Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chestnut-seller laid out the chestnuts on the grating to cool and then brought them over to Owen and Georgiades . |
| 2 | I 'd blown it , and I stood on stage in a semi-circle with the rest of the acts and an artificially bright smile , while the compère read out the marks awarded to each act by the three judges . |
| 3 | She smiled , and her heart beat away the seconds , tick-tock , tick-tock , tick-tock . |
| 4 | For example Camden social services department made public the findings of an independent review of their homes which revealed that lack of recreational activities and opportunities for choice , lack of training for staff and management difficulties were all interwoven ( Booth , 1987 ) . |
| 5 | The military were fully alerted and when the village priest read out the details the police were in attendance to stifle the groans of disbelief with which they were met . |
| 6 | The adviser spelt out the details of the scheme , saying that the self-appraisal consisted of providing factual information , looking at what they were doing and describing it so that advisers could understand what they are trying to do . |
| 7 | Innocent 's reforming programme targeted both the bishops and the clergy . |
| 8 | The obstetrician pulled out the feet , then the bottom , then suddenly i had this huge sinking feeling as my bump disappeared and most of the baby shot out and landed on my tummy . |
| 9 | The wind blew down the tents of the other lads he had joined in camping on an apparently sheltered spot in a hollow above the sea . |
| 10 | They sat at a table covered with a checked tablecloth and tiles clicked underfoot ( Mummy brought back the tiles from Spain ) , and there was a big , brick fireplace with horse-brasses and copper pans and the boiler in the middle for the central heating , where there should have been a huge fire . |
| 11 | If goods have not been delivered within 30 days following expiry of an agreed time limit or if there is not an agreed time limit within 60 says from the time the carrier took over the goods , this shall be taken as evidence of the loss of the goods . |
| 12 | When a storm of rare violence blew up the mariners , being superstitious folk , cast lots to determine which of those on board was the cause of the evil , and the short straw , broken domino or queen of spades was drawn by Jonah . |
| 13 | Cornelius observed that several strands of J-Cloth wig spelled out the words ‘ There is no God but Allah ’ in Arabic across the daddy 's left temple . |
| 14 | Formed in 1884 , the club took over the Rovers Cycling Club in Linthorpe Road . |
| 15 | The whole house seemed to shake , and the wind whistled down the chimneys with a strange , unnatural sound . |
| 16 | A soldier pointed out the strangers to his commanding officer . |
| 17 | New codes of practice set out the standards of service to expect . |
| 18 | Brown pulled a goal back for Haverhill after 65 minutes , but –––Norwich sewed up the points when Gill scored their third . |
| 19 | It was so well known now , yet it still thrilled her as she saw the way the dim light picked out the shadows of his cheekbones , the sharp angle of his jaw . |
| 20 | The queen asked how the groups got on coming from so many different backgrounds and cultures , and if they were making any new recruits . |
| 21 | The girl described how the men would wear Freddy Kruger masks when they touched her . |
| 22 | The photosetter churned out the columns of type as a film , which had to be pasted up manually to form a complete page for the printing plate cameras . |
| 23 | THOUSANDS of islanders fled in terror yesterday as 20ft walls of boiling mud and ash roared down the slopes of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines . |
| 24 | But two goals in two minutes midway through the half killed off the Dragons . |
| 25 | An impatient mob broke down the doors , took possession of the station , and commandeered the trains without paying their fares . |
| 26 | Using their favoured analogy in which the complexities of a nation-state were reduced to the simplicities of a corner shop balance sheet , the newly appointed boss of the Institute took up the cudgels again in February 1990 . |
| 27 | Topaz saw how the sobs shook Honor 's body and wanted to hold her like a child to comfort her . |
| 28 | RAMBO 'S HALL rolled back the years yesterday and now he 's spot on for another Cambridgeshire bid . |
| 29 | The Chairman of the 1922 Committee sounded out the backbenchers . |
| 30 | If field social workers define child care services mainly in terms of planning and resource finding ( for better or worse ) , they may well consider their main work ended once the children enter care . |