Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While climbing Britomartis Instead , it is worth noting that the second sentence of the description to pitch one should be deleted if the climber is not to pass the correct line and attempt a new route somewhere further along the wall . |
| 2 | Dyson slowly turned over the empty pages of his diary . |
| 3 | Despite the party leadership 's opposition to aspects of Mr Nemeth 's austerity measures , the budget is expected to be approved today , after parliament successfully watered down the controversial changes in housing policy which entailed steep rent rises and a sharp increase in mortgage payments . |
| 4 | The British Press habitually looks for an opportunity eventually to knock down the heroes they have created and placed on pedestals , if only to do something new . |
| 5 | And when Parliament eventually turned back the tide of opposition to Eyre and voted financial support to the former Governor , it was poetically appropriate that those who had been most vocal in their support for the Garotter 's Act — such as Mr Adderley and the rampant Colonel North — should be in the thick of it again , shouting their praise for Eyre 's loyalty to the Crown and his firm action that had saved a colony . |
| 6 | The Prince carelessly handed over the sealed paper , then sent one of his Dutch aides to enquire about the identity of the girl in the diaphanous gold dress . |
| 7 | Only time and scholarship eventually sort out the various relationships of artists who worked together . |
| 8 | Whereas a traditional craftsman would decide what should be done , how it should be done , when it should be done , and to what level of quality , as well as actually executing the task itself , modern management within capitalism takes on all these former conceptual functions , leaving labour merely to carry out the mechanical aspects of performing the manual task . |
| 9 | The wind only blew out the candles but not the enthusiasm in our hearts as we prayed and sang in honour of Our Lady . |
| 10 | So are you gon na have to restrict training in er operational flights jaguar at a stretch just to stretch out the hours ? |
| 11 | When the tape finally ran out the eight members present were silent with shock . |
| 12 | I used to play football just to get out the aggression . |
| 13 | With one last defiant surge of power the jeep finally gave up the ghost . |
| 14 | The hurricane would never blow itself out ; and at its eye was a figure already taking on the lineaments of a familiar enough twentieth-century ‘ type ’ , the male-dominated , passion-ridden female so well-known to the readers of the novels of Barbara Cartland . |
| 15 | Last week 's win on Richard Hannon 's Swing Low at Goodwood was vintage stuff from the Dromore man and his weekend excursions to the Continent usually bring back the bacon . |
| 16 | Last week 's win on Richard Hannon 's Swing Low at Goodwood was vintage stuff from the Dromore man and his weekend excursions to the Continent usually bring back the bacon . |
| 17 | The agent usually starts off the party with a few games , to help people get to know each other . |
| 18 | THE JOCKEY CLUB yesterday meted out the stiff punishment of a 20-year ban from racing to Chris Willett , a point-to-point rider and trainer , who served a three-month jail sentence earlier this year for his part in a betting coup involving a ringer . |
| 19 | A misfire result automatically cancels out the shot even if you also roll a HIT . |
| 20 | The pound also shook off the jitters and held its own against the mark and the dollar . |
| 21 | Her exhaust also set off the colliery 's underground fire alarm after simmering near the down-shaft ventilation screens ! |
| 22 | She picked up a hand mirror , but what she saw was not reassuring ; the harsh overhead light remorselessly picked out the tiny lines at the corners of her mouth , the discoloured skin around her eyes , the dry , wrinkled neck . |
| 23 | The absence of the category of consciousness inevitably plays down the role of individual subjects and thus of individual agency and resistance as a result of specific acts of will . |
| 24 | Moreover , it took twice as long to cook outside , with the wind often blowing out the light . |
| 25 | It is noteworthy , then , that the recipient often writes down the details that he is told . |
| 26 | And there is a good account of the infamous Nixon/Kennedy TV debate when Kennedy 's aide even turned up the heat in Nixon 's dressing-room to make him sweat more . |
| 27 | As the car then goes down the line , past various work stations , all the components are fitted to the car in turn . |
| 28 | The ferric-chloride side of the cell then picks up the electron from the quinone reduction while the ascorbic-acid side donates an electron to the porphyrin ( oxidation ) . |
| 29 | Similarly , the suppressed sadist who exercises the inclination by verbal humiliation might be thought of as needing to dominate , while the one who by word and action emotionally breaks down the victim as a person might be destructive . |
| 30 | When his case finally came up the evidence of the couple 's daughter , who had been watching the whole incident , was torn to shreds by Russell 's lawyer . |