Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His most effective early church planter laid down the great missionary principle of becoming all things to all men that by all means he might win some . |
| 2 | It laid down the general principle of comprehensive education which would have ended selection over a period ( but this was repealed in the 1979 Act ) . |
| 3 | Lord Atkin laid down the narrow rule in Donoghue v Stevenson [ 1932 ] AC 562 : A manufacturer of products , which he sells in such a form as to show that he intends them to reach the ultimate consumer in the form in which they left him with no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination , and with the knowledge that the absence of reasonable care in the preparation or putting up of the products will result in an injury to the consumer 's life or property , owes a duty to the consumer to take reasonable care . |
| 4 | Cornelius laid down the unsipped glass . |
| 5 | The big moment came : she opened her hand and laid down the burdened flower by Maman 's plate . |
| 6 | The statutes laid down the maximum size of peasant land allotments . |
| 7 | Will then organise conference at which present problems can be cleared and principles laid down The next day , 22 May , AFHQ replied to Eighth Army [ KP 22 ] ] : " Policy discussions on questions indicated your U 128 now being considered this HQ . |
| 8 | It also laid down the constitutional right for anyone who passed the Abitur — the German equivalent of A levels — to study at university . |
| 9 | She choked down the sudden lump in her throat , rejecting a surge of self-pity she had no need for . |
| 10 | Taken by surprise and fear of the other the boy lost his balance and tumbled down the grassy bank towards the stranger but to the boy 's incredulous gaze the figure melted into thin air . |
| 11 | The face , divided down the central axis , is a crude combination of a three-quarter and profile view , and the elongation of the mouth suggests even a purely frontal viewpoint . |
| 12 | I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach . |
| 13 | His eyes watered so fiercely that tears ran down his cheeks , but he fought down the choking sensation and his self-esteem soared . |
| 14 | Resting her head wearily against the hard banister rail , she fought down the momentary surge of panic . |
| 15 | She balled her fists and fought down the growing desolation inside her . |
| 16 | Necessary truths passed down the female line over centuries , and what does the accumulated wisdom amount to ? |
| 17 | If the tasks to be done are more complex , and surrounded by a higher degree of uncertainty , then co-ordination may be done more efficiently through instructions and information passed down the managerial hierarchy . |
| 18 | On every side of them , as they rode down the winding valley of the Suir from Clonmel to Carrick , stretched great rolling hills , rising to the distant mountains — Slievenaman to the north , Comeragh to the south . |
| 19 | The Maggot , who refused to wear a seat belt , shoved his throttles forward , and I felt the sweat trickling down my belly as the brakes were released and the small plane thundered down the rough surface . |
| 20 | Oliver peered down the greasy ladder into the tiny engine room . |
| 21 | Two months later in a game against Hearts he moved down the human anatomy , this time fouling the opposition fullback Steve Hamilton , who was helped off the pitch with stud marks on his stomach . |
| 22 | Nutty practised the crawl in her bath and the water dripped down the light cord in the dining-room below and collected in the glass bowl-shaped shade . |
| 23 | It seems , although the statement of claim does not set out the matter in any systematic way , that C.M.C. drew down the full loan of £420,000 and subsequently defaulted in its payments to B.M.T. It does not appear precisely how the £420,000 was expended by C.M.C. After obtaining the possession order in respect of the bakery , B.M.T. sold it for about £183,000 . |
| 24 | The clerk stretched and sucked in the clear morning air . |
| 25 | of cocks sucked down the deep end 's outlet hole , |
| 26 | John Hutt fled down the small village main street , narrowly missing two elderly ladies . |
| 27 | Scott wandered down the short set of steps to Carol 's door , noticing that there was a pint of milk on the step . |
| 28 | Well , we did n't have much luck out in the open because the rabbits saw or heard or smelt us coming a mile off and bolted down the nearest hole , even though we were mute and trying to stay down wind ( the wind kept switching direction in little gusts ) . |
| 29 | Sure enough , I dived in the water , swam up the other end , and he came after me . |
| 30 | The lock snapped and the detective levered up the bottom section . |