Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] the national " in BNC.

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1 Demonstrators ripped up the national flag amid shouts of ‘ Yesterday Timisoara , today Bucharest . ’
2 The struggle for survival is all that he knows : ‘ When we were in charge during the riots , ’ he says ‘ we pulled down the national flag outside the supermarket .
3 Soldiers again briefly took over the national radio station on Dec. 15 to broadcast their demands .
4 As Sherman saw the teacher stop and point in the other direction , he dropped to a quadrupedal stance , put down the National Geographic , stopped vocalizing completely , lost his pilo-erection , and appeared completely dejected .
5 A majority of the 1916 conference called for action to end the war , immediately provoking Hyndman and his supporters , including Jack Jones ( soon to become Labour MP for Silvertown ) and Thorne to depart and set up the National Socialist Party ( NSP ) .
6 Brazil set up the National Bank for Economic and Social Development ( BNDES ) in the 1950s .
7 It forbade a number of unfair practices used by employers to block union development , and set up the National Labor Board to sort out problems and act as " umpire " between labour and management .
8 I remind the hon. Lady who set up the National Rivers Authority .
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