Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , to his credit , de Valera toned down the catholicism in the drafts suggested to him by the clergy , consulted Rome , and was successful in getting it at least to be neutral about his preferred formulations ( Keogh 1987 : . |
| 2 | ‘ Our great founder laid down a rule in his will that anyone who went to prison would not have to pay his subscription during the time that he was unable to use the club premises , and that any unused portion of his subscription should be held over until his release . ’ |
| 3 | The Court of Appeal laid down the law in these terms in Gibbons and Others v South West Water Services Ltd [ 1992 ] PIQR P 224 . |
| 4 | Maggie laid down the job in hand and wiped her forehead . |
| 5 | She fought down the lump in her throat , and summoned a smile as Rose came quickly forward , drawing the animal 's bark . |
| 6 | I skidded down the escarpment in high spirits and made a bee-line for the town . |
| 7 | In the first incident McConville , of Lurgan Road , Aghagallon , rubbed his hands up and down her sides as she bent over a dishwasher in the kitchen . |
| 8 | Soon after moving in Minton drew up a will in which he left the house to Ricky . |
| 9 | In 1977 , we drew up a petition in the name of AMPES which was distributed to factory owners . |
| 10 | He drew up an agreement in two copies , setting out the terms in ponderous detail : ‘ … referred to henceforth as ‘ the colony' ’ … which wheels shall be considered as handed over to the Economic Section of the Provincial Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspection after their reception by a special commission and the signing of the corresponding protocol . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He beat up a woman in custody . ’ |
| 12 | Local Stigmatic is about two Cockney thugs who beat up an actor in the pub because ‘ fame is the first disgrace because God knows who you are . ’ |
| 13 | Here he built up a trade in seeds , corn , manure , and fertilizer , and started a malt kiln in Driffield and a brewery and kilns in Malton . |
| 14 | This set a delay and took the photographs corresponding to each half in turn , built up an array in the memory , and finally displayed the image . |
| 15 | Dreyfus built up the business in the face of fierce competition and the company won a well deserved place in the aniline field , which lasted for over 90 years . |
| 16 | so then the housekeeper phoned up the doctor in October |
| 17 | I used up the film in my two cameras before following Mick inside . |
| 18 | Her smooth clean hands would one day reach out , one to take Rosa 's face gently by the chin , while the other smoothed her hair , and her eyelids would drop in assent : Mary had gone against the grain , against the world , against custom , thought Rosa , as she dipped in the hook , looped the stitch , drew out the thread in the dark room . |
| 19 | Now Kiawah Island in South Carolina is firmly on the golfing map following September 's Ryder Cup match when the Americans snatched back the pot in that agonisingly close finish . |
| 20 | and they , they beat out the rhythm in much the same way |
| 21 | It sucked out the air in her head and her lungs , and she twisted her head sharply , snatching breath from the folds of her cloak . |
| 22 | Finn stubbed out a cigarette in an already overflowing ash-tray and immediately lit another . |
| 23 | There was a cut-glass ashtray near his elbow and he savagely ground out the cigarette in it . |
| 24 | The negotiations for the purchase of the aircraft culminated in the offices of the London lawyers , Freshfields , with representatives of five companies and some six different law firms clustered around a table in the conference room . |
| 25 | Combwich ( pronounced ‘ Cumidge ’ ) is a quiet , picturesque community clustered round a bend in the River Parrett as it meanders on its way from the sea to Bridgwater Docks . |
| 26 | What about the quarrelling Australian couple who plunged over a cliff in separate vans after a St Valentine 's day row and a chase through northern Sydney . |
| 27 | At first , Charles found only 150 clansmen , all of them Macdonalds , waiting to greet him but then the distant skirl of bagpipes was heard and the Camerons , 700 or 800 strong , came down the hillside in orderly columns , escorting the prisoners captured at High Bridge . |
| 28 | A horse came down the ramp in one bound , as if on wings , hit the concrete in a shower of sparks . |
| 29 | Let's go ! ’ and Dave came down the tree in a way that made my eyes water . |
| 30 | The next shot was of Nicola hunched over a table in a darkened room . |