Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Siward had merely killed his wife 's uncle , as Carl Thorbrandsson had already killed his wife 's father , and had joined thereby the bloody brethren of kinsmen whose lethal manoeuvrings had kept him busy for the twelve years he had now held the earldom . |
| 2 | In this context it was the externality of British Afro-Caribbeans and Asians which was highlighted rather the racist institutions and processes which worked against blacks at all levels of society . |
| 3 | ‘ Then , Benedict , you have heard only the scandalous tale . |
| 4 | The youngster had fallen down the steep embankment on the Colchester side of the station , injuring her back and legs , and was unable to move . |
| 5 | For a time it was popular to suggest that reversals in the earth 's magnetic field , which we know to have been sudden , may have temporarily broken down the protective shield provided by the van Allen Belt against cosmic rays and so stimulated evolution by way of genetic mutation . |
| 6 | Numbers were small ; but a final case study approach revealed that for people who lived alone , had no informal carer who could manage all necessary care ; and had a high level of cognitive impairment , the Home Support Project was likely to prolong home care beyond that of those who had received only the usual services . |
| 7 | PGSS and Makaton have received perhaps the least evaluation . |
| 8 | Members in AIB Bank , in Britain , have received perhaps the greatest blow yet delivered to them , when the Mediator dealing with their outstanding salary claim came forward with his Recommendation . |
| 9 | And Joanna had sped down the outer stairway , crying and joyous at once . |
| 10 | Ian MacDonald and he had stripped down the old wreck and searched junk yards for spare parts . |
| 11 | Local inhabitants recall that thistles used to be placed down the outside school toilets before the unsuspecting used them ! |
| 12 | But we have probably not emphasized enough the obvious benefits it has brought about . |
| 13 | A MAN injured in a police shoot-out was last night in hospital with chest wounds while police pieced together the tangled events of a night of violence that also left one man dead and three policemen injured . |
| 14 | She had just begun to settle into her neat flat , and although it was n't furnished expensively the few pieces she had were chosen with loving care . |
| 15 | The first being that he had driven such motor cars before , and the second that he had consumed only the barest minimum of champagne . |
| 16 | Had he agreed to resign , he would have been entitled to his superannuation for 29 years ' service in Poor Law Institutions ; as it was , he was given only the nine years entitlement from his time at Bedford . |
| 17 | Unsatisfied with this development , Edward even began to claim his sede vacante rights retrospectively : thus a benefice which was empty when a new bishop was appointed and was subsequently filled in the normal way by him , was sometimes claimed by Edward to be unlawfully filled , the patronage belonging by regalian right to the crown , even though the king had not exercised this during the vacancy of the see . |
| 18 | The look in her eyes filled in the unspoken words in her sentence . |
| 19 | The pipe is filled in the usual way . |
| 20 | He and the motor trader filled in the usual forms . |
| 21 | Following the retirement of Frank Whitehead ( 1982 ) and the early retirement of Alan England ( 1984 ) neither of the posts left vacant has still been filled ; they are unlikely to be filled in the foreseeable future . |
| 22 | The scheme is not out of the woods yet ; and rather than break the law Maxen last week filled in the local VATman 's registration form . |
| 23 | Christopher Taylor has given perhaps the best example of this in a study of settlements in the Nene Valley . |
| 24 | The older ones are given perhaps the only education they 'll ever receive . |
| 25 | A bedside light should be placed so the light source is above your head but not shining directly onto your eyes . |
| 26 | There 's little doubt the Commonwealth sees France as the main target of the mission , but as a mainly English speaking organization , its influence on President Mitterand may be limited so the French speakers among them will be pressed into service . |
| 27 | Children had the unfortunate habit of growing too tall , whereupon they would be sacked so the few shillings earned were lost to a family that might well depend on them . |
| 28 | It can be heard down the entire High Street . |
| 29 | The 1988 Education Reform Act and earlier legislation has altered entirely the political context in which history teaching operates . |
| 30 | Mr Biermann , who is visiting his mother at her home in Elton Road , wrote the books to rebuild his life after a stroke in 1989 left him paralysed down the right hand side of his body . |