Example sentences of "[coord] [det] [noun sg] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expected support of the NUR and the NTW on Friday , 15 April 1921 never occurred , and that day became the infamous ‘ Black Friday ’ of Labour history . |
| 2 | The Soviet Union would only permit a united Germany if that state was to be neutral , the argument went , and that way lay the old nightmare of a Germany swinging between East and West . |
| 3 | It seems odd , at first sight , that the potteries of Stoke-on-Trent ( q.v. ) should have grown up more than two hundred miles away from the source of their vital ingredient , but in fact the manufacture of stoneware and earthenware had been established in Staffordshire long before the secret of porcelain was found , and that area had the necessary clay , coal and water supplies for the growth of the industry . |
| 4 | Delegates from Belgium , West Germany , France , the Netherlands , Luxemburg and Italy , met at Messina , in 1955 , and that meeting produced the basis for forming the European Economic Council . |
| 5 | Back on parade , you lot , ’ shouted Sergeant-Major Philpott , and neither man had the breath to speak another word for the next two hours as they were marched up and down , up and down , until Charlie felt that when they eventually stopped his feet must surely fall off . |
| 6 | Sadat visited the Shah in Teheran in October 1971 , and each man impressed the other with his friendships and strategic views . |
| 7 | He rang the Wallis 's number twice more during a period of five days and each time got the answerphone . |
| 8 | A mass demonstration on the Means Test had petered out in confusion and each party blamed the other for its failure . |
| 9 | So I tried half heartedly to diet and each week put the results to the test . |
| 10 | On one occasion no fewer than six females with eighteen kittens established a communal nest of this type and each female allowed the other mothers to offer their milk to any kittens whenever they felt like it . |
| 11 | But in winter , ‘ As the darkness thickened the wind increased , and each blast raked the iron railings before the houses till they hummed as if in a song of derision ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Meat and animal-based foods were put forward as the most nutritious form of sustenance and this propaganda changed the shape of generations . |
| 13 | As he spoke , and this lip joined the upper , so the wet dot transferred allegiance , and then back again . |
| 14 | At the water jump on the second circuit — the fourteenth of the twenty-two fences — the mare dropped her hind legs in the water , and this mistake handed the initiative to Run And Skip . |
| 15 | BGS has been working on this problem for many years , and this year enlarged the scope of its studies to include a site where such a solvent had been detected in a production borehole . |
| 16 | He has enjoyed notable success abroad , and this year won the Derby Italiano for Carroll House 's Italian owner , Antonio Balzarini , with Prorutori . |
| 17 | A similar identifying code was to be sent to the last endorsee or owner of record of the original bill , and this code allowed the printing of the bill of lading , which was used to claim the goods . |
| 18 | In a trance-like state he re-climbed the wall and this time made the top , in pain but without further incident . |
| 19 | Helped by some workmen she tried again and this time reached the Wouldham side . |
| 20 | Julie nodded , indicated again and this time swung the car into a gap in front of the cafe . |
| 21 | Amanda did not reply , but the following week she returned to Dublin with one of her five siblings and this time visited the Rotunda . |
| 22 | Like Jean Rhys 's fictional Englishmen , these real ones were taught early to rely on reason and suppress their feelings , and this opposition made the struggle of their lives . |
| 23 | Now they were going through another door and into a different kind of room , and this room caused the child to stop and slowly look about her . |
| 24 | Residual traffic was routed via Peterborough and this closure reflected the vastly changing freight scene as vacuum-braked freights gave way to air-braked company or block trains , precluding the necessity to marshal en route . |
| 25 | She liked to be in control , and this feeling gave the impression it could get out of control … |
| 26 | YORK HOUSE 5 October : The Duchess of Kent , as Patron of the Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Festival , this morning visited the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts , University of East Anglia , and this evening attended the Opening Concert of the French Festival at St Andrew 's Hall , Norwich . |
| 27 | Oh yeah and this chap inherited the money off his mother and father and er , I do n't know whether he drunk it or whether he gambled it away , but he lost the business so that , and that was the beginning of the breaking up in my er opinion of the fleck shops like , you know . |
| 28 | One 6′ 7″ hunk collapsed during the birth in a dead faint and another stalwart demanded the morphine his wife had just refused . |
| 29 | He and another man abandoned the caravan and plunged into the 15ft River Ouse in Selby , Yorks , when they spotted police chasing them . |
| 30 | Greater publicity and much controversy attended the opening in London twelve years later of Emily Faithfull 's Victoria Press , employing a number of women . |