Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the proceedings reinforced Castro 's dominance of the PCC , some decisions ratified by the congress , in particular accepting direct election of all delegates to the National Assembly of People 's Powers , were interpreted as signs that he had either made tactical concessions or had recognized the need for gradual change . |
| 2 | She did it twice , then pulled the instrument from her ears and began to unwrap the rubber . |
| 3 | After Kristallnacht he forbade further attacks on Jews and tried to have the worst ringleaders punished by the courts . |
| 4 | Miss Honey put down her pencil and removed her spectacles and began to polish the lenses with a piece of tissue . |
| 5 | The Reich 's rearmament programme and the continued high level of subsidy to Danzig had caused a severe drain on German gold reserves and had upset the balance of payments . |
| 6 | Whether it was Millie 's infuriated strength that caused the woman 's grasp on the scissors to slacken , or that she changed her tactics and meant to direct the scissors towards the child 's face , could n't be known , but Millie grabbed at the open blades and , managing to twist them round , consciously or by accident drove one of the blades into the nun 's arm . |
| 7 | By 1978 Britain , under Labour , was still in the EEC , the government had an incomes policy of sorts and had curbed the growth of public expenditure , and private education remained . |
| 8 | They knew little about computers and had bought the discs from another counterfeiter who 's yet to be caught . |
| 9 | They knew little about computers and had bought the discs from another counterfeiter who 's yet to be caught . |
| 10 | Despite this relatively small cost the Reagan Administration was encouraged to seek further savings and decided to put the whole operation out to private tender ( reported in the TES , 28 October , 1982 , p.12 ) . |
| 11 | Myself and another Englishman called Ronny were given rakes and told to clear the leaves off a huge area of gravel . |
| 12 | By 1991 , the IWC scientific committee had developed a revised management procedure ( RMP ) to provide adequate safeguards and had estimated the population of Antarctic minke whale at 760,000 , well above the number needed to resume commercial whaling ( see Nature 357 , 532 ; 1992 ) . |
| 13 | It was late in the afternoon , almost evening by now , and the restaurants were beginning to fill up as people emerged from their siestas and began to promenade the streets . |
| 14 | Mrs Thatcher had established her environmentalist credentials in several speeches and had replaced the true-blue but ungreen Nicholas Ridley with the practically viridescent Chris Patten as Environment Secretary . |
| 15 | We quickly integrated into the schools and grew to like the place |
| 16 | Among these has been the establishment of the Student Advisory Committee comprised of more than a dozen students from different schools and intended to provide the basis of a national forum for addressing of student concerns and promoting their interests . |
| 17 | The man came down the steps and began to cross the courtyard . |
| 18 | Control of the existing social machinery counted for quite a lot in this battle ; the reformers forced some concessions but failed to topple the existing hierarchy . |
| 19 | Nationwide rioting in 1918 over the price of rice started in rural areas and threatened to reduce the country to chaos . |
| 20 | Working quickly now , they took screwdrivers from their pockets and began loosening the screws that secured the steel bars to the window frame . |
| 21 | After a couple of minutes he heard the familiar clanking sound that indicated that Fagg was taking refuge in the contents of his various pockets and had commenced the process of smearing snuff all over himself and the surrounding furniture . |
| 22 | Police launched an investigation into Henry 's death the next morning … they talked to party-goers and tried to trace the supply chain of the drug . |
| 23 | The torchbearer crossed the square to the woman at the stake , and the crowd rose to its feet and began reciting the Dies Irae . |
| 24 | Going to the chair where he was already dropping off to sleep , she gently pulled him to his feet and began peeling the clothes from his back . |
| 25 | He shook his head in despair then got to his feet and went to open the door . |
| 26 | She inspected her bare feet and started to paint the toe-nails . |
| 27 | Alan Knott , England 's wicketkeeper , obligingly removed the bails and began pulling the stumps out , presumably to save square-leg umpire Gosein the job . |
| 28 | 11–2–1903 The Moderator intimated that owing to the state of his health he was no longer able to perform all his duties and resolved to ask the General Assembly for a grant from the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund to aid in securing the services of an unordained assistant . |
| 29 | The West Yorkshire team , based at Millgarth police station , Leeds , had selected 64 possible sites and began searching the area around Easton on Tuesday afternoon following advice from a former SAS officer . |
| 30 | In any technical comment you make , please remember that a former editor made a passionate technical plea for the retention of 405 lines but failed to realise the commercial advantages which had then already accrued in the 625 line camp . |