Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | A point to note about technique is that when you actually go round the mark in strong winds the daggerboard should be retracted first then the mast track moved back in preparation for the reach . |
| 32 | When she eventually tracked down the location , Miranda was speeding on a mix of excitement and anxiety . |
| 33 | Your leading hand slaps down on the punch as you simultaneously punch over the top and into the opponent 's face . |
| 34 | Wayne seemed frozen in mid-action as she quickly threw back the top sheet of the bed and climbed in ; but then he recovered , and started an awkward fight to get his shoes off without actually untying their laces . |
| 35 | I know I was sadder than at the end of most commissions when we finally broke up the team in the refreshment room of Waterloo Station after we had left the ship in Southampton . |
| 36 | His is just one example of the new enterprises supplying fish to shops or restaurants that cut out Billingsgate market ; for they also cut out the 25 per cent or so that trading through the market adds to the cost of fish . |
| 37 | Join Axel and Blaze for more gob-smacking action as they again take on the hordes of Mr Big . |
| 38 | The various components of the mixture separate as they gradually move down the column . |
| 39 | We shall go on expanding higher and further education to ensure more of our young people go on to college as naturally as they once went down the pit or onto the shop floor . |
| 40 | If you see a dog make a controlled attack in a Schutzhund test , that attack is always silent , except when he is holding the helper at bay in the hide , when he again calls up the pack ( his handler ) . |
| 41 | It was found at this stage that the testbed had insufficient memory for more sophisticated processing and , since the simple improver did not significantly better the correlation ( though it certainly tidied up the displayed picture ) , this line of investigation was abandoned . |
| 42 | This budget is extremely useful for management as it clearly sets out the short-term objectives and targets for the forthcoming budget period and is in a form that is easy to comprehend . |
| 43 | Television crews were invited to stand in front of the US Embassy and film a senior member of the staff , in black tie and dark suit , as he slowly wound up the folding door of an inconspicuous , metal-framed garage . |
| 44 | She watched as he quickly sized up the situation and then took command . |
| 45 | He only hoped that no one was watching him , as he almost ran down the unlit passage and out of the back door . |