Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once the contents of these plans got around the rumours died down and people began to say that the family must be coming back . ’ |
| 2 | Her fingers toyed with the ends of the fine saffron scarf she wore in her hair , a floppy bow peeping provocatively from her curls just below one ear . |
| 3 | Environmental pressure groups , such as the Sierra Club , have used this right on several occasions to press the EPA to take action : for example , environmental groups argued through the courts that Congress intended the EPA regularly to issue air quality standards for pollutants that were judged to be widespread and hazardous to public health . |
| 4 | He walked to the old-fashioned kitchen range , where red-hot coals glowed behind the bars of the grate . |
| 5 | ln the parks the eucalypti were alive with lorikeets , and flocks of parakeets chased each other around the streets ; while spotted diamond birds clung to the leaves of trees in every enclosure , and yellow-throated honey-eaters crept along branches in the ravines around the town . |
| 6 | However , he did concede that " there were indications that some activities and individuals might have been motivated to prevent success in constitutional goals " and that " some activities led to the deaths of people " . |
| 7 | Lamps glowed through the ports of boats , vehicles had driving lights on . |
| 8 | On the back or across the front of these photographs were signatures duplicated from the letters ; John Addington Symonds , Baron Corvo , Robbie Ross , for Boy with kindest regards from Reggie Turner . |
| 9 | Labourers and more poorly paid seamen lived on the banksides and in the ‘ low street ’ in single-room tenements in industrial and pre-industrial slums . |
| 10 | We passed splendid mare's-tail waterfalls where tiny becks tumbled over the cliffs , and watched oyster-catchers and cormorants wading and diving . |
| 11 | These projects arose from the recommendations in the report of the Cockcroft Committee on the teaching of mathematics published at the beginning of 1982 . |
| 12 | On instructions from authorities , Peking University , the focus of the student rebellion , sent a dance troupe , one of scores of similar groups dragooned into the celebrations . |
| 13 | Two hefty figures in combat suits thundered through the doors , spraying the saloon with fire . |
| 14 | The alliance of his Serbian-dominated federal forces and Serb irregulars was expected to take control of Visegrad last night , after poorly-armed and outnumbered Muslim defenders fled to the hills . |
| 15 | The coins sank between the bananas , apples and mushrooms . |
| 16 | Robyn could smell the freshness of his cologne , see the way his eyes crinkled at the corners , notice for the first time the thickness of his lashes , the way his ebony hair would curl if allowed to grow long . |
| 17 | These steps complied with the requirements of the instruction issued by the Clerk of the Rules to which Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. has referred . |
| 18 | Hundreds of voices whispered from the walls , the ceiling and the floors . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'll Never Walk Alone ’ was sung with gusto and flares glowed on the terraces as Liverpool started with barely controlled frenzy . |
| 20 | These considerations led to the decisions about the modes of assessment used in the project which are described in Chapter 4 ( pp.41–102 ) together with the results of the testing . |
| 21 | A few hens pecked between the cobbles and rabbits scuffled in hutches along one of the dry-stone walls . |
| 22 | White rags fluttered in the trees . |
| 23 | White rags fluttered in the trees . |
| 24 | Motorways and high streets around the country ground to a halt as shoppers headed for the stores . |
| 25 | All the biggest words rose off the stones towards him : mother , love , father , memory , son , heaven . |
| 26 | As the waves crashed round the hilltops the wizards ' palaces broke free and floated on the surface of the waves . |
| 27 | In the black night outside , the wind screamed , and the big waves crashed against the rocks , again and again and again . |
| 28 | The sequences cloned from the marsupials are the only Y-located sequences detected either with the human SRY probe or with the marsupial sequences themselves . |
| 29 | He was standing on the bottom stair when he heard footsteps coming up the back stairs from the kitchen and then Jane 's large dark eyes peered through the banisters at him . |
| 30 | Various disputes occurred over the years , culminating in a protracted battle at the beginning of the 19th century , with the owner , William Humphries Barrett . |