Example sentences of "and [prep] [art] [det] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the rime when everyone had a siesta and for a few hours the village was virtually dead . |
| 2 | But by the time I had reached middle age , the Ordnance Survey had switched the names after an inconclusive local census , and for a few years the eastern stream appeared on their maps as the River Doe before being changed again — this time to the River Greta , having no doubt decided that the eastern stream was the principal of the two and really the source of the parent river . |
| 3 | Halling had to wait until the 1939–45 war when a military bridge was erected and a road laid down and for a few years the people of Wouldham and Halling were able to move freely between the villages , which was a great asset to the people of Wouldham who used the bridge to get to work on this side of the river , but it was certainly the death knell of the ferry . |
| 4 | The man whirled round and for a few seconds the landlord saw his face . |
| 5 | During a particular week the fisherman sells the farmer two fish at £4 per fish , and during the same week the farmer sells the fisherman eight loaves at £1 per loaf . |
| 6 | They did n't say anything , and after a few moments the silence hardened and became awkward . |
| 7 | He could hear the car , distantly , and after a few seconds the sound of its motor faded away . |
| 8 | Eventually James Wyllie married Mrs. Kay 's sister and after a few years the Wyllie family took over the firm , retaining the name , Andrew Kay & Company . |
| 9 | In this case the spin itself was quite normal , and after a few turns the pilot initiated the recovery by applying the full opposite rudder and then moving the stick forwards . |
| 10 | Aplysia can grow up to about 30 centimetres long and weigh a couple of kilos , and of the several species the biggest and experimentally most popular ( I do n't say the best ) comes from California — Aplysia californica . |
| 11 | Home was a little nearer , and with every few miles the countryside grew a little uglier . |
| 12 | Led by Lt Fusata Iida they flew in at a height of 50ft and within a few minutes the airfield was a smoking mess . |
| 13 | There were but six people on board , all of whom were killed and although the event was duly reported in the press and other media as one might expect , the world proceeded with its normal business and within a few days the matter had receded into the background . |
| 14 | As soon as this is big enough to cling to , the speed of construction accelerates and within a few days the wall has become a semicircular cup of creamy white interlacing strings that is just big enough to hold the customary clutch of two eggs . |
| 15 | In Sussex most conservation work has been carried out to conserve particularly vulnerable habitats , in which birds are often an important element , and in a few cases the birds have been the main reason for the conservation work . |
| 16 | Indeed , a crucial part of the new contract between the state and single parents will be for the state to continue paying the mother ( and in a few cases the father ) the maintenance payments for as long as that person is responsible for a child . |
| 17 | Amid protest marches and demonstrations , over a period of weeks some two dozen lorries carrying live animal imports were held up on French roads and in a few cases the animals were slaughtered or burned alive . |
| 18 | The plant-eaters grew bulkier and heavier as a kind of protection , and in a few instances the flesh-eaters also grew commensurately bigger . |
| 19 | It was after eight-thirty and in a few minutes the family would sit down to eat while she stood at the end of the table , still working . |
| 20 | Paul took the stuff home , used it , and in a few days the chancre dried up and went away . |
| 21 | One of the doctors managed to get the laundry going again and in a few days the hospital was evacuated to a small country town . |
| 22 | Remember that any such feature is simply a vehicle for the plants to be grown over it , and in a few years the structure becomes incidental to the glory of the climber that smothers it . |
| 23 | 210 In all cases between landlord and tenant , as often as it shall happen that one half year 's rent shall be in arrear , and the landlord or lessor , to whom the same is due , hath right by law to re-enter for the non-payment thereof , such landlord or lessor shall and may , without any formal demand or re-entry , serve a writ in ejectment for the recovery of the demised premises , which service shall stand in the place and stead of a demand and re-entry ; and in case of judgment against the defendant for non-appearance , if it shall be made appear to the court where the said action is depending , by affidavit , or be proved upon the trial in case the defendant appears , that half a year 's rent was due before the said writ was served , and that no sufficient distress was to be found on the demised premises , countervailing the arrears then due , and that the lessor had power to re-enter , then and in every such case the lessor shall recover judgment and execution , in the same manner as if the rent in arrear had been legally demanded , and a re-entry made ; and in case the lessee or his assignee , or other person claiming or deriving under the said lease , shall permit and suffer judgment to be had and recovered on such trial in ejectment , and execution to be executed thereon , without paying the rent and arrears , together with full costs , and without proceeding for relief in equity within six months after such execution executed , then and in such case the said lessee , his assignee , and all other persons claiming and deriving under the said lease , shall be barred and foreclosed from all relief or remedy in law or equity , other than by bringing error for reversal of such judgment , in case the same shall be erroneous , and the said landlord or lessor shall from thenceforth hold the said demised premises discharged from such lease ; provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to bar the right of any mortgagee of such lease , or any part thereof , who shall not be in possession , so as such mortgagee shall and do , within six months after such judgment obtained and execution executed pay all rent in arrear , and all costs and damages sustained by such lessor or person entitled to the remainder or reversion as aforesaid , and perform all the covenants and agreements which , on the part and behalf of the first lessee , are and ought to be performed . |
| 24 | Optical and waveform methods of position detection are discussed in Chapter 7 and in the latter case the possibilities of a system based on software analysis of current waveforms can not be ignored . |
| 25 | In the former case this is because there would be full information , and in the latter case the reason for the irrelevance of γ t was explained when we discussed the intertemporal substitution model . |
| 26 | In the past , non-compliant equipment has been turned away at US ports , and in the same way the European market will also be closed to non-compliant goods . |
| 27 | The depths of the sea are always calm , however wild and stormy the surface ; and in the same way the expression in Greek figures reveals greatness and composure of soul in the throes of whatever passions . |
| 28 | A new tractor was bought in 1957 , the first for 30 years , and in the same year the Club lost one of its early members when E.A. ( Ted ) Batt died . |
| 29 | Following the 1892 Corporation take-over , in 1894 car 4 and others were reconstructed with separate trucks , and in the same year the first of four large Palace cars , seating 82 , was delivered . |
| 30 | Then in 1972 the BBC adopted digits for the technically demanding radio network , at that time being converted to stereo ; and in the same year the Nippon Columbia record company started mastering its records digitally . |