Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the final umbrella of the Charter , which theoretically laid down the principles of the paper and what it stood for , the last bricks were put into the edifice . |
| 2 | Bills seeking to exclude various categories of placemen from Parliament were introduced on average once every session between 1692 and 1714 , and a general measure banning all placemen from the Commons found its way into the Act of Settlement of 1701 ( which laid down the conditions on which the Hanoverians would succeed to the throne ) , although this provision was subsequently modified before the Act came into effect . |
| 3 | But Lombroso laid down the foundations of most of what was to follow in genetic theories of crime . |
| 4 | Similarly , the Act of Six Articles of 1539 laid down the penalties for disobedience to the prescribed articles of faith , and left it to him as supreme head to pronounce upon their doctrinal content . |
| 5 | The Bank also laid down the requirements for its own operations in the market : |
| 6 | Lord Diplock laid down the essentials for a passing-off action : 1 ) a misrepresentation 2 ) made by a trader in the course of trade 3 ) to prospective customers of his or ultimate consumers of goods or services supplied by him 4 ) which is calculated to injure the business or goodwill of another trader and 5 ) which causes actual damage to a business or goodwill of the trader by whom the action is brought . |
| 7 | A Hungarian-French treaty of friendship and concord signed on Sept. 11 laid down the terms of co-operation between the two countries on minority issues and on Hungary 's desire for full membership of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 8 | Examples made famous by the exploits of their chiefly owners acquired names of their own and passed down the generations as heirlooms . |
| 9 | He released her hands , and pinned her instead with one hard leg as he drew down the straps of her swimsuit , uncovering her full high breasts to his view . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | At last , while the shadow of the ramparts reached quickly over the grass , they gathered up the debris of their afternoon and skipped or ran or walked or grumbled up the slopes to home . |
| 12 | He was one of the managers who drew up the articles of impeachment of Henry Dundas , first Viscount Melville [ q.v . ] . |
| 13 | The story goes its designers drew up the plans in millimetres and the maker mistook the measurements for inches . |
| 14 | She lined up the sights on her rifle on its empty front foot and fired twice . |
| 15 | Lucier stood up , with his hand spread across his breastbone as if to protect his heart from the jolt , and weighed up the possibilities of escape . |
| 16 | He caught up the skirts of his robe and scurried after them . |
| 17 | They rushed in , caught up the babies from student nurse Bridget 's and Kitty 's arms and handed them to young male nurses . |
| 18 | They sowed exotic grasses for their animals , built up the herds during the good years , when it rained , but then ( at least in some cases ) found that the grass was overgrazed in the drought years , when it failed to grow . |
| 19 | The more North built up the contras in secret , the more he fretted that liberal Democrats in Congress ( ’ Kerry , Barnes , Harkin et al . ’ ) |
| 20 | Nor was it always clear on what basis the Principal Education Officer and Chief Inspector on occasions referred back the proposals of the project team . |
| 21 | But the popes of this Council , Julius II and Leo X , bore out the fears of the conciliarists . |
| 22 | By way of reply , Connor walked across the room , drew back the bolts on the street door and flung it open . |
| 23 | He reached into his desk drawer and drew out the copies of the contract , a trifle battered by yesterday 's violence , and tossed them across the desk towards her . |
| 24 | He shouted out the lyrics in a coarse powerful voice , and the musicians smiled and redoubled their efforts to keep pace with him . |
| 25 | A workmanlike silence fell , broken only by the snip of scissors on stems , and the steady scratching of Folly 's pencil as she scribbled out the orders for next day . |
| 26 | but we found out the measurements for it to go |
| 27 | His wife , an enormous woman in black , wailed and wrung out the ends of her skirt . |
| 28 | Observers have described the move as a significant change of direction for the agency , a government body , which has hitherto emphasized the economics of catching whales and played down the benefits of active conservation . |
| 29 | We sailed down the reaches of the Thames and , standing in the bows , I saw the river through the eyes of Marlow in Conrad 's Heart of Darkness , as a waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth crowded with memories of men and ships it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of the sea " . |
| 30 | As she filled in the forms for him , the girl in Despatch , big and black and at last a friendly face , told him she was from Mississippi , and sure as hell she hated Greeks , Athens , moussaka and retsina . |