Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Not a single vehicle passed , but after some time they heard the roar of bombs going off at the airfield . |
| 32 | There is another pair of climbers starting up from the same ledge . |
| 33 | Each of these in turn subdivided into separate , smaller fibrils which are themselves composed of a highly organized array of myofilaments made up of the proteins actin and myosin ( Fig. 53 ) . |
| 34 | Erm and we find in the office that we get lots of forms coming in from the Paymaster General asking us to confirm that mister X is employed you know on a on a part time basis . |
| 35 | On the short mixed ridge leading to this minor training summit , you can view an endless stream of parties coming up from the Grands Montets cablecar station for a taste of a real alpine mountaineering . |
| 36 | He left the car again , and saw something else on the other side of it — a pair of legs jutting out from the bushes nearby . |
| 37 | The torrent of words tumbled out of the phone pell-mell , a flood that the chief inspector was unable to stem . |
| 38 | The chanting had taken on the form of animal howls and disgusting collections of words screamed out by the blood-frenzied mob . |
| 39 | GRAHAM Gooch will have plenty of shoulders to lean on during the tour of India . |
| 40 | There was a gang of kids playing up on the embankment , just as Preston and William had , junior hangers-on , rookie spear carriers in the terrible Derek Sumter gang which had once ruled the neighbourhood , so far as was tolerated by the greater power of the nans . |
| 41 | It was healthy too ; the two great arms of piers reached out into the sea and were a regular walking spot for anyone in need of a breath of air or some exercise . |
| 42 | Sometimes the pastor found himself speaking to an empty church ; sometimes to a church filled with schoolchildren ; sometimes to a congregation supplemented by the relatives of islanders brought over from the mainland , and other tourists . |
| 43 | Outside them , by an open area and a covered section , a small flight of steps led down to a low outbuilding which faced the open area . |
| 44 | A flight of steps leads up from the courtyard and there is entry also from the house end . |
| 45 | Describe in detail the sequence of steps carried out by the store , data manipulation unit , and control unit of the Von Neumann computer when executing the sequence of instructions given in Figure 1.6 . |
| 46 | Looking past Adam , she saw Fand had stopped by another set of steps winding up into the rock . |
| 47 | They went round the corner , and the child stopped in front of a flight of steps leading up to a dilapidated house , one of a number in the street . |
| 48 | It was market day and the wide curving flight of steps leading up to the centre was lined with flimsy tables covered in kitchenware and watches and clothing and tools and toys Music blared out from a stall selling bootleg cassette tapes . |
| 49 | The Doctor looked back from the short flight of steps leading down to the entry hall , and watched the TARDIS dematerialize with a feeling of pain at seeing his ship go without him . |
| 50 | The alley ended abruptly in a couple of steps leading down to the sluggish black waters of a canal . |
| 51 | It has a flight of steps leading down into the depths , and its main feature is a high waterfall that emerges from behind a wedged boulder known as Mohammed 's Coffin . |
| 52 | There is an 82-member National Assembly elected by universal adult suffrage for a three-year term from a list of candidates drawn up by the party , based on local branch committee nominations . |
| 53 | There is an 82-member National Assembly elected by universal adult suffrage for a three-year term from a list of candidates drawn up by the party , based on local branch committee nominations . |
| 54 | ‘ An entire generation of Filipinos grew up in the shadow of dictatorship , ’ wrote Sheila Coronel of the Manila Times . |
| 55 | She could tell she was going to get no response from Coffin , although he was being polite , when a crowd of youngsters swarmed in from the local youth club . |
| 56 | Since under national legal systems it is usually stipulated that the place in which the association is established is to be the place of performance of obligations arising out of the act of becoming a member , the application of article 5(1) of the Convention also has practical advantages : the court for the place in which the association has its seat is in fact usually the best fitted to understand the documents of constitution , rules and decisions of the association , and also the circumstances out of which the dispute arose . |
| 57 | Tass news agency said hundreds of wagons rolled in to the southern Soviet republic bordering Turkey , three days after the Soviet parliament authorised the army to take over the railways . |
| 58 | The current crop of presenters lined up on the steps of the same church outside Broadcasting House where the original team — Terry Wogan , Bob Holness , Jimmy Young and all — had posed exactly a quarter of a century before . |
| 59 | The Dorset , Devon and Cornwall holiday areas benefited from the good summer weather and from the upgrading of pubs carried out over the last few years . |
| 60 | But erm you know when we were on the strike if these lads would n't have gone back , there was couple of scabs went back into the quarry . |