Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concern for the future of the Deutschmark within the EEC erupted belatedly in the Bundestag in early October 1992 ; at the insistence of an all-party committee , the Parliament pressed for a second opportunity to ratify stage 3 of the Maastricht Treaty before the Deutschmark became irrevocably part of the Single Currency . |
| 2 | Eventually the Herakleophorbia spread all over the world . |
| 3 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 4 | The idea of the Temple went back to the time of Moses when God commanded a tabernacle ( i.e. a tent ) to be built in which to keep the Ark of the Covenant . |
| 5 | The Caribbean lapped on to the deserted palm-fringed beach just beyond . |
| 6 | Many of Rosemary Cook 's respondents in the Rhondda , who had given birth to children during the inter-war years , said that birth control had been out of the question despite the fact that the birth rate for the Rhondda fell dramatically during the inter-war period . |
| 7 | The French stood in sharp contrast to all this ; their main energies were directed at expansion in Europe , with the Netherlands marked down as a particularly attractive target , but they were so rich , so dynamic , and so confident in the second half of the seventeenth century that they were quite willing — as asserted in the motto of their great king , Louis XIV , nec pluribus impar — to fight several enemies at once . |
| 8 | The Sheikha looked up to the sun . |
| 9 | But the greatest disappointment of his career was when Regent 's management agreement with The Dorchester fell through on the sale of the hotel . |
| 10 | George Moore 's depiction of Jesus as having survived the Crucifixion followed on from a contention maintained not only by some of the oldest heresies , but also by the Koran , and thus widely accepted throughout Islam and the Islamic world . |
| 11 | As the Renault set off down the drive , Vitor placed an arm around Ashley 's shoulders . |
| 12 | They had no hope of doing that unless the occupants of the Renault stopped somewhere for the night . |
| 13 | Although the Bluebird appeared only in the last act , Shaw 's performance was widely considered the highlight of the evening 's entertainment ; and his brisees volees — little beats of the feet as he appeared to fly through the air — amazed even the Russians , on the company 's original visit to the Maryinsky . |
| 14 | But ‘ Winters ’ hauled England up a second-half mountain , dragging his pack into overdrive and tackling non-stop as the Boks came out of a half-time huddle screeching defiance and ready to build on a 16–11 lead . |
| 15 | The CNGSB called instead for the establishment of 192 wider assembly areas , and for freedom of movement for all CNGSB members whether or not they were subject to arrest orders . |
| 16 | In the winter of 1979–80 the Trannon careered off on a course of its own . |
| 17 | Back in England , as the scandal of the Arandora Star , the Ettrick and the Dunera filtered through to the public , opinion shifted from ‘ intern the lot ’ to ‘ free them now ’ . |
| 18 | The Syntagma grew out of an interest Gassendi formed , not long after the publication of the Exercises , in the Greek philosopher Epicurus . |
| 19 | The frontier of the Agenais ran right through the middle of the town . |
| 20 | The Feldwebel went out of the room . |
| 21 | The Feldwebel stepped out of the car and opened the door for me . |
| 22 | The Feldwebel waved impatiently to the man with the keys . |
| 23 | The Zeppelin moved up towards the Castle , dropping large numbers of bombs but many fell short of the Castle . |
| 24 | The Ilyushin pulled away to the right , the Citation started a gentle power-off glide . |
| 25 | The DDI climbed out of the car and walked into the building , past the smiling man in the blue suit who held the door open for him . |
| 26 | The Mackinnons belonged closer to the ground of Skye , an open house where all strata mingled easily . |
| 27 | A small crowd gathered on the pitch to commemorate April 1963 , when the Beatles passed through on a train to somewhere else . |
| 28 | The K2s got away on the second attempt . |
| 29 | Multi-party talks at Codesa ( the Convention for a Democratic South Africa ) broke down eight months ago when the ANC walked out after the massacre of more than 40 of its sympathisers in Boipatong township by followers of the Zulu-dominated Inkatha Freedom Party . |
| 30 | A rocket atop the Warlord tracked tentatively towards the shuddering Emperor . |