Example sentences of "of [noun pl] and [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there would be a frantic rush to grab an armful of branches and beat out the flames . |
| 2 | We should have knocked in a couple of goals and killed off the game . ’ |
| 3 | I climbed the two flights of stairs and walked down the rickety balcony which led to Ellen 's small end room . |
| 4 | It was then that France , after two centuries of increasing penetration by its missionaries and traders , decided to establish dominion over the Annamese lands and the separate kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia by force of arms and set up the French Indochinese Union . |
| 5 | He moved back to the chest of drawers and took down the photograph of Tatyana Nowak and her husband on Westminster Bridge . |
| 6 | While Western commuters hoist newspapers in front of faces and shut out the rest of society , Chinese people will use a train journey to chat and offer snacks to each other . |
| 7 | ‘ You are a success to them if you fit in with the culture , particularly when they have gone thousands of miles and built up the clubs themselves . |