Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The village was almost deserted : only the old stayed behind — some were too sick or weak or crippled to climb the path to Jimale . |
| 2 | : To assess the use in semantic analysis of definitions extracted from the CED and re-indexed using the 18,800-lexicon , to reduce the ambiguity of output from a text recognition system . |
| 3 | He had got the direction slightly wrong and had passed the dell before he realised it . |
| 4 | After all , they were generous and kept throwing the ball at you — they played the game , but you did n't play back . |
| 5 | Despite her ordeal the woman could only think of her boyfriend , but by the time police arrived to free him , he had wriggled free and managed to open the boot from the inside . |
| 6 | Still the rain , all week it had rained , and his coat was barely dried out from the previous evening and his shoes were still wet and had rejected the polish he had attempted over his breakfast . |
| 7 | The handwriting was adequate but failed to convince the company 's audience of the board 's confidence in these matters . |
| 8 | The program structure was quite simple and served to prove the merits of such a configuration . |
| 9 | Greiner , the state 's Liberal Premier , had called the election 10 months sooner than required and had entered the campaign confident that he would increase his majority . |
| 10 | RICHARD PRINCE 'S series of re-photographed Marlboro cowboy ads are finely printed , enlarged and cropped to lose the logo . |
| 11 | For a party , a layer cake can be iced and decorated to fit the occasion , or according to your political persuasion . |
| 12 | The following morning he brought the two black bulls out of the stable and went to start the ploughing . |
| 13 | His views were later confirmed by SWWA 's own non-executive director John Lawrence who commented in his own report : ‘ There seems to be a culture in which the public are told as little as possible and expected to trust the Authority to look after their interests . ’ |
| 14 | The rooms are spacious and furnished to suit the Victorian features of the house , such as the marble fireplaces in the lounge and drawing room and heavy panelled doors . |
| 15 | After dinner they had got lost , because Betty had fallen asleep and failed to note the few signposts and correlate them with the route on the map . |
| 16 | The images in its head were confusing and seemed to hasten the dying feeling inside . |
| 17 | He said the figure included people who no longer needed treatment , those who had gone private and failed to inform the health authority , and those who were reassessed . |
| 18 | It is important for national courts to use all proper aids to the interpretation of Community legal texts ( such as the preamble ) even if they are not accustomed or allowed to do the same in relation to their own national texts . |
| 19 | He said he had been ill and had forgotten the court date . |
| 20 | I realized he was feeling ill and ran to fetch the rum . |
| 21 | Although I denied being ill and scorned to make the demands for attention usually employed by invalids or malingerers , there is no doubt that I was by this time making a bid for power . |
| 22 | The imposition of this notorious ‘ etcetera oath ’ was , however , a tacit acknowledgement that their policies had proved unpopular and had brought the office of bishop into serious disrepute . |
| 23 | He said Muslim civilians could be evacuated or were free to stay in the enclave and Serb forces would allow the sick and wounded to leave the area . |
| 24 | And I was thrilled and honoured to get the chance to help launch this magazine . |
| 25 | Eagle Trust claimed that WS had originally believed that the equipment was for petrochemical use , but in March 1990 the management had become suspicious and had informed the British authorities . |
| 26 | She found the beating heat oppressive and wanted to ponder the implications of what Christine had just said . |
| 27 | In ‘ 91-'92 the scum lost six games in total but failed to win the championship ( we all know who did ! ) . |
| 28 | In order to make available a single comprehensive Report covering the English curriculum for the whole period of compulsory schooling , we have included in this Report material from our first Report — revised and extended to reflect the needs of the secondary curriculum or to present our arguments more clearly . |
| 29 | The lower cut must be perfectly flat and angled to match the oblique cut on the rootstock . |
| 30 | However , Kenneth Clark , who replied for the government , was not encouraging and seemed to accept the pessimistic view of Neville Trotter , Conservative MP for Tyne mouth , who blamed all the problems on Korean labour costs which were only 20% of those in the UK . |