Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv prt] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would reveal not only the acceptance of cruelty , suffering , destruction , fighting , massacring , torturing and other terrible acts that humanity as a whole instinctively condemns , but also the corruption , superstition , misrepresentation of the truth and love of pomp and elaborate ritual that has been allowed to flourish within the powerful hierarchies built up to control the various churches within the religions . |
| 2 | Excluding the para-military National Guard , they number only 4,400 , whereas the normal US garrison of about 10,000 men had already been augmented to 13,000 before airborne units parachuted in to secure the international airport and clear the way for further reinforcements . |
| 3 | But despite the attraction of Page 3 girls handing out t-shirts , only 9 fans joined in to swell the numbers . |
| 4 | The Finns needed pilots badly and volunteers from many nations flooded in to join the Finnish Air Force , Asa among them . |
| 5 | In the 56th minute Susan Fraser put Britain ahead , but the Koreans hit back to send the match into extra-time . |
| 6 | These same authors went on to compare the effects of homoeopathic potencies on the wheat seedlings with those on cultures of yeast , and obtained very similar results . |
| 7 | The Sherman brothers looked up to see the governor and their father talking to an old Annamese with a long gray goatee , who was wearing a black-winged Ming dynasty mandarin 's bonnet and a long embroidered gown of brilliant sea-green silk . |
| 8 | Parties went on to mark the path and generally prepare the way , besides watching out for foxes . |
| 9 | Other cars screamed in to fill the sudden vacuum of our wake . |
| 10 | Two of its tentacles shot out to grasp the little boat . |
| 11 | Well-dressed ladies in large hats came along to hear the judgement , and the room was bright with colour . |
| 12 | The other pair of feet moved round to join the pair by the driver 's door … long pause . |
| 13 | The tiny village of East Prawle has enjoyed a tourist boom as visitors turned up to view the wreck — and take home a memento . |
| 14 | He knew that wherever an unoccupied land surface was formed , by fire , landslip , the filling in of a bog , or human activity , plants moved in to colonize the area . |
| 15 | ‘ The Scotch lassies came down to do the herring for the barrel processing , the same as the Dutch , the pickle processing , and some splitting for kippers in the fish-houses . |
| 16 | Abkhazian troops went on to take the villages of Gantiadi and Leselidze on Oct. 6 , thus establishing control over the whole of northern Abkhazia , from the capital Sukhumi to the border with Russia . |
| 17 | A major inquiry was launched immediately into how the bombers got through to plant the device in a hut used by police on security duty outside the Bishop Street courthouse . |
| 18 | This creative period was followed by an exploitive period in which many theoretical physicists moved in to apply the new mechanics to a host of significant problems . |
| 19 | Servants gathered on the steps and for a while all was confusion as stewards , bailiffs , cooks , huntsmen and pages hurried down to greet the Santerres . |
| 20 | THE Cathedral bells rang out to celebrate the safe return of three cyclists who had completed a marathon trip from St Peter 's Rome , to St Peter 's , Lancaster , in order to raise money for the restoration of the bells . |
| 21 | Minutes later as neighbours rallied round to help the nursing home worker an ambulance arrived to take her to hospital . |
| 22 | Before the finals the veterans came out to entertain the crowd . |
| 23 | In Glan Conwy , as in several other flood-hit areas , there were scenes reminiscent of the blitz as villagers turned out to clear-up the devastation . |
| 24 | Crooks signed up to enjoy the benefits of corruption and to lend their power . |
| 25 | He announced his departure just before the kick-off and so Scotland 's ramshackle team of liquorice allsorts went out to face the world champions Uruguay stripped of all confidence and tactical direction . |
| 26 | But Briers stayed on to mastermind the Leicester run-chase with a battling 88 . |
| 27 | One of Beryl 's sisters travelled down to witness the ceremony . |
| 28 | Had I been born in the Middle Ages , I knew that I would have been one of those retainers who stayed inside the castle and embroidered whilst the knights went off to slaughter the French . |
| 29 | Even cottagers were frequently obliged to sell up , and those who did not remain as labourers went off to swell the population of the new towns . |
| 30 | This group of researchers went on to compare the effect of extended sleep with reduced sleep ( 5 hours ) , and with displaced sleep , when subjects slept from either 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. or 3 a.m. to 11 a.m . |