Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pulled hard on the wheel and took the left fork . |
| 2 | A young lad hopped from car to car taking their money , lights sparked and flashed above them and as the cars began to move Belinda 's laugh could be heard above the music while Rachel thought Danny would explode with pride as he took the wheel and manoeuvred the little car round the track . |
| 3 | Curtis settled himself behind the wheel and laid the empty can on the passenger seat . |
| 4 | All thirteen LEAs in the region served by the District were represented on the Council together with the University , the WEA , the YMCA and the Educational Settlements Association and formed the first consultative body of its kind in the country . |
| 5 | She was born of noble stock and loved the old genteel way of life , and the people of the village loved her . |
| 6 | As a patient bandaged from head to foot , Crawford had to deliver only one line , but he forgot it , lifted the bed sheet to look down at a prompt card and uttered the immortal words , ‘ Have you seen this , nurse ? ’ |
| 7 | Encouraged by the finding of this tiny coin , I turned my attention to the second side of the pond and began the same operation along its full length . |
| 8 | In the political sphere , some embraced accidentalism and employed the social organizations of Catholicism in order to defend themselves . |
| 9 | In line with the recent economic policies of the Mahathir government , the NDP pledged liberal incentives for foreign investment and stressed the vital role to be played by the private sector . |
| 10 | With those I returned at speed to the boathouse and attacked the lower door , first hammering the toe of the tyre lever into a nonexistent crack between the wooden door frame and the surrounding brickwork at a level just below the keyhole , then bashing the far end of that iron , to put heavy leverage against the door frame , then wrenching out the lever and repeating the whole process above the lock , this time with fury . |
| 11 | After being stranded on 99 for 25 minutes , he finally lost both patience and nerve and became the fourth player in the match to be dismissed in sight of a century as he charged down the pitch . |
| 12 | There is considerable evidence to suggest that Catholic devotional practices remained extremely popular right up until the time they were banned , and there can be little doubt that , following their suppression , many lay people initially felt an acute sense of loss and found the new Protestant liturgy an uncongenial and inadequate substitute for their traditional customs and beliefs . |
| 13 | The dollar strengthened as a result and had the temporary effect of relieving pressure on sterling against the mark . |
| 14 | Chairman John McGuckian said UTV had increased its market share of total ITV revenue and enjoyed the highest share of viewing in the Independent Television network . |
| 15 | The idea was conceived by members of the Brescia Automobile Club and received the full blessing from Italian leader Mussolini . |
| 16 | Hence the acceptance of professionalism did not set up a free market in football but bound players legally to one club and determined the maximum wage that could be paid to them . |
| 17 | Later he became a director of the club and built the small chapel behind the groundsman 's hut where visiting supporters could find ‘ quiet contemplation and a cup of Bovril ( 58p ) ’ . |
| 18 | But when Strawberry reached under the seat and produced the first bottle of an apparently endless supply of Star Tiger rice spirit we realised it was not going to be that kind of adventure . |
| 19 | Mr Khasbulatov , who like Mr Yeltsin played a prominent role in foiling the coup , says Congress is a bulwark against dictatorship and described the four-day session as a triumph for stability and democracy in Russia . |
| 20 | Even before the ‘ Geddes axe ’ cut a swathe through the ambitious post-war housing programme and halted the further extension of welfare provision in such areas as education , a certain faltering in the reconstructivist drive was evident . |
| 21 | The credit , under the Fund 's structural adjustment facility ( SAF ) , was in support of the country 's economic reform programme and constituted the third , and final , instalment of a three-year SAF credit equivalent to SDR20,510,000 approved in 1989 . |
| 22 | He sought out Caratacus and stormed the strong defensive position he had chosen , but the British commander escaped , as did many of the British warriors , and attempted to win Cartimandua to his cause . |
| 23 | He replied to Lang during the debate on the 1993 budget for the opposition and drafted the cultural policy chapter for his Party 's manifesto . |
| 24 | When it ended , she looped her arms around his neck and asked the one question that had yet to be answered . |
| 25 | He undid his tie so that it hung loose around his neck and unfastened the top few buttons on his shirt . |
| 26 | He put his lips softly to her neck and mouthed the little wound . |
| 27 | The teeming rain had run down his neck and soaked the top half of his T-shirt , which clung damply . |
| 28 | Theatres , cinemas and restaurants in the area were also evacuated as police launched a frantic search and found the B-registration van . |
| 29 | They checked passports with the minimum of fuss , made no search and waved the British car on . |
| 30 | Once Jack had passed the back of the Monument and reached the green slope that overlooked the factory , he stopped and gasped in astonishment . |