Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that also that said to me at the point that there is , people need to er , be paid attendance because otherwise you deny people the opportunity to be able to stand for council , there , otherwise you are going to end up with those that are either rich or retired as the only people who can attend a council which , and therefore we must remember that and make sure those who want to have the opportunity to participate in local government are actually compensated for their , for their erm , for their work . |
| 2 | related to the existing er agricultural or related to the agricultural buildings , that will be put up before this is built . |
| 3 | Much of the initial cost of setting up the campaign was covered either by various committee members somehow doing things for free or came from the remainder of the money raised at the Comedy Store . |
| 4 | So many of them were interrelated or came from the same Sardinian village that all of them , with or without a record , could usually tell him something if they would . |
| 5 | He found it and clung there for a while , then pushed clear and knelt among the waves , head lowered . |
| 6 | He wiped them clear and peered inside the smoking gap . |
| 7 | It was a dazzling Saturday afternoon , and the park was full of contented people : children stood knicker-deep in bliss , stroking the paddling-pool as if it were some great tame animal ; attendant mothers soaked in the sun ; lovers were prone and entranced on the grass . |
| 8 | In tests with intragastric administration of bFGF , the peptide was dissolved in 1 ml of saline and instilled into the stomach via the cannula of the gastric fistula and the fistula was closed for 30 minutes . |
| 9 | He prepared the altar for Mass , opened the-door and waited for the small trickle of his congregation to enter . |
| 10 | I would have got the answer wrong and plumped for the gin riots . |
| 11 | Her anguished voice made her mother realise something was seriously wrong and dashed to the family home in Spennymoor , County Durham . |
| 12 | Each had a feather-plumed bonnet and the filabeg , the small plaid , heavy wool an arm 's length wide and four arm-spans long , pleated and belted at the waist , the free end swung up and pinned over the shoulder of his saffron-dyed shirt . |
| 13 | I am deeply grateful to my parents for the fact that until I was twelve years old and started at the grammar school , I was completely unaware of class distinctions . |
| 14 | The brittle hysteria of the singing heightened Dexter 's mood before he finally broke free and roared past the Jaguar . |
| 15 | She pulled her arm free and walked to the booth , lifting the receiver off the wall . |
| 16 | His fingers were sweaty , his touch proprietorial , and all at once she wrenched free and turned to the man who 'd come to her assistance . |
| 17 | But as she shook her hair free and turned to the door , she realised that Miguel was already missing . |
| 18 | Again , Yanto managed to grab the tail , and yet again the fish broke free and leapt in the air . |
| 19 | Rogers twisted free and pounded across the grass . |
| 20 | The crypt was damp and smelled of the occupation of the past six nights . |
| 21 | The young leaves are very narrow , ribbon-like , linear and pointed at the tip . |
| 22 | All that is most sensible and clearheaded in the Catholic church will meet in Rome on May 17 to celebrate the beatification of Mgr Josemaria Escriva ( 1902–1975 ) who founded Opus Dei , the unecstatic religious movement which may yet save Christianity from the sex therapists . |
| 23 | He seemed embarrassed and stammered for the first time in his English . |
| 24 | The footpath that runs with the burn is not one of those carefully waymarked and leafleted by the Forestry Commission . |
| 25 | His ideal hero was a knightly hero who besides being brave and loyal was dignified , chivalrous , compassionate and vowed to the service of a rigid standard of personal conduct , the slightest violation of which is an unappeasable torment to his conscience . |
| 26 | I went back into the club proper and headed for the ‘ phone . |
| 27 | First , the agreement that risk should pass independently from property was not express but inferred by the court from the circumstances of the case . |
| 28 | ‘ But the men were many and clever and shot at the eagles with arrows , and trapped them in nets and put them to death , one after another . |
| 29 | The chef promises to deliver a three course meal for your dinner party , cooked and served in the manner of the Roman era … complete with togas . |
| 30 | The meal that accompanied it was a feast , cooked and served by the patronne with justifiable pride : tiny moules marinières , which tasted as if they had been cut from the rocks that morning ; bifteck , brown and crisp on the outside , perfectly rare within ; a platter of thin crisp sizzling hot pommes frites ; an excellent salad , served in a plain white bowl . |