Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [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 | And er , we 'll see that if they 've , if they 've come through with the goods all right . |
| 3 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 4 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 5 | You no doubt have picked up on the typos etc. but it is sometimes useful to have another ‘ eye ’ . |
| 6 | But her remarks in America would subsequently be picked up by the papers here — so she would have two platforms . |
| 7 | Most spreadsheets were designed back in the days when 640KBytes was the maximum amount of memory that was available . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | That was the kidney knifed out of the bullocks where the kidney lay in , what you have steak and kidney pies , yeah . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In medieval times well-documented court activities were carried out at the caputs already discussed . |
| 12 | 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 " . |
| 13 | Even the policy-making functions will generally be carried out by the executives rather than the board itself . |
| 14 | ( 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Willi frequently turned up for the sessions where Therese was working with Luiza , Freddi and Alfred . |
| 19 | In addition , savers can miss up to six monthly payments over the five years provided they are made up in the months immediately following the five-year term . |
| 20 | Frye had moved back to the windows again , to watch Duvall and Pearce battling their way through the storm to the car wreck . |
| 21 | She was frowning , deep lines appearing between her eyebrows , mouth drawn down at the edges so that instead of a classically good-looking slim English Rose in her late twenties , she looked faded , years older than her real age , and shrewish . |
| 22 | They 've got in on the shelves there . |
| 23 | It must be handed over to the embalmers then , or it will be too late . ’ |
| 24 | Mother and baby lie side by side : Mrs Williams , represented as wearing day-clothes , is propped up on her right elbow , staring adoringly at her deceased infant ; the latter is wrapped in a fine close-fitting linen shroud , drawn up over the feet rather than under , and tied at the knees with a fairly broad linen band . |
| 25 | Bearded seals were hauled out on the ice-floes here and there and there were occasional puffins and guillemots in the bits of open water . |
| 26 | Jon , as he proudly watched the Union Jack raised above his head , must have thought back to the days when , as Oxford University Boat Race president , the only flag he looked at was the skull and crossbones which hung in his study with a menacing message written underneath : ‘ Death Zone — No Prisoners . ’ |
| 27 | They trudged on , breathing the dust of the dry summer road that had been shuffled up by the boots ahead , and they wondered if there would be an issue of rum before the fighting began , or whether they would be too late for the fighting and would instead be billeted in some soft Belgian village where the girls would flirt and the food would be plentiful . |
| 28 | It seemed that NoS was going to be the first to tap the huge reservoir of people who had given up on the papers altogether . |
| 29 | Well I mean , they 'll all be packed up in the bars upstairs would n't they , and everything |
| 30 | Oh yes when the war started yes , you , you see the people would have been called up into the forces anyway people young enough to fly , who , who had an interest , because er one of the air displays I remember very much a tomboy as she was she they used to give pleasure flights and she had defied this pilot to take her up and make her sick , and he was took her up there looping rolling and everything and er |