Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the thieves had eccentric tastes — they stole two goldfish , her cascading waterfall , a stone ornamental duck and a stone toadstool — plus a bucket to take away the fish . |
| 2 | Judy Dunn and a co-worker observed directly the interactions of brothers and sisters in their own homes , in forty-three pairs of siblings . |
| 3 | ( 4 ) He explicitly introduced the fact that the committing justices had found a case to answer whereby the jury may have been influenced adversely to the appellant . |
| 4 | The deal provokes further speculation that Rowland is preparing the way for a successor to take over the group he has led for 30 years . |
| 5 | A DRIVER called out the AA to repair an oil leak after he hit a frozen turkey lying in the road . |
| 6 | The new Prime Minister was obliged , yesterday morning , to send a driver to find out the telephone number of one of his key ministers , before Mr Singh could pass on the good news of his appointment . |
| 7 | A stolen refrigerated truck drives the wrong way up the autobahn — that was seen by a driver coming up the northbound lane — and Tweed 's Mercedes was somewhere not far ahead . |
| 8 | ‘ All three put up a struggle to fight off the attacker . |
| 9 | On the night of Saturday 27 June a gang broke down the door of one of the galleries of the unguarded archaeological museum on the Cycladic island of Paros and stole eighteen exhibits , mostly marble figurines , dated to the Cycladic early Bronze Age ( 3200–2100 BC ) , with an estimated value of just under £300,000 . |
| 10 | If ever a sentence summed up the gale of change that is blasting through Yorkshire cricket this season it is that one . |
| 11 | The second section considers elements of ‘ crafting ’ : the way in which a writer puts together the pieces of the text and chooses correct and appropriate language . |
| 12 | but still he fought , kicking and struggling until a blow blotted out the world ... |
| 13 | If the confrontation between Nazareth and Rome looks like it 's becoming unproductive , the teacher can come out of role and ask the children to reflect on what has been happening — perhaps through discussion , perhaps through a short piece of writing ( a diary entry , a letter to a friend , a sketch representing how the townspeople feel about the power relationship , or — shifting the perspective — the report that the Roman has to make to his commanding officer ) . |
| 14 | They pause , watching her long walk across the grass , a supplicant walking up the cathedral nave , she has a sense of awe , her hands are cold and damp in spite of the heat . |
| 15 | Then you have a drug to take away the pain of the drug that is killing the cancer cells which unfortunately makes you sick and then they give you something to try to reduce that sickness , so you have one battling the other , battling the other . |
| 16 | From July it will be illegal for anyone other than a vet to carry out the operation . |
| 17 | Cheshire Railtours are planning a rail tour up the WCML to Carlisle and return via the S & C on Saturday 17th April 1993 , cost £20 . |
| 18 | Later in the chapter I provide a framework indicating how the form of regulation we shall discuss — sometimes called " economic regulation " — relates to certain other types . |
| 19 | Such a framework brings together the contradictions of death , pain , destruction and despair on the one hand , and life , pleasure , creation and joy on the other . |
| 20 | The input/output address of the VidiPC card can be easily changed by setting a jumper switch on the board . |
| 21 | A horse came down the ramp in one bound , as if on wings , hit the concrete in a shower of sparks . |
| 22 | I knew that I would get a lift on a boat going up the canal . |
| 23 | Merchants came next , men and women , then a prostitute ; a beggar brought up the rear , these allegorical figures representing the inescapable gradations of decay . |
| 24 | As the Revenue only allow a 10% mark up the tax gains can not exceed 1.5% of the turnover put through the company . |
| 25 | The bank had arranged for a four-wheeler to pick up the messenger , round the back of the building . |
| 26 | It is scientific knowledge that enables an astronomer to predict when the next eclipse of the sun will occur or a physicist to explain why the boiling-point of water is lower than normal at high altitudes . |
| 27 | The disadvantage is that they require a transformer to step down the voltage , which either means fairly expensive fittings ( incorporating the transformer so they can replace existing fittings ) , or expensive wiring from a central transformer to the light fittings — low voltage means high current , so the wires have to be much bigger than normal lighting wiring . |
| 28 | It did n't take a Freud to work out the significance of that dream , she thought dully , making her way to the tiny cabinet which the hotel proprietors chose to call a private bathroom . |
| 29 | A soldier pointed out the strangers to his commanding officer . |
| 30 | Some late night joy-riding fool of a soldier ripping up the beach with his big truck tyres ? |