Example sentences of "that [verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like several other drivers , they spun almost in unison , but it was the Nissan that made it back to the pits first . |
| 2 | The noise is formidable , for the rocks clatter and bang away down a steel chute that dumps them back on the ground . |
| 3 | Not our questions about the problem of God , but God 's call and invitation to us determined the direction of his thought and shaped his writing ; and it was this basic orientation that led him on to the restatement of christological and trinitarian dogma as the foundation and horizon of theology itself . |
| 4 | The small procession moved on towards a set of metal stairs that led them down to the second landing . |
| 5 | They , you , are our inspiration , the reason we 've come as far and done as well as we have , the energy that drives us forward into the future . |
| 6 | She was the spoon that impatiently opened your lips and put artichoke purée between them , the arm that lowered you backwards into the tin bath , the water in which you lay and splashed and did not drown . |
| 7 | The air intake scoops took their final shape ; the chrome trim that divided it longitudinally in the first two cars was finally eliminated . |
| 8 | But before we jump to the conclusion that Pound had simply had a brainstorm , or had been trapped by misplaced compassion for Dunning as a lame duck , we ought to consider another possibility — that imagism , and Pound 's endorsement of Ford 's insistence on ‘ the prose tradition ’ , had never been for him more than an aberration , though in the short term a very profitable one , from a way of feeling that impelled him always toward the cantabile , a proclivity that would , in the interests of melody , tolerate notably eccentric diction . |
| 9 | So that covers you up till the Monday |
| 10 | Among the most important pieces raised over the summer were two heads , one bearded and probably dating to the fourth century BC , the other with hellenistic features that place it either in the second century BC as a Greek original or several centuries later as a Roman copy . |
| 11 | Reinvoicing activity is rather different , providing a stopping off point that holds itself out as the origin in communication with the customer ( or possibly the tax authorities of the customer 's territory ) . |
| 12 | Love is a strange force like gravity that holds us together in the transcendent and will suffer no parting . |
| 13 | There were a great number of these at different points along the Straits , but there were three that found themselves right in the thick of things . |
| 14 | Another thing that cut me off from the other kids was going to the grammar school — and having to wear a bright green blazer every day . |
| 15 | Take the baskets that hold them out of the pool and allow them to drain for an hour . |
| 16 | She was not alone any more in feeling oppressed by the strict formality , the strict time-keeping ; after-dinner games were more lively — and she was no longer the only one who wanted to giggle at the sound of the bagpipes that played them out of the dining-room after dinner every night . |
| 17 | erm Sorry , I think we 'll just stick with Faulkner for a moment , because I think that leads us on to the constant tragedies of battle casualties , which were obviously very much brought in into Oxford whenever people were wounded outside they were often brought in to Oxford to be cared for , there was a hospital out of Yarnton too , but a great many were cared for all over Oxford , and the greatest of course were buried at Christchurch . |
| 18 | It is that conditioning in the cask that marks it out from the rest of the world 's beers . |
| 19 | He caught a glimpse of the fair hair and saw that she was talking to someone he recognised as the drummer from the band ; the whole group was there , giving an impromptu concert on tin whistles to the tired hikers sleeping on their rucksacks undaunted by the howl and shriek of the space-invader machines on the other side , a cacophony of mechanical rage that deafened him together with the thin notes of a rebel song . |
| 20 | A scheme that keeps you out of the unemployment statistics and in your place ? |
| 21 | We must then continue with a rolling programme of reform that takes us away from the narrow concept of notional rents . |
| 22 | And it was suggested by the er two officers that were present , that that could , that money that 's already there , could in fact get a third of the scheme done , the third which was the bisecting little path , the main trees across the front , and the bit of the paving that takes you over to the North Road . |
| 23 | Compare this with the diagonal , twisting advance that takes you directly into the opponent or , if you prefer , the diagonal withdrawal that times your response to coincide with a lull in the attack . |
| 24 | Omnipresence was only one of several attributes that tipped him over into the realm of the superhuman . |
| 25 | He is hurt and shaken , but he insisted on coming back with me to say thank you for making the message that warned him away from the bog . |
| 26 | The midwife muttered her spells , and from far away Phoebe could hear voices calling her , siren voices that called her back to the pain and the reality . |
| 27 | But the fifteen that stayed and played on Saturday typified the courage that pulled them out of the gloom . |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't bite the hand that pulls you out of the shit . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm going to work on a revolutionary kagoul that pulls itself on like the hood of a Chevy convertible , and then recedes at the touch of a button . |
| 30 | Christmas has come early for me with this one — another mysterious release that planted itself firmly on the Vibes desk . |