Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adj] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A local man had been bullied into guiding them through the treacherous , quaking waste . |
| 2 | By allowing the Bill to pass through the House unamended in respect of premium rate services , they are condoning everything that is being done by those who for the past six years have been offering pornographic ’ services ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Er — Jim 's just got to OK it with the boss , ’ he said uncertainly . |
| 4 | Certain it is , in stormy weather , from any point of the compass you will have a blow on Stormy Hill , and it does further seem as if it were tenanted by those who in the voyage of life have weathered storms quite as real , — long sickness , pinching poverty , and mayhap , in some cases , that very terrible malady when it becomes chronic , a disinclination to regular work ; and their present lot is one of storms , — few comforts and short allowance even of the needs of life within doors , and the wintry blasts without ; and failing health and increasing age give small prospect of much more of the sunshine or fewer of the blasts on this side of the dark River Jordan . |
| 5 | The discontent with Rome had at last resulted in rebellions of slaves and of the lower classes , indirectly or even directly supported by those who at the two opposite corners of the Roman Empire were trying to defend their own independence , the Spanish tribes and Mithridates , king of Pontus . |
| 6 | Visitors will be encouraged to have-a-go themselves as the club , now in its fourth season , dispels the myth that croquet is a genteel Sunday afternoon past-time . |