Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The governor responded by crafting a bill that establishes 11 semi-autonomous boards across the state , one in each region , empowered to carry out the negotiations within a set of basic guidelines . |
| 2 | But what of the farmers expected to carry out the work in a time of recession . |
| 3 | came unto the workmen and beat and terrified them , threatening to kill them , if they would not leave their work , threw some of them in the river and kept them under water with long poles , and at several other times , upon the Knelling of a Bell , came to the said works in riotous and warlike manner , divided themselves into companies , to take the workmen and filled up the ditches and drains , made to carry away the water , burned up the working tools and other materials of the Relator and his workmen , and set up poles in the form of gallows , to terrifie the workmen and threatened to break their arms and legs , and beat and hurt many of them and made others flee away , whom they pursued to a town with such terror and threats , that they were forced to guard the town . |
| 4 | His stubborn cousin , who saw his models as a kind of earth , part of the body and blood of the soil they dug , one impregnating the other , failed to see how the interchange he saw stamped on the dazed faces of these men could be smoothed away without losing the secret of how they lived , rooted and dumb and rough-barked as live willow trees . |
| 5 | What 's Karen got hanging on the washing line erm are we up are we up for erm the Bare Naked Ladies there I think we are . |
| 6 | Critics of the Tirgu Mures report said that it failed to spell out the reasons for the outburst of hatred between Romanians and ethnic Hungarians in Transylvania , preferring instead to lay the blame on Ceausescu 's legacy , actions of the former Securitate political police , and disinformation on the part of extremists on both sides . |
| 7 | The London conference in June 1990 agreed to tighten up the protocol and phase out production and consumption of CFCs by not later than the year 2000 . |
| 8 | As regards the current European Communities-European Free Trade Area negotiations [ see p. 37906 ] , the programme avoided ruling out the possibility of an eventual application for EC membership . |
| 9 | I agreed to pass on the message as I was on my way to Make-up . ’ |
| 10 | In February 1960 , the Cabinet agreed to write off the £60 million already spent so far on Blue Streak , and to seek an alternative delivery system for British nuclear warheads . |
| 11 | Maybe JTR helped pick up the pieces or did he watch the poor man 's agony from afar ? |
| 12 | The only rough treatment they got in the first half , worked in their favour , as Jim Magilton was hauled down , but up he bounced to hit home the penalty . |
| 13 | It helped make up the minds of waverers on the question of independence and it sent a signal about Serbian intentions to the outside world . |
| 14 | But the Scanachrome process introduces a linear scanning over the whole image , so I proposed to paint only the area of the TV screen and leave the scanning on everything that is n't TV . |
| 15 | In the pauses , I tried totting up the words Vern had spoken since we 'd arrived . |
| 16 | Laura frowned , glancing swiftly up at his tanned features , and she tried to work out the family ramifications . |
| 17 | As I lay back on my bed I tried to work out the connection between him and the British Empire and Fresnes gaol , but could make nothing of it . |
| 18 | It was alleged that Moin tried to scuff up the pitch — but England officials said yesterday that they would not study the video . |
| 19 | Sometimes , when she had been to a romantic film , or had been kissed good-night by Pogo , she had sat on the edge of her bed , staring at that dark , handsome , boy 's face and tried to conjure up the memory of his living presence . |
| 20 | Staring at his back , she tried to conjure up the image of him lover-like , tender , and failed . |
| 21 | Resolutely she tried to shake off the memories , but they persisted . |
| 22 | She tried to shake off the feelings but it was sheer impossibility and he smiled down at her . |
| 23 | At first , they tried to pull off the dogs with their hands and then used their truncheons . |
| 24 | First he scratched away the plaster , then he tried to pull out the bricks . |
| 25 | With everyone else gone Tonks had to fend for himself so he tried to find out the truth . |
| 26 | He tried to open out the conversation . |
| 27 | For example , children earning 7.25 per cent in TSB 's Firstsave account would get 8.5 per cent if their cash helped pushed up the family 's total savings to more than £5,000 . |
| 28 | As soon as she stopped struggling and stood motionless he let her go and bent to pick up the shoes she 'd dropped . |
| 29 | Judy knew Brown Owl would be very cross if she saw Mandy on the other side of the fence — but she did n't have time to worry very long about that , for in a minute or two a loud , frightened scream shrilled from Mandy , who had stepped forward and bent to pick up the ball resting on the bright-green surface of the ground — and found herself up to her knees in treacherous , clinging slime . |
| 30 | He bent to pick up the curl of hair , which he put carefully in his pocket , next to his heart . |