Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His coat and waistcoat swiftly followed it and his fingers ripped away the neckcloth about his throat , heedless of the ruin they effected . |
| 2 | Now there are cars parked right the way up and even on to the roundabout , and I think a lot of these erm persons erm with the cars are probably from the Polytechnic . |
| 3 | its as bad as our house , I say the secret in our house drove cars is three cars parked out the front , so you 've got a bit of grass , three cars parked there , you 're not allowed to park on the dri , drive , , sometimes parking round the front , but |
| 4 | What 's the betting this McCoy 's running a big racket , paying Charlie Hatton to leave his lorry unattended and paying him to keep other lorry drivers occupied whenever the chance presents itself ? |
| 5 | And how are the weights carried on the weight cloth ? |
| 6 | Waves washed away the words on the page as they swamped islands , ships , sailing craft and poets ' daughters . |
| 7 | The time was now about nine-thirty , and I must have looked ghastly , for a young nurse who popped in with a set of pyjamas sized up the situation in a second and popped out again , running down the corridor calling for help . |
| 8 | Just to conclude , I share the view expressed already by Councillor , that just as the issue of the elderly persons homes brought about the loss of control for the Conservatives in , be sure the Health Service will bring about the downfall of the Conservatives in White Hall . |
| 9 | ‘ But it is n't , ’ she cried , frantic now as her words brought home the enormity of what was happening . |
| 10 | ODDEST sight of the week : top Tory ‘ mandarin ’ Allan Clarke giggling at the readers ' tips in Viz : ‘ Taxi drivers , why not pop into your local garage and have your indicators fixed then the rest of us would know where you 're going … |
| 11 | As a result , the cocoa exporters cut down the use of the toxic pills . |
| 12 | You can indicate which SPRs are to be Closed or Replied to at this page , in preparation for making these relationships fixed once the SSR is submitted . |
| 13 | Other drivers described how the Metro overtook a caravan and then started weaving from side to side . |
| 14 | Study 5 had two conditions , one set of drivers described fully all the salient information in a film , a second set of drivers described specifically the types of risks that were present in the film . |
| 15 | From their feet stretched away the plain of shaggy grass , a wild lawn of weeds , buttercups , dandelions and lady 's smock in full bloom . |
| 16 | It 's very important that when parents split up the child has the opportunity to know where both parents are living and how to keep in touch with both of them . |
| 17 | For this reason , in each of the trials discussed below the window size is varied from 1 to 10 words . |
| 18 | Mr Plowden added : ‘ Last year 's forecasts of a 66 per cent rise in demand over the next 20 years brought home the enormity of the environmental threat posed by current minerals policy . ’ |
| 19 | I do realize that there are problems in finding suitable sites and that possibly that costs would be involved in setting them up , but for the reasons I 've outlined we should take the bull by the horns and make an effort to find sites and budget for the costs involved so the benefits can be felt as soon as possible . |
| 20 | ( 1 ) Stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart and grip the club above your head with your thumbs extended down the club shaft and your palms facing upwards . |
| 21 | An upbringing designed to carry him through changes of regime and frontier , possible loss of every worldly possession , and , in the event of crisis , protracted stays with distant relatives ensconced wherever the aristocracy was tolerated , from the Polish border to Hyde Park Gate , in short , a good European background , had made him totally self-contained and able with sunny smile and the formal handshake of the gymnase to set almost anybody at their ease , even the flustered Nenna . |
| 22 | So you actually write down questions so much going on you ca n't be expected to remember everything and if you 've got just you know sort of questions written down the page like what is your name , it 's simple as that it gets you to do , what ? |
| 23 | Then the heavens opened for torrential rain , thunder and lightning and the resulting floods washed away the bridges on the high road from Bridgend to Port Ellen and on the low road over the Machrie river . |
| 24 | Street vendors called out the merits of their wares , shouting each other down in the hope of attracting customers from the goodwives who were out doing the morning marketing . |
| 25 | The county court has a wide jurisdiction , but most of the actions brought in the county court are claims based upon contract and tort. 2,615,508 plaints were entered in 1989. 2,358,583 ( 90 per cent. ) of these were ‘ money ’ plaints . |
| 26 | Videos of the cattle taken on the farm means that buyers for the big meat companies can shop around from their offices . |
| 27 | Braverman believes that as a consequence of the changes outlined above the skills required of most routine white-collar workers are now minimal . |
| 28 | Unwin and his colleague Parker in their 1901 essays brought forward the arguments of the Beau Ideal to support the rustic vernacular with which they designed their mass housing . |
| 29 | The grooms and novices led away the horses , and wheeled away the light carriage into the grange court for housing . |
| 30 | In the hall a few sleepy serfs cleared away the debris left from the evening meal . |