Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb past] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite a bit had spilled over the floor already so nobody would notice any more . |
| 2 | When the six LEAs in the Rampton survey were studied again for the Swann Report , a larger proportion of Afro-Caribbean pupils were obtaining academic qualifications : the percentage of such pupils obtaining five or more higher grades at O level and CSE and those obtaining one or more passes at A level had doubled in the period from 1979 to 1982 . |
| 3 | In July 1986 windsurfers shocked the sailing world with the news that a board had travelled at the astonishing speed of 38.86 knots which is nearly 44 mph . |
| 4 | A drain had overflowed at the end of the road and water was running down the tarmac . |
| 5 | For Gould , eager to shake off the connotations of his previous post as museum curator , and besieged by allegations of being an ‘ indoor naturalist ’ , a sojourn spent collecting in the southern hemisphere would silence even his most vociferous opponents . |
| 6 | It was so weird it made my hair stand on end ; it was almost as if a ghost had walked into the room . |
| 7 | These are practical limits on the beneficiary 's powers , for , although it will not usually be difficult to determine whether a real price was paid , it will regularly be very hard for a beneficiary to show that a buyer did know of the existence of a trust ; and unless this can be shown , no action lies . |
| 8 | A tide began to surge beneath the calm surface of Stephen 's friendliness . |
| 9 | Head of state : King Mswati III who acceded in April 1986 [ see pp. 34337 ] , after a regency had ruled since the death in 1982 of his predecessor King Sobhuza II . |
| 10 | Another time , a photographer had ventured onto the reef that rose up from the sea at the far corner . |
| 11 | There was not a great deal of transatlantic cruising in those days , but whenever a yacht did sail into the harbour Peter rowed over and introduced himself . |
| 12 | Amidst expressions of growing concern by environmentalists and politicians , the Japanese Energy Agency later admitted that engineers had been forced to use a back-up water sprinkler system after a valve had failed during the emergency shut-down process . |
| 13 | There was a swish of skis and a figure came hurtling past the hut , executed a brilliant turn in a flurry of snow and disappeared over the shoulder of the mountain . |
| 14 | To their left , a figure had slipped between the trees that lined the driveway leading to the villa . |
| 15 | A beggar had died on the corner of Threadneedle Street . |
| 16 | The plaintiff 's contention was that a partnership had existed between the defendant and X at the time the goods were purchased , prior to the formation of the company , and since the defendant was a partner , he was fully liable to pay the debt . |
| 17 | A boom had begun on the stock market in 1925 , based on genuine prosperity . |
| 18 | There was another mighty crash and a priest began walking through the congregation swinging a censer and laying his hand on the head of anyone who offered . |
| 19 | Of course , the others laughed at him but he insisted and said that at about the same time I thought I 'd seen Sir Bartholomew , a stranger had arrived in the village late at night and stopped at the ale-house for food and drink . |
| 20 | A couch had appeared on the balcony — had it always been there ? — and they were lying on it together , though he could not remember moving to it . |
| 21 | A dune had encroached onto the road and he was slicing away its tip , tossing it clear of the tarmac behind him . |
| 22 | The lights of a car had swung across the front of the house . |
| 23 | Although they were pleased to see me back , a rift had come between the staff in the Steward 's Office and my office . |
| 24 | A second had failed on the streets of Zagreb , lifted by the Yugoslavs , locked up and the key thrown away . |
| 25 | A tiny weeny hint of a plan began to tinkle at the back of my brain like a triangle at the back of an orchestra . |
| 26 | When a run did develop on the bank after Tiananmen , the Hong Kong government was ready to deal with it . |
| 27 | In a recent incident a vehicle failed to stop at the junction and damaged Curwen House the building on Gubberford Lane almost opposite the end of Tithe Barn Lane . |
| 28 | A boy named came into the world and he shook it . |
| 29 | Trent was unable to read from the map for what distance the banks remained steep but if a fall had blocked off the riverbed then the banks had to be steep right up to where the new river cut away from it . |
| 30 | Mrs Rand , an avid Scrabble player , crossword fan and reader , lived alone in Stockton until just before her 100th birthday when a fall meant moving into the residential village . |