Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun sg] [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE ROAD TO ELLING CHANGED CHARACTER dramatically at the place where it met the river and altered its course to follow that of the river . |
| 2 | At the private view of that year 's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition she met the architect and put the proposition to him . |
| 3 | ‘ You know there are young people , even more meshuggeh than you — who used to be involved with drugs and being hippies in India and God knows what crazy stuff-until they met the Maggid and Returned to the Faith . |
| 4 | The failed short-list candidates are surrounded by increasing circles of other disappointed souls : to continue our horseracing imagery , the front-runners are followed by the minor placings , those who met the headhunter and talked at length about the opportunity , who were among the top ten , but not the top three or four . |
| 5 | The medics met the plane and gave him plasma etc right there in the radio room before transporting him to the hospital . |
| 6 | We by-passed the town and went straight to the former station , which is actually not in the town itself , but at Minllyn . |
| 7 | One of the models had peeked at the audience from behind the heavy velvet curtains that draped the stage and reported breathlessly that every spindly-legged gilt chair in the crowded hall was taken . |
| 8 | Southern Africa experienced its worst drought this century and needed to import more than 12 million tonnes of grain , but many of the affected countries lacked the experience and established mechanisms to handle emergency food aid distributions . |
| 9 | It 's estimated that some fifty thousand workers took part in the strike , which paralysed the country and threw the new government of Senora Chamorro into crisis . |
| 10 | Whenever the chest was brought in by the Levites to the King 's officials and they saw that there was a large amount of money , the royal secretary and the officer of the chief priest came and emptied the chest and carried it back to its place . |
| 11 | ’ She emptied the pot and gave Annie a hug . |
| 12 | When he bolted the door , pulled down the shutter , put the chairs on the tables , emptied the till and swept the floor he was able to walk through to the back , climb the stairs , sprawl into a big armchair and look at his collection of pictures , news cuttings , fan club items , record sleeves and signed photographs of Shirley Temple . |
| 13 | Ross unlocked the bar and let it swing down . |
| 14 | He unlocked the case and lifted out what looked like a Walkman with a small black box attached . |
| 15 | He went out and unlocked the church and checked that all was well . |
| 16 | She unlocked the door and got back in the shower . |
| 17 | He unlocked the door and stepped inside . |
| 18 | An hour later he was awakened by Sunil , who unlocked the door and ushered him in apologetically . |
| 19 | I unlocked the door and led the way in . |
| 20 | He awkwardly unlocked the door and carried her to the sofa , laying her down as though she weighed nothing at all . |
| 21 | Then Joe unlocked the door and picked up my sister , who had dropped unconscious to the ground , but only after watching the fight through the window . |
| 22 | He unlocked the door and peered out into the darkness . |
| 23 | Duncan unlocked the door and supervised the fuelling from a small bowser as Myeloski made himself comfortable in the rear seat . |
| 24 | At the hotel Luke collected both keys from the night porter , and when they reached her room he unlocked the door and held it open for her , then closed it behind him . |
| 25 | Emily unlocked the door and moved into the cool of the hallway , putting down her bag gratefully . |
| 26 | The warder found the key he sought , unlocked the door and allowed Nicholson through . |
| 27 | She put them in her pocket , unlocked the cabinet and took the revolver down . |
| 28 | On the forecourt he unlocked the car and threw the diaries across on to the passenger seat before sliding in behind the wheel . |
| 29 | Jack finally crested the hill and stood in the shadow of the Monument . |
| 30 | We uprated the grant and introduced a top-up loan , the effect of which was that publicly provided support for students rose by 25 per cent . |