Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dull thud of hooves resounded through the valley as the horses checked pace and descended from the pasture on to the tree-shadowed bridleway that slants down the hillside to the ford at its base . |
| 2 | Then hundreds of hooves crashed through the ford , spattering water bright into the mist . |
| 3 | Over there , generations of pharaohs slept in the tombs , cut deep into the red cliffs of the valley . |
| 4 | Just under 70% of authorities participated in the survey and nearly 400 data sheets were completed ( see Appendix 1 for sample details ) . |
| 5 | A fairly dispassionate analysis by Best ( 1980 ) indicates that the initiation of area bombing of cities resulted from the rejection of strategic in favour of indiscriminate bombing by those in charge of British Bomber Command , and the acceptance of their arguments by Churchill in August 1940 , when the Luftwaffe 's attacks on British airfields in the Battle of Britain was threatening to damage irretrievably the RAF 's powers of retaliation ( Best , 1980 , p. 276 ) . |
| 6 | Until the opening of the Swan Theatre in 1965 , the Worcester Society of Artists went under the name of The Society for the Advancement of Music and the Visual Arts , founded in 1947 . |
| 7 | Great groans and gnashing of teeth emitted from the ranks . |
| 8 | A group of musicians stood in the angle of one of the buttresses of the cathedral playing tambour and fife whilst the Dean and Chapter , garlands of roses on their heads , danced in solemn procession around the severed head of a buck which had been placed on a pole , its brown eyes staring glassily over those who now rejoiced at its death . |
| 9 | Clouds shadowed densely those south-eastern parts , but the north and west were broadly lit by the sun , the higher hills gleamed in sunshine , and a flock of birds flew across the expanse of blue sky above Big Allen . |
| 10 | Lauterpacht concludes that the subsequent Resolution of the Assembly shows that the Assembly accepted the Court 's opinion , although a diversity of views persisted on the nature of the effect of the election . |
| 11 | A lot of prisoners slept on the floor because there were no beds or chairs . |
| 12 | A substantial number of prisoners participated in the riots ‘ at least in part , because of the conditions in which they were held and the way in which they were treated . |
| 13 | A stream of other relatives followed , and from the shadows they watched the old man touch each of the tall red candles surrounding the portrait with a lighted taper ; when four tiny buds of flames bloomed above the altar he sank to his knees and pressed his palms together . |
| 14 | Halfway through their feeding by the two adult bluetits , a pair of blackbirds appeared on the scene … and began to provide second helpings to every meal ! |
| 15 | Sons of louts grappled with the coffin in vain ; they could neither cram it in nor twist it out . |
| 16 | It is dispersals of this People 's University of books bequeathed by the Victorians and their successors up to the postwar years that are the real reason for the library 's losing its soul , as Richard Hoggart so aptly put it . |
| 17 | Hundreds of voices whispered from the walls , the ceiling and the floors . |
| 18 | He had hardly finished his remark when there was a terrifying roar overhead as a salvo of shells crashed into the area near to where the Germans had been mortaring . |
| 19 | Strong public pressure opposed to the scheme and lack of funds led to the decision . |
| 20 | The fertile play of dialogue in these novels , often predominating on the printed page , is a constant stream of signals flashed to the reader to help him estimate the age , the mood , and the standing — real or pretended — of their characters from instant to instant . |
| 21 | That argument might have some merit only if the requirements laid down by Community law with regard to the exercise by the member states of the powers which they retained with regard to the registration of vessels conflicted with the rules of international law . |
| 22 | Slowly the line of cars inched towards the Customs sheds . |
| 23 | Electricity supplies were disrupted and scores of cars slithered off the roads . |
| 24 | It was only a moment or two before a couple of cars came up the hill and screeched into the side of the road . |
| 25 | A special vote of thanks went to the organiser , Graham Davies . |
| 26 | A couple of silhouettes emerged from the glare of light . |
| 27 | From the window we could see to the right a barrel-organ with a small dog dressed as a clown , to the left a pile of rags heaped on the Métro ventilation grille . |
| 28 | However , the possibility that hydrogen atoms could undergo fusion reactions and produce large amounts of neutrons led to the work being classified in 1951 . |
| 29 | There had been no buying or selling at Seamer for very many years , but in 1987 hundreds of gypsies arrived with the intention of reviving the horse trading which used to take place . |
| 30 | Zimbabwe has begun an experimental scheme to track its remaining rhino by the use of transponders implanted in the animals ' skin . |