Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] the far [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he looked at you it was as if an icy wind blew from the far north . |
| 2 | After a few minutes a little flame blossomed at the far corner . |
| 3 | One day a figure appeared on the far shore . |
| 4 | The car lurched towards the far side of the road and her mother anxiously wrenched it back on course , then turned her attention back to the dash and at last flipped the switch which folded the roof down . |
| 5 | A spit of white sand showed in the far distance . |
| 6 | A hound spoke at the far end of the wood . |
| 7 | ‘ Indeed … ’ began Wu Shih , then stopped , turning as his Chancellor appeared at the far end of the gallery . |
| 8 | His mangled body slammed into the far wall , then slumped to the floor , leaving a broad red smear in its wake . |
| 9 | Two words , both of them not repeatable , and then the thud , as Callum 's body crunched against the far wall . |
| 10 | After I had finished , a Phantom arose in the far corner of the room and proposed a vote of thanks ; and thereafter a Voice somewhere pronounced the benediction . |
| 11 | A baboon shrieked on the far side of the pavilion . |
| 12 | He had just reached the box when a man on a bicycle appeared at the far end of the street . |
| 13 | A low stone wall ran across the far side of the square . |
| 14 | The aunt gestured to the far end of the sun porch where one of her sons sat . |
| 15 | A white sink shone at the far end , some sort of covered porcelain bucket underneath it . |
| 16 | In Roman times the river flowed on the far side of that . |
| 17 | But er we got out eventually , and they managed to get a road through to us , and but er And er I remember another time where a bank came in and they were one man trapped in the far end and there were another man trapped on this end and my brother and me we we dug round to him , we got to him , we got him bared so far and what To his waist , and it was still bitting and we got hold of his belt , right , ready ? |
| 18 | ‘ So you 've finally lost your last marble ’ a voice said from the far end of the room . |
| 19 | Moments later an official appeared at the far end of the corridor and hurried to him . |
| 20 | In 1899 Watson came on a second tour and this time went to the far west . |