Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv prt] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But neither the princess nor the police driver got out to inspect the damage . |
| 2 | Sydney : Early buying petered out to leave the All Ordinaries index up 3.9 points at 1,775.6 . |
| 3 | And then , from down below , an enraged roaring swelled up to fill the staircase . |
| 4 | But worries over its future have been allayed after Darlington college stepped in to subsidise the cost of employing a full time teacher at the unit to ensure it can continue its daytime classes . |
| 5 | In an almost soundless flurry of activity , the cellar door was opened and the light switched on to reveal the ramped steps . |
| 6 | So grapevine contacts were consulted , location of latest new arrivals checked on , hunches followed , and an efficient itinerary worked out to make the very best of the limited time available . |
| 7 | Systems developing in the N H S. The programme went on to produce the evidence , the minister |
| 8 | The diver went down to guide the cable into the trench . |
| 9 | For a change the weather was fine , and when shortly after midnight the company second in command went round to visit the soldiers in the trenches , he found morale high . |
| 10 | Hysterical residents , many of them in their nightclothes , raced from the block as the fire brigade went in to quell the flames . |
| 11 | The special EP2 Task Force set up to oversee the huge job combined people from both Sellafield and Risley sites . |
| 12 | Emmanuel Leroy Ladurie , administrator of the Bibliothèque Nationale , has been appointed chairman of an association set up to consider the administrative problems and to determine the aims and contents of the long awaited library , and who the users will be . |
| 13 | ‘ We had outgrown our present building when the opportunity came up to purchase the adjoining freehold . |
| 14 | With one foot on the platform and the other hovering over the stairwell , I had to draw myself in with real concentration at every stop when the driver came round to unjam the ‘ automatic ’ door . |
| 15 | But the Arts Council stepped in to buy the place in 1976 and re-opened it as a traditional theatre with Frank Carson in pantomime in December 1980 . |
| 16 | The key worker is responsible for monitoring the plan worked out to protect the child , and for co-ordinating all interagency activity in order to make sure it is carried out . |
| 17 | ( It is somewhat remarkable to note that after such stirring events , the committee went on to draw the master 's attention to the fact that a horse had been observed grazing in the paddock , which had been let for sheep only . |
| 18 | She remembered Abdu as the little Nubian boy sent out to fetch the morning editions of the European newspapers . |
| 19 | And the judge went on to criticise the RSPCA for the way it gathers evidence . |
| 20 | A healthy contribution to company profits is coming from Bonded Developments Ltd. , a subsidiary set up to sell the Bonded Machine Worldwide . |
| 21 | The new council set up to reform the judiciary fell under the control of the Supreme Court , which was generally seen as being heavily under the influence of Cristiani 's right-wing ruling National Republic Alliance ( Arena ) . |
| 22 | The ‘ substantial case ’ for compensation was underlined yesterday by the local authority co-ordinating committee set up to represent the interest of councils which lost money . |
| 23 | The players will form part of a six man committee set up to oversee the Subscription Scheme which chairman Wallace Mercer hopes will entice fans to help pay for the renovations . |
| 24 | Lord Justice Higgins was appointed as a county court judge in 1971 and in 1975 he became a member of a special committee set up to review the Emergency Provisions Act . |
| 25 | The 1947 Act set out to remedy the deficiencies . |
| 26 | This Act set out to enlarge the range of civil remedies for wrongful acts done in contemplation or furtherance of ‘ industrial disputes , ’ but through the new statutory concept of unfair industrial practices , not through the law of tort . |
| 27 | The act set out to reduce the powers of the unions . |
| 28 | This delayed the Whole patrol for two hours whilst the unfortunate driver was flown to the Field Hospital in a Gazelle helicopter which was called out to the scene , and a REME team drove out to repair the Land-Rover . |
| 29 | Anyway , when the accountant came in to do the books he said er , oh he said you 've got to pay something . |
| 30 | Her coughing had started again and soon tears mingled with wheezing and she was in a sorry state by the time her husband came back to say the carriage was ready . |