Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newman slowly put down the receiver . |
| 2 | More importantly , both groups wittily peel back the scabs of modern pop until they form into mottled bruises . |
| 3 | While climbing Britomartis Instead , it is worth noting that the second sentence of the description to pitch one should be deleted if the climber is not to pass the correct line and attempt a new route somewhere further along the wall . |
| 4 | Dyson slowly turned over the empty pages of his diary . |
| 5 | Despite the party leadership 's opposition to aspects of Mr Nemeth 's austerity measures , the budget is expected to be approved today , after parliament successfully watered down the controversial changes in housing policy which entailed steep rent rises and a sharp increase in mortgage payments . |
| 6 | The British Press habitually looks for an opportunity eventually to knock down the heroes they have created and placed on pedestals , if only to do something new . |
| 7 | And now the child watched Ben slowly lay down the half-eaten trotter and hold up both hands before his large face . |
| 8 | And when Parliament eventually turned back the tide of opposition to Eyre and voted financial support to the former Governor , it was poetically appropriate that those who had been most vocal in their support for the Garotter 's Act — such as Mr Adderley and the rampant Colonel North — should be in the thick of it again , shouting their praise for Eyre 's loyalty to the Crown and his firm action that had saved a colony . |
| 9 | But there are substantial legal problems as major financial institutions literally pick up the pieces and look to their future . |
| 10 | The Prince carelessly handed over the sealed paper , then sent one of his Dutch aides to enquire about the identity of the girl in the diaphanous gold dress . |
| 11 | The only gateway from the Walks was directly opposite the church , so that the Lassiters rarely walked up the village itself . |
| 12 | Donna rarely ventured down the wooden ladder into it ; it was not well lit and , despite Ward–s attempts to convince her otherwise , she was certain that the entire cellar was seething with spiders , creatures she was frightened of . |
| 13 | Doc Threadneedle slowly turned up the lights . |
| 14 | Only time and scholarship eventually sort out the various relationships of artists who worked together . |
| 15 | As it was , de Lattre constantly held out the prospect of Chinese intervention , apparently believing it himself and certainly capitalizing on it in the US . |
| 16 | Whereas a traditional craftsman would decide what should be done , how it should be done , when it should be done , and to what level of quality , as well as actually executing the task itself , modern management within capitalism takes on all these former conceptual functions , leaving labour merely to carry out the mechanical aspects of performing the manual task . |
| 17 | Opulent decors and images only point up the jadedness , and the tale of a deracinated interloper ( Beatrice Dalle ) caught up in family plotting at the chateau turns into a risible cross between Edgar Allan Poe and Homes And Gardens . |
| 18 | The wind only blew out the candles but not the enthusiasm in our hearts as we prayed and sang in honour of Our Lady . |
| 19 | When a drover 's or farmer 's beasts went missing , they were liable to find their way into rogues ' hiding-places such as the deep cleft of the Devil 's Beef Tub near the source of the River Tweed above Moffat , where encircling hills seemed , according to Sir Walter Scott , to be ‘ laying their heads together to shut out the daylight from the dark hollow space between them ’ . |
| 20 | While the two aircraft commanders get their heads together to sort out the best approach to the problem we have been set , the two pilots sort out the flying side of life . |
| 21 | So are you gon na have to restrict training in er operational flights jaguar at a stretch just to stretch out the hours ? |
| 22 | When the tape finally ran out the eight members present were silent with shock . |
| 23 | I used to play football just to get out the aggression . |
| 24 | Through lively , lashing , conscientiously structured songs like ‘ Cartoon World ’ , ‘ Boy Girl ’ , ‘ Out Of Control ’ , ‘ Trevor ’ , ‘ Twilight ’ , ‘ The Dream Is Over ’ , ‘ Another Day ’ , ‘ Shadows in Tall Trees ’ , potently splicing the wiggly world and the real world , U2 desperately point out the absurdity and danger of the happiness we 're continually told we enjoy/envy/suffer/ca n't do without . |
| 25 | With one last defiant surge of power the jeep finally gave up the ghost . |
| 26 | Do , shall I get one of these for David just to jot down the hours ? |
| 27 | The hurricane would never blow itself out ; and at its eye was a figure already taking on the lineaments of a familiar enough twentieth-century ‘ type ’ , the male-dominated , passion-ridden female so well-known to the readers of the novels of Barbara Cartland . |
| 28 | When Richard finally took up the scrip and staff of a pilgrim , the latter broke under him . |
| 29 | Last week 's win on Richard Hannon 's Swing Low at Goodwood was vintage stuff from the Dromore man and his weekend excursions to the Continent usually bring back the bacon . |
| 30 | Last week 's win on Richard Hannon 's Swing Low at Goodwood was vintage stuff from the Dromore man and his weekend excursions to the Continent usually bring back the bacon . |