Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trent sprinted up the dock and spotted the President 's granddaughter . |
| 2 | Profit taking among construction groups wiped out the gains made in the wake of the Chancellor 's speech . |
| 3 | The chestnut-seller laid out the chestnuts on the grating to cool and then brought them over to Owen and Georgiades . |
| 4 | Housework is defended as ‘ real ’ and ‘ hard ’ work , a defence made all the more necessary because of the low status and value conventionally accorded to it . |
| 5 | BBC entertainment chief Jim Moir announced yesterday the programme will run until at least April 1994 . |
| 6 | The man who , up to then , had experienced 18 years as a player at the highest level revealed how the sack made him determined to prove he had not suddenly become second rate . |
| 7 | Colin fought back the inevitable question . |
| 8 | Only migratory birds sought out the marshes — in late summer on the way south to warmer climes and in early spring on the way north to breeding grounds . |
| 9 | On arrival , Stirling divided up the area between the two squadrons . |
| 10 | The driver sought out the agreed parking space which was as far away as possible from the canteen and shop complex . |
| 11 | While the fireman attended to a brew , the driver sought out the R.S.F. in his lair , and enquired the loco number ‘ 4913 ’ came the reply . |
| 12 | With singer Bradley acting out his Mozzer fantasies by lurching around on top of the monitors — only lacking a bunch of daffs stuffed down the back of his pants — their arrogance level has been hoisted a welcome couple of notches . |
| 13 | As Lisa laid down the phone her hand was shaking . |
| 14 | The captain of the guard led them on to the scaffold , a scrawny-faced clerk gabbled out the sentence of the court . |
| 15 | So even if Lisa made up the deliveries , there was no reason why she should make the connection . |
| 16 | In addition to specifying what the core should contain , the framework laid down the percentage of the timetable to be allocated to some subjects , for example , English and mathematics were each to be allocated ten per cent . |
| 17 | In July 1914 air travel was still a novelty to many people and during an outing by employees of an Accrington firm of billiard table makers to Blackpool , a deaf employee named Jack Hargreaves became possibly the first deaf man ever to go up in an aeroplane when he went up as a passenger in a two-seater Fokkers biplane piloted by a Mr. H. Blackburn . |
| 18 | In relation to Chloe , Pauline and Dan lived out the conflicts of their own adolescence . |
| 19 | As the heat of the afternoon penetrated even the cool heavy shutters and stone floors of the farmhouse , the feasting guests gradually reduced their assault on the table , and drowsiness floated in with the warm air , caught them in a soft hug and lulled them to sleep . |
| 20 | I 'd blown it , and I stood on stage in a semi-circle with the rest of the acts and an artificially bright smile , while the compère read out the marks awarded to each act by the three judges . |
| 21 | Frau Nordern asked when the hubbub had died down . |
| 22 | Photographs , coloured yarn and a short text made up the rest of the display . |
| 23 | Bernard stubbed out the cigarette and got to his feet . |
| 24 | Luce caught only the tail-end of Rosa 's murmur as the housekeeper slipped out , closing the door quietly behind her . |
| 25 | Between them Locke and Newton built up the mental picture of the universe which the educated classes in the eighteenth century absorbed as incontrovertible truth . |
| 26 | EAST GERMANY battened down the hatches yesterday on the eve of Mikhail Gorbachev 's arrival in its capital , Berlin , for the fortieth anniversary of the country 's creation . |
| 27 | John Stewart demonstrated how the budgetary environment can impact on the culture of public sector organisations . |
| 28 | The University had filed for patents , believing that millions of dollars could accrue if test-tube fusion were commercially practical , and the patent lawyers were concerned about what would happen if other groups found out the results and duplicated them . |
| 29 | Nutty found both the running and swimming hard , but had no option but to keep up with the boys . |
| 30 | She smiled , and her heart beat away the seconds , tick-tock , tick-tock , tick-tock . |