Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Canvassers who normally get the forms back after a maximum of four visits to any household are now having to return seven or more times before the people hand back the completed form .
2 The Dwarfs were hard pressed at first , but eventually saw the Orcs off with the help of their formidable cannons .
3 I 'm stood at the tee throwing the clubs up in the air and whooping away and he just turns to me and says , ‘ Do n't get too excited , Jacky .
4 The hunger that made Charlie , Charlot , chew the boiled slices of boot , moustache toing and froing under his nose , I understood as well or as little as the hunger of the grown-ups around me , my mother eating the woodworms along with the oats and the silence as everybody stopped to watch her .
5 He followed the signs out to the airport to the north .
6 Perhaps it is for that reason that Britain will find greater interest in discussing the problems of the former Soviet Union and in establishing the rouble stabilisation fund — even though it will mean us pledging about $600m to help keep the Reds out of the red .
7 Meanwhile , there were great victories in Eastern Europe , where in 1943–4 the Russians pushed the Germans back along a 1600-kilometre front ( CORE , pp. 69–70 ) .
8 He took his purse and emptied the coins on to the table .
9 So it shoots the notes down into the body better , and the whole instrument resonates .
10 Setting the briefcase back down , she dug the notes out of the pocket and turned to the last page , smiling rather nastily .
11 Zen held the X-rays up to the light .
12 In mid-December the settlers were forced to leave one of the houses in after a court ruled against the eviction of the Arab occupants .
13 Robyn laid the plans out on the grass and knelt beside them .
14 The black van was parked under a palm tree waiting to take the prisoners back to the Murate .
15 A French medic was climbing the grassy bank from the sunken road to look at the Officer as I got the prisoners out of the dug-out and back to their previous positions in the hollow .
16 Under the stress of the All Blacks ' tackling Dewi Morris ' passing let the Lions down at the base of the scrum and his problems were transmitted to the other midfield backs .
17 It was a long distance down the great side of the hill , through the woods down to the estuary .
18 We loved our home in the woods down in the lane .
19 Tim sat up all night once picking the raisins out of the muesli to spoil her breakfast .
20 Secure the red numbers on to the side panels with royal icing , and then fix the lifebelts on to the boat in the same way , three on each side and two on the deck .
21 By analysing element of the calls back at the laboratory , the biologists were able to show that the prairie dogs distinguished between them reasonably well , effectively creating a distinctive call for each person .
22 I was going to make the minutes up from the tape you see .
23 You can then press a few sprays from the top of the stem or , alternatively , press the entire empty stem , encouraging it to bend in a pleasing curve , and then re-assemble the bells on to the stem when you come to use it in a design .
24 The bouncer — bullies , as they were called in Dublin — stepped away from Lee , and eased the hammers down on the shotgun .
25 Downstairs , the Sikhs , the Magistrate , Rayne , a couple of young ensigns , and a motley collection of indigo planters and Eurasians , were engaged in a desperate fight to keep the sepoys out of the building ; but already they were being driven back from doors and windows .
26 In general those operating from grass strips ( mostly those below the best fit line ) seem to be passing at least some of the savings on to the customer .
27 Melanie nervously clattered the animals back into the box .
28 She 'd discover he had n't locked the hen-house when she went to let the hens out in the morning .
29 She swished the dregs around at the bottom of her can .
30 I climbed the steps up onto the lock and knocked on the door of the lock-keeper 's house , and through great good fortune found him at home .
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