Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The connection was of particular significance when the site for the new Welshpool station was under consideration because the Company owned only the trackbed at Raven Square and is indebted to Powis Estates for providing the site for the station and car park . |
| 2 | At the main gate of the palace officials drove back the unauthorized with the unsparing use of long bamboos to clear a passageway . |
| 3 | The boy crooked one arm and stuck out the other as if he were holding a gun . |
| 4 | I reached in my pocket and pulled out the wadded up bill . |
| 5 | Drawing the sheet up over her shoulders he saw how the bruising on her neck was developing . |
| 6 | He angered even the faithful by doing it in the middle of the night , announcing he would slash spending to close a gaping budget deficit and promising to use the new tax revenue to bolster poor school districts . |