Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [coord] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bitterness , frustration and jealousy crept slowly in and only proud bar room nostalgia ( ‘ I remember one night when me and Pete Shelley got pissed and spent the night in Piccadilly Gardens … ’ ) remained . |
| 2 | The council or Boule , which met daily and prepared the agenda for meetings of the citizen assembly , was enlarged from 400 to 500 members . |
| 3 | She rose early and spent the morning with Aunt Emily or visiting the kitchen and garden and orchard and doing the household accounts and the correspondence she had taken over from her aunt . |
| 4 | Nails concentrated hard and found the stride about once in every two circles , but could not keep with it for more than two or three strides before he lost his balance and came down while Midnight was coming up . |
| 5 | The latter and associated rubber air pipes caught alight and set the main avionics loom on fire . |
| 6 | ‘ The man became nervous and dropped the bag and it exploded . ’ |
| 7 | Few in a packed , drenched stadium would have bet on either outcome in a first half where England 's attacking approach was skidding and slipping off course while the bigger Boks dug in , drove hard and let the awesome boot of Botha do the rest . |
| 8 | The only important road works that had to be carried out on the Penge lines comprised widening and strengthening the bridge over the railway at Anerley Station , cutting back the forecourts of Penge Police Station and property adjoining Penge Station ( I.B.S.C. Railway ) . |
| 9 | It was to be the happiest year of his career — the year when BRM finally came good and won the world championship with Graham Hill . |
| 10 | Then the message came on-screen and turned the headache into a cosmic migraine . |
| 11 | A selection of owls from Ti-N-Terirt in Morocco ( Lhote , 1970 ) includes the obvious outline of an eagle owl , top right and bottom left , and the ones with the closed face shield probably represent barn owls , although apparently the artist got confused and combined the ear tufts of the eagle owl with the facial disc of the barn owl on some of the bottom pictures . |
| 12 | However , a member of the public passing the farmland in Cleveland became suspicious and called the police . |
| 13 | For the afternoon service at St John 's , it was Franklin who arrived late and found the door of the church locked , but he forced an entry , and in a rather childish fracas , " put his legs between [ Eyles " s ] legs , lifted him up " , and attempted to throw him into the next seat . |
| 14 | England No 2 Laurie McMenemy arrived late and missed the Corky and Ferdinand goals — but he saw Deane spurn a gift of an equaliser before finally striking with a header . |
| 15 | Became confident and prised the cat flap open again . |
| 16 | Soon after this I received a favourable response and I began house-hunting and discussing the details of how to meet my care needs . |
| 17 | Shortly after Humber returned alone and toured the room , as I had done . |
| 18 | For this , he incurred the sentence of excommunication , from which he was promptly absolved by the cardinal after public penance ; he then heard mass and received the sacrament , while ‘ the earls of Argyll and Bothwell held the towel over his head ’ . |
| 19 | His queen , Persephone , became jealous and turned the nymph into the plant mint . |
| 20 | He called Ace and explained the situation . |
| 21 | Runaways were commonplace , and I remember when a bull , on its way back to Milford Station , thought enough was enough , broke free and terrorised the neighbouring streets for about half-an-hour before recapture . |
| 22 | We started house-hunting and found the perfect place on a new rural estate within ten minutes ' drive of the café . |
| 23 | If I worked hard and cracked the Agenda system , I would end up either having to spend a lot of money to continue , or seeing the time and work wasted . |
| 24 | As the forewoman of the six-man , six woman jury announced the verdict , Mr Roache , swallowed hard and gripped the bench in front of him . |
| 25 | Although the same bolts worked loose and caused the 1980 derailment , Boocock said that there was ‘ no question of a bearing failure on that occasion ’ . |
| 26 | On receipt of my cheque , my father got drunk and put the money on a horse running in the Cheltenham Golden Shield called , I do n't know , Handjob or Bumboy or whatever . |
| 27 | Trent regional medical officer Professor Richard Alderslade said the health authority was determined to get to the bottom of what went wrong and to learn the lessons from it . |
| 28 | Willy looked relieved and left the room . |
| 29 | The train resembled a site from the late 50s–early 60s when numerous tours were staged on branch lines in this manner and with 75069 in a slightly weather worn condition it certainly looked authentic and fitted the part well . |
| 30 | I always felt tired and got the odd headache . |