Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun pl] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He whispered the words aloud as though to conjure the hidden meaning from the card . |
| 2 | PACE aces Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram produced the goods again as Pakistan claimed a thrilling three-run victory over England at Lord 's . |
| 3 | Eric , Paul and I got the goalposts together while Blyth hurriedly strapped his leg on . |
| 4 | She said they only got the men in when it went wrong . |
| 5 | Additions to the existing law which attacked the symptoms rather than the cause were useful : if the police were given the power to prohibit processions and meetings , to outlaw paramilitary defence corps and to ban political uniforms this would no doubt help , but suppression of fascist anti-semitism would be the best solution . |
| 6 | I entered the woods just as three mortar explosions occurred in quick succession , somewhere in the trees a short distance away . |
| 7 | Our archers caught the bastards just as they began to climb the scaling ladders , whilst men-at-arms , using the long forked poles lying on the parapet walk , shoved them out of the way . |
| 8 | I fixed the brakes again while Faith prepared the flight-plan . |
| 9 | He ground the words out as though he were chewing on granite . |
| 10 | I had no intention then , or ever after , of joining any group or ‘ movement ’ and I therefore sidestepped the Vorticists just as I sidestepped both the Imagists and the Amygists . |
| 11 | Her face set in a mask of intense fury , she slammed the doors hard as she left the court . |
| 12 | But the beginning of the end of economic growth in the seventies resulted in massive unemployment which affected the minorities more than it did any other group . |
| 13 | He ate the strawberries quickly before anyone could ask him for one . |
| 14 | He turned the pages slowly as she evoked her dreamscapes for him . |
| 15 | In November 1984 the UKCC addressed the professions directly when it published and circulated the second edition of the Code . |
| 16 | A debtor whose goods were seized to pay a debt was also charged £70 for the bailiff 's van which collected the goods even though the van was already in the neighbourhood . |
| 17 | It would be better if you contacted the police rather than wait until they arrive to question you . ’ |
| 18 | Conservative group leader Coun Tony Richmond contacted the diplomats independently after Labour councillors refused to see them , and invited them to a meeting in Darlington Town Hall . |
| 19 | But her feet hit the stairs soundly as she went to put them in water . |
| 20 | The hostage issue only hit the headlines again when Charles Glass , a British-based American journalist , was kidnapped in mid-June . |
| 21 | I watched the screens unblinkingly as the three wheeled into triangular formation around my ship — their guns trained in an unmistakable attitude of menace . |
| 22 | With both batsmen in the middle of the pitch , the ricochet beat Barlow to the bowler 's end and broke the stumps there as well ; Lloyd appealed , but umpire Jepson gave ‘ not out ’ . |
| 23 | Ungar placed rats in a start box which opened onto a lighted arena with a dark compartment in one corner , and shocked the animals electrically when they attempted to enter the dark compartment ; this punishment rapidly resulted in the animals refusing to enter the dark box . |
| 24 | She felt the shivers again as she ate her meal and frequently looked up to find him watching her , his eyes on the glitter of her silvery hair . |
| 25 | I think he treated the dogs better than he treated the women , actually- ’ Markby broke off embarrassed . |
| 26 | He knew the details better than most of us , but somehow that caused more resentment than if he had left the specifics to us . ’ |
| 27 | Nobody knew the risks better than they did . |
| 28 | She knew the terms even before he 'd turned to her , by the water jump at a point-to-point in 1949 , and said , ‘ I suppose you 'd never marry me , would you ? ’ |
| 29 | However , Hove soon brought the scores closer when they dropped a goal following concerted pressure near the Haslemere line . |
| 30 | Joy Scott , who 's married to a US airman , brought the children here because she claimed , her husband was violent . |