Example sentences of "appeared [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody could understand why this rather depressed-looking character appeared off the page . |
| 2 | On 22 March an armada of 45 US Navy warships , Operation Prairie Fire , complete with aircraft carriers , 200 aircraft , and nuclear submarines , appeared off the Libyan coast in the Gulf of Sidra and deliberately trailed their coats until the Libyans reacted by firing two SA-5 missiles at the American aircraft . |
| 3 | This news set Berwick in a stir of even greater activity , especially when , that same afternoon , a fleet of ships appeared off the mouth of Tweed , coming from the south , and turned in towards the port . |
| 4 | Despite the introduction of a liaison committee in 1950 , little common ground appeared between the two sides . |
| 5 | ‘ Figures appeared between the wrecked cottages ahead , their hands high . |
| 6 | At first she only saw the dark shape of the forest beside the road , then as her eyes adjusted to a faint lifting of the gloom a narrow laneway appeared between the trees . |
| 7 | By the second half of 1990 , however , there were signs of renewed instability as rifts appeared between the NDC and its TNP ally . |
| 8 | A hole appeared between the eyes of all three targets . |
| 9 | Before he could do so , however , an aproned , curly-haired housekeeper appeared through a side door , pushing it open with one of her ample hips as both hands were occupied in bearing a tray . |
| 10 | But , as she stood undecidedly on the threshold , Marc appeared through a door at the far end . |
| 11 | As she reached the last step Travis appeared through a door to her left . |
| 12 | They were terrified out of their wits when the supposedly dead owner appeared through the gate in the wall and shouted at them to go away . |
| 13 | Stars who appeared through the years included the Rolling Stones , Elton John , Rod Stewart and Madonna . |
| 14 | As she was drying her hair on the kitchen towel , Nora appeared through the dining-room door . |
| 15 | A few minutes before we were all due on the first tee a tall and sturdy figure , crowned with a near-bald , sun-tanned head , appeared through the crowd . |
| 16 | There 's a hole ! " then his hand appeared through the wall a couple of yards down and waved about to attract her attention . |
| 17 | He announced that he was prepared to admit that the invisible undetectable substance existed on the moon , but insisted that it was not disturbed in the way suggested by his rival but in fact was piled up on top of the mountains so that they were many times higher than they appeared through the telescope . |
| 18 | ‘ A plastic sea kayak ; you must be mad , ’ was a typical comment from a Plas-y- Brenin instructor when the Seayak appeared through the post . |
| 19 | The curtain twitched and the Company Manager , Wallas Ward , resplendent in midnight blue dinner jacket , appeared through the centre . |
| 20 | The boatman appeared through the morning gloom , poling a small gondola filled with fresh vegetables . |
| 21 | The road suddenly appeared through the thinning trees and Jenna had to scramble down a bank , cross a ditch and she was standing on the firm tarmac of the main highway . |
| 22 | Lily appeared through the swing doors with Sergeant Davis , shrugging herself into her coat as she came . |
| 23 | They appeared about a hundred million years ago . |
| 24 | Thank you on behalf of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group for the article that appeared about the Upington 26 Campaign ( Endpiece NI 210 ) . |
| 25 | The fact that he appeared for every show wearing an immaculate double-breasted blue suit with a carnation in his lapel only served to further that reputation . |
| 26 | The first frame of the programme appeared for a moment , juddered , then disappeared . |
| 27 | ‘ A night out with John Minton , ’ Lehmann recorded in his diary in October 1951 , ‘ for which he arrived with a bunch of carnations in the wildest , gayest form , having been on a jag for three nights — and continued it that night in spite of my attempts at restraint ( which were spoiled by laughing all the time ) , flinging his arms about , shouting shrilly with highly risqué asseverations at the White Tower ( at which Tennessee [ Williams ] appeared for a hallucinatory moment ) , becoming embarrassingly affectionate and enthusiastic about me , and pouring money out for champagne in the Caribbean and another unidentified night club . ’ |
| 28 | An ear the size of a flying saucer appeared for a moment and then was whisked away and replaced by a no less monstrous nose and half an eye . |
| 29 | Mr Hussein appeared for the dedication on a white horse , a traditional symbol of virility and purity that is linked to Ali , the grandson of the Prophet . |
| 30 | At precisely the same time as circumcision and the blood of circumcision was receiving this new casting and additional dimension , legislation about female blood — i.e. the blood of menstruation and childbirth — appeared for the first time on the scene . |