Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This division eventually led to the departure of some of the laboratory 's senior staff , a loss that became the universities ' gain . |
| 2 | On Tuesday , the Queen was wheeled out for her first-ever appearance at the European Parliament to give what the Guardian wittily described as the ‘ royal oui ’ to the EC . |
| 3 | The grey outline of the submarine slowly disappeared into the darkness , and they were alone . |
| 4 | Refinements of surgical technique eventually culminated in the selective shunt procedures developed by Warren et al which were designed to decompress the gastro-oesophageal varices while preserving portal blood flow and liver function . |
| 5 | In general , though , it was considered taboo — a place scientists should not tread — until the tide apparently turned at the 1986 international conference of human geneticists in Berlin , where participants openly discussed the possibilities . |
| 6 | He caressed the baseball bat , then holding it down by his side slowly walked down the uncarpeted stairs . |
| 7 | Blood slowly coagulated round the edges of the gash . |
| 8 | The oars dipped unhurriedly in the calm water , and when the boat eventually arrived at the shore there was a further infuriating delay before the procession formed up and began making its way round the harbour to Ballingolin . |
| 9 | And we meet the couple whose wedding literally started on the rocks . |
| 10 | The Guardian and Daily Mail alone stayed in the same ownership throughout the period . |
| 11 | The Leader of the Opposition apparently said in the campaign for the Langbaurgh by-election that £2.6 billion extra would be spent on education by a future Labour Government . |
| 12 | While they watched the rain a horse suddenly walked around the corner of the track ahead . |
| 13 | Its programme necessarily went beyond the question of Palestine or the recovery of the Golan Heights , to the fulfilment of its regional ambitions . |
| 14 | This opposition naturally came from the left of Irish politics , with support from left Labour figures such as Noel Browne and David Neligan , trade unionists such as Michael Mullen of the ITGWU and members of the Workers ' Party . |
| 15 | One view put forward by A. G. Dickens in the mid-1960s held that because Protestantism greatly appealed to the many lay people who had been alienated by the formalistic , clerically dominated Catholicism of the later middle ages , the Protestantization of the country was achieved very quickly . |
| 16 | The nose dipped further , and the flame suddenly raced along the wings and around the cockpit . |
| 17 | Among the earl 's possessions there was the lordship of Spofforth , the home of the Middletons of Stokeld , who as a result naturally looked to the Percies for lordship . |
| 18 | Among the earl 's possessions there was the lordship of Spofforth , the home of the Middletons of Stokeld , who as a result naturally looked to the Percies for lordship . |
| 19 | Shell-fire suddenly tore into the roof of the mobile boardroom . |
| 20 | The figure suddenly jumped into the water . |
| 21 | A little earlier , the famous literary pair would have arrived by boat : the stairs of the land entrance only appeared during the reign of the previous chief . |
| 22 | After he finished , it is said , a wind suddenly arose from the floor of the desert and blew sand across the spectators . |
| 23 | As he spoke an icy wind suddenly blew into the room . |
| 24 | Your priest only knew about the past . |
| 25 | A police car finally arrived at the scene and officers spoke to the motorist . |
| 26 | By contrast , wind-dispersed species in a Mexican study normally fruited during the dry season , producing a large amount of seeds , which were simultaneously dispersed on days with low relative humidities . |
| 27 | She began to say , ‘ Thank God … ’ then halted , as the door swung open and she saw a figure momentarily silhouetted against the pale evening light . |
| 28 | This is an important matter , particularly as it affects violence , and violence more perpetrated on the woman than on the man . |
| 29 | His mind usually stayed at the level of gossip and anecdote but not always . |
| 30 | With the exception of one cottage , where a light still shone in the window , all the others were in total darkness . |