Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So even if Lisa made up the deliveries , there was no reason why she should make the connection . |
| 2 | In relation to Chloe , Pauline and Dan lived out the conflicts of their own adolescence . |
| 3 | EAST GERMANY battened down the hatches yesterday on the eve of Mikhail Gorbachev 's arrival in its capital , Berlin , for the fortieth anniversary of the country 's creation . |
| 4 | And then the music stopped and Fael-Inis laid down the pipes and turned his golden gaze on Fergus , and the spell faded , and a cold awareness flooded Fergus 's mind . |
| 5 | In another case Mansfield spelt out the advantages of certainty , that merchants could then depend upon rules , ‘ easily learned and easily retained ’ , rather than upon ‘ subtleties and niceties ’ or ‘ upon speculative refinements from the law of nations or the Roman jus post liminii ’ . |
| 6 | Consider , in this light , the contrasts in ( 17 ) and ( 18 ) , each presenting two sets of data ; the first set includes an adverbal adjective ; the second contains a predicate qualifying adjective , as indicated by the identity of the appropriate questions : ( 17 ) Ellen shook loose the keys what did Ellen do to the keys ? how did Ellen shake the keys ? the thief produced unharmed the goat what did the thief do to the goat ? how did the thief produce the goat ? ( 18 ) the raiders shot dead two vigilantes what did the raiders do to the vigilantes ? how did the raiders shoot the vigilantes *Andrew wants milky his coffee what does Andrew do to his coffee ? how does Andrew want his coffee ? |
| 7 | To his surprise , Molly threw away the dregs of tea in her beaker and held it out for him to fill with the frothing liquor . |
| 8 | Between them , Raymond Cusick and Bill Roberts worked out the practicalities of making the Dalek . |
| 9 | Eloise switched on the lights . |
| 10 | In this way , Edwin Hubble worked out the distances to nine different galaxies . |
| 11 | The only disturbance to its surface happened in the nineteenth century when the architect Gilbert Scott took up the edges in order to install a heating system . |
| 12 | Lewis was almost treeless from quite early times until Lady Matheson planted up the grounds of Lews Castle in Stornoway in the middle of the last century , largely on soil imported from the mainland as ballast . |
| 13 | Although Sherek saw only the drafts of the first two acts , he agreed at once to do so . |
| 14 | Noting that landladies still hoofed boarders out for most of the day , Butlin saw how the holiday-makers would shelter in his amusement parks when it rained . |
| 15 | There used to be just the sports in the afternoon ; Mary Clarke and Bill Scott remembered when the races were held on the roads through the village , in the days before there were so many motor cars . |
| 16 | Tammuz put down the drinks and poked it with a cautious finger . |
| 17 | Edward pushed forward the bounds of secular authority usually in reaction to some clerical move or in defence of the needs and customs of royal government ; but as much as by the king this boundary was advanced by his subjects , whether suing for their individual rights and interests through the king 's courts or acting as royal justices , and not a few of these aggressive subjects were in fact clergy themselves . |
| 18 | Sheriff Principal Ronald Ireland turned down the parents ' appeal that Thursday morning . |
| 19 | The N.C. O. handed over the papers he had brought and after clicking his heels and saluting went back into the station without looking at me . |
| 20 | Alan Shearer confirmed how the players feel about Gascoigne , saying : ‘ We could n't do without him really — no one 's got his amount of skill . ’ |
| 21 | Katherine threw back the covers and swung her legs out of bed . |
| 22 | Ronni knocked back the remains of her first glass and reached for another . |
| 23 | Lawyers and supporters of the parents in Orkney questioned both the motives and the methods of this once trusted organisation . |
| 24 | Bet Lynch took over the Rovers Return . |
| 25 | Laker took on the airlines ' cartel which held ticket prices high and broke it singlehanded . |
| 26 | Simon spat out the words . |
| 27 | Fearing an imminent clampdown , the Gagauzes brought forward the elections to Oct. 25 , when thousands demonstrated in the main Gagauz town of Komrat , defying the Moldavian authorities to intervene and calling on USSR authorities for assistance . |
| 28 | When the CNAA took over the DMS there were nationally some 6600 students enrolled on courses , and that was to be the order of magnitude of enrolments through the late 1970s and 1980s . |
| 29 | We were still going slowly and painfully round the room when Estella brought in the relations who had been waiting downstairs . |
| 30 | Brenda squeezed back the tears that started into her eyes . |