Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Gide and many others in mind , Said observes that virtually no European writer who wrote on or travelled to the Orient in the period after 1800 exempted himself or herself from a quest for sexual experience unobtainable in Europe : |
| 2 | Now , if she were seated in her old place , wedged between the window and Penini , with his mother opposite encircled in her husband 's arms , or , if the men rode alongside or travelled on the outside of the carriage , sitting with her mistress while Pen and Flush lay on the other seat — now she would feel stifled , trapped , longing to get out . |
| 3 | The bombers could be brought down or exploded in the air by Surface-to-Air Missiles and SAMS were being turned out like sausages , according to Khrushchev , in order to ring Moscow and other cities . |
| 4 | For example in Estate Agents documents the phrases ‘ within easy walking distance ’ and ‘ sought after ’ are very common , and for use in such a context , these would be included in or added to the compound lexicon . |
| 5 | Numerous chapels are set in or added to the walls but the chief area for this is the chevet . |
| 6 | There will not be the same winding down that occurred with the old rating system . |
| 7 | Er er well the engine which should have pulled , the post train , broke down so that went to the works and the engine which took its replacement |
| 8 | So that viewed from the purl side it 's the opposite way round to the mylar sheet , while on the knit side it 's the same way round as the mylar sheet of course . |
| 9 | So that added to the delight and fullness of life . |
| 10 | He greeted her very warmly and blushed in the sweetest way when she gave him a sisterly kiss . |
| 11 | Harry folded his arms , smiled as if he knew better and strolled about the room . |
| 12 | I jumped up suddenly and ran into the crowds of people in the dark . |
| 13 | Just then , a customer got up suddenly and hurried to the door . |
| 14 | For centuries civilised man thought poetry was the pinnacle he must reach for — ’ He caught himself suddenly and smiled for the first time Blanche had known him to , the embarrassed smile of a passionate devotee who suddenly discovers that everyone around him , whom he thought entranced by his obsession , was in fact sniggering behind his back . |
| 15 | Joseph tugged at his brother 's sleeve suddenly and nodded across the room . |
| 16 | The snow was falling thickly and poured past the window in blizzard proportions as the plane hurled itself into the Arctic night . |
| 17 | Constantly looking back , Richmann hurried inside and waved at the sentries . |
| 18 | His fingers dispensed with the buttons on the front of her dress and his hands , warm and firm and so , so clever , slipped inside and teased at the lace of her bra . |
| 19 | I looked at it afresh and came to the same conclusion . ’ |
| 20 | I careered down the snow-slope below and sat in the shelter of a boulder to watch Roger abseil down the ice pitch , coiled the ropes and climb carefully down to join me for a marvellously welcome brew under the Shelter Stone . |
| 21 | He held the parcel out and then let it fall , and it had time enough to turn lazily over before it landed with a solid smack on the terrace below and bounced towards the rail . |
| 22 | I went below and peered inside the cabin — a tiny fixed table with divan-type seats on either side . |
| 23 | Then he shifted impatiently and gestured to the drawing-room . |
| 24 | All the windows were broken and came in and landed on the people working . ’ |
| 25 | Thus , to the primary objective : the production of a new OED for the twenty-first century ; we must add a second objective : the electronic handling and delivery of the information contained in and added to the OED , so that the latter is able to be altered in response to changes in the language . |
| 26 | But after he sat down and thought about it he came in and apologised to the lads . ’ |
| 27 | He made sure they were both tucked in and went to the door . |
| 28 | He did n't even knock but just walked right in and went through the house looking to see if we had anything of value to part with before we could receive any relief . |
| 29 | A Japanese man came in and asked about the china ducks . |
| 30 | Schellenberg told Rossman to go in and walked along the corridor . |