Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a little wave of his hand he indicated that his officials and guests should take a pace or two backward into the aisle between the adjoining rows of pillars to clear the way between the throne and the open doors , and the next moment the ranks of singers and musicians drawn up around the walls of the courtyard outside burst into a plaintive musical chant . |
| 2 | Permit me to take up our plight — try to imagine for a moment the straight and level run in to the target , " bombs gone " followed by the desperate seconds ( best described by one of my Canadian pilots as " when I bite buttons off my parachute cushion " ) before the automatic photoflash and the aiming point picture taken by the night camera . |
| 3 | Business was brisk , shopkeepers even running out to grab Corbett by the arm and offer a pie , a piece of cloth , fresh fish from the Firth , almonds , nuts and raisins brought in from the nearby port of Leith . |
| 4 | Matches and trophies carried on after the outbreak of war in August 1914 , although the Autumn Meeting in October was almost cancelled . |
| 5 | There is still a great deal to be learnt about early Anglo-Saxon society , both as a result of new excavations , the publication of older ones and research carried out on the wealth of material already published or in museums . |
| 6 | An exhibition of some of the work and research carried out by the University of Stirling was on display in the crush hall . |
| 7 | Members and supporters brought up in the pre-1968 glory days are mostly content to support the White Rose despite their lack of success . |
| 8 | I could just make out Tobermory , looking like an Anne Redpath painting , cubes of white and blue and primrose and Venetian red , the houses and shops strung out along the bay , tiny in the distance . |
| 9 | There had been research and review carried out by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) and by International Movements Towards Educational Change ( IMTEC ) . |
| 10 | The entire loft is a matted tangle of sticks and twigs brought in by the jackdaws over God knows how many centuries ; in parts it is many metres deep . |
| 11 | Kate had somehow knocked over her cup , and tea spilled on to the tray , splashing her skirt . |
| 12 | The time of Sigmar sees the Orcs and Goblins driven out of the lands west of the Worlds Edge Mountains . |
| 13 | Fans and reviewers enjoyed the raw edge and revelled in the energy and melody thrown out of the guitar crashing mayhem . |
| 14 | Chatmeister Terry Wogan exemplifies the Seventies penchant for shirts and ties made out of the same floral tablecloth . |
| 15 | The foot of the inclined way descends below the level of what may be termed the tail bay which is open at the end so that the dock and carriage run down into the water in order to bring the dock into alignment with the tail bay to allow of the vessel being hauled in or out of the dock . |
| 16 | Timber was carted up , a tough job for any horse , and ore brought down to the Paddy End Mill in the same manner . |
| 17 | The aggression may spring from the threat to my inner peace and well-being brought on by the anxiety which I impose unconsciously on the situation . |
| 18 | That the Hall was sometimes used as a refuge for recusants and fugitive priests was the subject of frequent speculation among the fishermen who gathered in Mother Russell 's alehouse , but if some knew more than others , they were n't saying : no one could ever be sure , after all , whether Elizabeth might one day be toppled by Queen Mary of Scotland , and England taken back into the arms of Rome all over again . |
| 19 | The pilot stage was concluded early in 1988 and evaluations carried out by the Centre of Applied Research in education ( CARE ) at the University of Essex , indicated , in general terms , that the project justified further development in interactive video resources . |
| 20 | ‘ It seems certain that even the small change in the balance of power between professionals and parents brought about by the Act have yet to be realized in a number of Authorities ’ ( Goacher et al . |
| 21 | Attacked , promises General Powell , it will be — once its supply lines along the Euphrates valley have been severed and its men and equipment softened up from the air . |
| 22 | Radiocarbon analysis and dating carried out on the yellow , red and white paintings of Australian aboriginal cave artists 23 000 years ago , indicate that the pigments were mixed with human blood . |
| 23 | ‘ She means , ’ the other twin chimed in , ‘ you are going to stay with us until Mummy and Daddy come out of the hos-hospital ? ’ she asked , finding difficulty in coping with the long word . |
| 24 | Despite an expansion in access to education in the 1970s and reforms carried out in the 1960s and again in the late 1970s , the fundamental patterns of inequality have remained and have been accentuated by the war . |
| 25 | Victorine and Rose had gone , leaving tottering piles of dirty plates , cutlery soaking in jugs , saucepans and pots lined up at the side of the sink . |
| 26 | A KEY ELEMENT in the rich mix of cricket 's attractions is the wealth of quirk and oddity thrown up by the game . |
| 27 | And valuations carried out in the region are some of the worst in the country . |
| 28 | Nazism fed on the dark myths of racial purity and xenophobia dressed up in the glories of a supposedly great history and an invented Nordic heritage ( Walker 1969 ) . |
| 29 | The programme and strategy mapped out before the election began was followed — down to Tuesday 's photo opportunity in a Cornish seal sanctuary — and was undiverted even by the War of Jennifer 's Ear . |
| 30 | This August Rivermead staff and patients moved out of the old Victorian wards into new facilities . |