Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Justice Maule pointed out the absurdity of them when he came to his summing-up at the end of a trial for bigamy : |
| 2 | The Hacidena was a yacht warehouse : the architect Ben Kelly ripped out the interior to build it was a club in 1981/82 |
| 3 | General Dornberg tore up the despatch . |
| 4 | Herr Nordern switched off the light but went back to his desk . |
| 5 | In 1840 we find in the title deeds when William Holding took over the tenancy of the farm that an oast was on the deeds ; after this date , between 1838–47 , the name was changed to Court Farm . |
| 6 | In this way , Edwin Hubble worked out the distances to nine different galaxies . |
| 7 | Friedrich Engels singled out the river Aire in Leeds and the Irk in Manchester for special mention : ‘ In dry weather , a long string of the most disgusting , blackish-green slime pools are left standing on this bank , from the depth of which bubbles of miasmatic gas constantly arise and give forth a stench unendurable . ’ |
| 8 | Midfielder Dino Baggio added a second from another corner just before half time and substitute Fabrizio Ravanelli killed off the Portuguese side when he hammered the third shortly after coming on midway through the second half . |
| 9 | BRITAIN 'S Colin Montgomerie slipped down the field after a disappointing second round 73 in the Johnnie Walker Classic in Melbourne . |
| 10 | ‘ In stepped Newcastle 's dreaded rivals Sunderland , and Lawrie McMenemy stumped up the cash . |
| 11 | As Forest formed a human barricade on their goal line Andy Hinchcliffe picked out the only available scoring spot . |
| 12 | David Birney took over the role in the TV series . |
| 13 | Regrettably , Ken Mentle handed over the money to Smith and , as well as manager , appointed him club development officer . |
| 14 | Mark Blunt and David Wilson set up the Chester-le-Street win despite a 5–49 return from Mark Storey . |
| 15 | And Richard Bygrave killed off the game . |
| 16 | Miss Fergusson summed up the exchange so far , needless as this seemed to her companion . |
| 17 | Mrs. Butler brought in the tea , and raised her eyes to heaven when she saw Jenny weeping again . |
| 18 | Millions of TV viewers saw her gasp with surprise when Richard Madeley handed over the documents as a gift from ITV 's Richard and Judy Show . |
| 19 | RIXI MARKUS , who has died aged 81 , was the first woman in the world to become a bridge grandmaster , and with the late Fritzi Gordon made up the most formidable women 's bridge partnership in the world . |
| 20 | The old pals reunion at White Hart Lane … that 's Spurs v Swindon finished as it started all square … former Town favourite David Kerslake set up the Spurs goal for Jason Dozzell … and then another old County Ground hero Colin Calderwood went and gave away a penalty … it looked like a handball at first but Calderwood was guilty of pushing … |
| 21 | Miss Gilberd picked up the receiver , and dialled . |
| 22 | Miss Harker held out the chalk . |
| 23 | Richard Nixon took over the Oval Office in January , 1969 . |
| 24 | ‘ Without a trade , without a craft , without any values — scrap iron that does not count , rubbish fit only for the waste heap ’ is how Canon Henry Scott Holland summed up the problem : ‘ We the public have used him up : he is no more to us now than a squeezed orange . ’ |
| 25 | David Nellis beat down the flames on Mr Morton 's back with his bare hands outside D and R Repairs , Telford Road , Cargo Fleet , Middlesbrough . |
| 26 | Ken Stevens tipped up the wheelbarrow then stood back to rest for a moment . |
| 27 | It was Jones who set up Swansea 's first try by firing out a quick , decisive pass which Scott Gibbs took on the burst to drive over . |
| 28 | Earlier former Wales international David Jones rolled back the years with a top score 61 , riding his luck after being dropped three times . |
| 29 | With the match looking as though it would end goalless at the interval David Tate broke down the right and from his cross Ged Kennedy forced the ball home to give Eppleton the lead . |
| 30 | For some reason , known only to himself , Stewart tried a quick drop-out , after Lawrie had missed a penalty , an alert David Stoddart charged down the kick , gathered the ball and was over the line in a flash . |