Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing that Mr Radley 's word was his bond , that judge gladly accepted the offer . |
| 2 | In summary , bFGF administered orally or given parenterally accelerated the healing of acetic acid induced gastric ulcers in rats . |
| 3 | And then , his right hand , rising to undo the buttons of her high-collared black dress , his other arm unconsciously straining her to him , closer and closer so that she could feel his arousal brought on a memory so dreadful to McAllister , a memory which she had fought against for months — and fear suddenly won the battle . |
| 4 | In place of saying that if the effect occurred so did the cause , we may say that the occurrence of the effect required that of the cause . |
| 5 | Mainstream criticism of Distant Voices , Still Lives constantly referred the film both to art in general and to particular works of art . |
| 6 | Fascinated by this display , Wong Long captured the mantis and took it home with him . |
| 7 | So far as one can judge , the women 's resistance movement was formed towards the end of June 1910 , that is while talks were still inconclusive , and before the events reported above led the management of Neill 's and Morrison & Gibb 's to sign the memorial . |
| 8 | Nakasone thus hijacked the concept of ‘ Japanese ’ for his private — or rather , class — definition . |
| 9 | This is how one of the more sceptical psychiatrists involved later described the patient 's case : ‘ I must admit that such a remarkable response has been a surprise to me . |
| 10 | And villagers walking past gave the gathering a wide berth , and spat in disgust with disparaging comments . |
| 11 | The Campaign Against Drinking and Driving also condemned the sentence , as did the back-bench Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens , who called it derisory . |
| 12 | Both Noah and Forget also offered the suggestion that perhaps the Americans had been caught napping because they were over confident . |
| 13 | However , on another occasion , Snowden explained that his free-trade and budgetary views had not changed but that the surplus they had earned now permitted the nation to financially support ‘ Lloyd George 's New Deal ’ . |
| 14 | Now that the new system of advanced courses is becoming well established the time has come for the work of the Central Support Unit to be absorbed into mainstream SCOTVEC Departments . |
| 15 | He finished mopping then carried the towel to the basin in the corner and dropped it in . |
| 16 | Because English law has nowhere declared the principle as a fundamental one , rather than a mere residual one ( as in Woolmington ) , legislators have felt free to heap burdens on defendants , the Public Order Act 1986 being a prime example in recent times ( see [ 1987 ] Crim.L.R. 153 ) . |
| 17 | The approach to the city with the scriptural shouts evidently attracted the attention of the Passover crowds already in the city , as well as the disapproval of the religious leaders of the nation , to whose critical remarks Jesus retorted : ‘ If these should be silent even the huge stones of the Temple walls would cry out . ’ |
| 18 | ISU photographs certainly disproved the myth once and for all — yes , Tom did have hair ! ! |
| 19 | When the recent IWC annual meeting voted to ban all commercial whaling ( 25 for , 7 against ) the Japanese delegation and press predictably condemned the decision . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , those waiting for the chance to go soon passed the age of seventeen , the upper limit for Youth Allyah emigration visas . |
| 21 | During the night preceding the planned offensive , however , the weather suddenly deteriorated : the temperature dropped , snow soon covered the ground and a blizzard reduced visibility to an arm 's length . |
| 22 | It is to be doubted , however , whether they would have done so had the Monarch exercised a wide personal discretion without seeking the advice of Conservative elders . |
| 23 | We would not have done so had the fee been £600 . |
| 24 | The impact of the war and the dislocation of the British economy and society that it caused greatly expanded the variety and impact of ideas on the sources of fascism . |
| 25 | The family moved to London in 1897 , and Rosenberg was educated at the Baker Street Board School in Stepney , where his natural gift for both drawing and writing so impressed the headmaster that he allowed him to spend most of his time on them . |
| 26 | Rourke only got the part because the film 's director , Walter Hill , insisted on using him . |
| 27 | Sarah Yardley 's excellent article on Goat Welfare in the August issue wisely asked the question ‘ do we need to breed ? ’ |
| 28 | But the open goal and late penalty with which he was presented both hit the woodwork . |
| 29 | In other parts of Britain such ideas were more difficult to put across except to relatively small minorities or in the predominantly proletarian areas of central Scotland where miners , engineers and shipbuilders also constituted the majority of wage earners . |
| 30 | Hazlitt carefully observed the visitor 's appearance — the broad , high forehead , the projecting eyebrows , and the dark , rolling eyes . |