Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , it is possible to show that there was a marked increase in the number of married children living with parents during the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century in cotton towns — quite the reverse of what one would expect if it is true that industrialization broke up the extended family . |
| 2 | Sir Patrick said that analysis backed up the view of Lord Colville , who conducted the review of the emergency laws , that only a small minority of cases involved allegations of police assaults inside the holding centres . |
| 3 | A party of revellers in black and red velvet doublets and hose ran down the arcade , showering everyone with confetti . |
| 4 | THOUSANDS of islanders fled in terror yesterday as 20ft walls of boiling mud and ash roared down the slopes of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines . |
| 5 | The black wings and running-board set off the sober mole colour of the body , and the President glowed as he proudly explained the working of the controls and gear lever , opened the doors to display the interior with its adjustable foot-rests for the rear-seat passengers and obliged a request from one admirer to see how much space there was in the luggage compartment at the back . |
| 6 | After the Sun was formed , piercing heat and radioactivity drove out the icy particles which formed giant balls of gas further out . |
| 7 | But it 's only just over two and a half years since the village Post Office and shop put up the shutters for the last time . |
| 8 | The weight of opinion and evidence bore out the view that " Britain has one of the fairest , most effective and most socially accountable forms of cost containment of any country " ( Barr et al. |
| 9 | Another rain squall blotted out the harbour and water cascaded down the window panes . |
| 10 | After a hard frost the passage walls sweated and water trickled down the corridors . |
| 11 | The hot sun burnt his back and sweat ran down the rags of his shorts . |
| 12 | An indeterminate mass of concrete and steel plunged down the centre of the stairwell , exploding like a bomb on the ground floor below . |
| 13 | as if she had had a signal from the Chief Superintendent , Sergeant Henley subsided and Coffin took over the questioning . |
| 14 | Music drifted from open windows and traffic droned down the King 's Road . |
| 15 | Lisa settled down with the bulldog clip that held the current day 's orders , and Folly picked up the accounts book . |
| 16 | Summer died under the weight of falling leaves , and autumn filled up the ruts in the road with rainwater , like blood filling fresh claw-marks . |
| 17 | If the tasks to be done are more complex , and surrounded by a higher degree of uncertainty , then co-ordination may be done more efficiently through instructions and information passed down the managerial hierarchy . |
| 18 | The police said to begin with they were powerless to intervene , until disorder broke out the only offence being committed was trespass . |
| 19 | The local press and radio picked up the story and carried it week after week — for a couple of years the gay struggle was big news for the folks back home . |
| 20 | She goes Dear Doctor Allen , My Mum and Dad went out the other day and I was bored so I started rubbing my dog and my dog got turned on and so did I . |
| 21 | ‘ Thallium , ’ you said , ‘ job for you ! ’ and thallium picked up the papers , simpered , and went out into the world to do your bidding . |
| 22 | A music lecturer at the College of Arts and Technology cleared up the mystery . |
| 23 | In their hands , structural anthropology and semiology took on the study of the structural form of meaningful systems . |
| 24 | Brown pulled a goal back for Haverhill after 65 minutes , but –––Norwich sewed up the points when Gill scored their third . |
| 25 | But Rain kept up the pretence until she climbed the stairs to the studio . |
| 26 | But FT-SE shook off the blues and notched up a 29.5-point leap to 2687.8 . |
| 27 | The old Gymnasium could then become additional space for Art , while Geography took over the old Library . |
| 28 | Since ATP took over the tour , World Series tournaments , ( for which the minimum ‘ financial commitment ’ such as prize money , tournament fees and other costs are now called , increases in 1993 by 20 per cent to $300,000 ) , have been allowed to pay appearance money . |
| 29 | The cab drew up outside an enormous emporium in the very heart of the town , and Ellie alighted while Madame paid off the cab . |
| 30 | They talked for a while longer before Coffin put down the receiver and returned to look out of the window . |