Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | His coat and waistcoat swiftly followed it and his fingers ripped away the neckcloth about his throat , heedless of the ruin they effected . |
2 | How thrilled the girl had been to be going to the Holy City , how lovely she had looked in a jacket of scarlet silk , a birthday present given only the day before by Mrs Browning , how she had glowed and shivered with anticipation … |
3 | On most days the official programme occupied only the evenings so that day time was available for sightseeing . |
4 | The solution to these two difficulties was provided by the trust , which at a stroke solved both the problem of third-party involvement and that of enforcement . |
5 | Now there are cars parked right the way up and even on to the roundabout , and I think a lot of these erm persons erm with the cars are probably from the Polytechnic . |
6 | its as bad as our house , I say the secret in our house drove cars is three cars parked out the front , so you 've got a bit of grass , three cars parked there , you 're not allowed to park on the dri , drive , , sometimes parking round the front , but |
7 | What 's the betting this McCoy 's running a big racket , paying Charlie Hatton to leave his lorry unattended and paying him to keep other lorry drivers occupied whenever the chance presents itself ? |
8 | And how are the weights carried on the weight cloth ? |
9 | And Andy written down the back if you want to scratch it . |
10 | Swindon swept back within seconds for Maskell to score , but a minute later he had his spot-kick turned around the post by Steve Sutton . |
11 | A great deal hung on the relationship participants were able to establish , and in this any status differential could prove problematic . |
12 | Waves washed away the words on the page as they swamped islands , ships , sailing craft and poets ' daughters . |
13 | In the drawing shown here the decision is less obvious . |
14 | The time was now about nine-thirty , and I must have looked ghastly , for a young nurse who popped in with a set of pyjamas sized up the situation in a second and popped out again , running down the corridor calling for help . |
15 | Just to conclude , I share the view expressed already by Councillor , that just as the issue of the elderly persons homes brought about the loss of control for the Conservatives in , be sure the Health Service will bring about the downfall of the Conservatives in White Hall . |
16 | ‘ But it is n't , ’ she cried , frantic now as her words brought home the enormity of what was happening . |
17 | The programme marked perhaps the beginning of Mrs Whitehouse 's attempts to influence the content of particular programmes . |
18 | The monster 's blood burnt away the grass on Dragon 's hill . |
19 | ODDEST sight of the week : top Tory ‘ mandarin ’ Allan Clarke giggling at the readers ' tips in Viz : ‘ Taxi drivers , why not pop into your local garage and have your indicators fixed then the rest of us would know where you 're going … |
20 | As a result , the cocoa exporters cut down the use of the toxic pills . |
21 | You can indicate which SPRs are to be Closed or Replied to at this page , in preparation for making these relationships fixed once the SSR is submitted . |
22 | ‘ For it was then that the Vietminh had in one quick stroke taken over the nationalism of the country , that Ho had achieved the legitimacy of power . ’ |
23 | There was no vote taken on the bus . |
24 | The proposal would not prevent unofficial action taken on the day without any notice . |
25 | The agent would agree with the promoter that for every pound taken on the door , the artist will receive a certain percentage . |
26 | We measure the region 's troubles in terms of assassinations and war deaths but often forget the toll taken on the living by that everyday acquaintance with fear . |
27 | Other drivers described how the Metro overtook a caravan and then started weaving from side to side . |
28 | Study 5 had two conditions , one set of drivers described fully all the salient information in a film , a second set of drivers described specifically the types of risks that were present in the film . |
29 | Tolby smoothed back the tufts of hair above his ears and tried to smile back . |
30 | But the ambience called up the shades of Toulouse-Lautrec and Gaugin , and of Mimi , and these began to work their fermentation in my imagination . |