up for the sessions where Therese was working with Luiza , Freddi and Alfred . |