Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The algorithm scans the sequence of top symbols of parses , and looks for pairs M , P which crop up together unexpectedly often . |
| 2 | Miles used his connection with the starpod to dim the chamber lights , and the stars sprang into sharp relief . |
| 3 | Luxembourg and United States courts have addressed the matter , and the judgments reveal the reality of these fears . |
| 4 | The porter took the lamp away with him |
| 5 | The prioress instructed the porter to take the body into the nearby infirmary , ordered the crowd to disperse and asked one of the sisters to extend hospitality to the pedlar . |
| 6 | She paced the room , staring out of the window until the view became too monotonous to continue watching , looking at her watch and at the door , and was about to leave when she heard the porter turning the key in the lock . |
| 7 | Ranulf sighed , pocketed the leather strap , waited for the porter to re-bury the bones and half-carried him back to the priory , listening to the fellow 's litany of self-congratulation . |
| 8 | The porter holds the car door as if restraining a very strong , young Galapagos tortoise from doing what it pleases . |
| 9 | The porter caught the coin and nodded . |
| 10 | He had found the porter visiting the superintendent nurse in her room , a form of social exchange that was strictly forbidden . |
| 11 | When the porter entered the room the stranger melted into thin air . |
| 12 | The activities accompanying the texts go well beyond checking comprehension . |
| 13 | For example , each activity on a construction programme is priced by estimators and its tinting is reflected in the sequencing of the activities forming the construction bar chart or network . |
| 14 | But the defence said the accident would n't have happened if Gloucestershire 's Robin Phelps had checked the locking pins before trying to move the gangry on . |
| 15 | The report ended with the defence telling the jury it would be very dangerous to record a conviction on the uncorroborated evidence of the girl . |
| 16 | Again the defence got the blame , though I think myself if the forwards are n't putting away the chances we 'll never get anywhere . |
| 17 | Counsel for the defence presents the case for the accused . |
| 18 | Counsel for the defence addressed the jury and the judge summed up . |
| 19 | After the jury was sworn , there began immediately a seven-day voire dire in which the defence challenged the admissibility of all the evidence resulting from the undercover operation . |
| 20 | Do the defence have the resources to make the necessary investigations , in the face of the presumptions embodied in this Bill ? |
| 21 | This will leave the defence to raise the issue of consent , which will then be left to the jury . |
| 22 | In this case , the question of mens rea was crucial , the defence arguing the relevance of the BBFC 's decision to refuse a national certificate in 1970 so that the film could first be assessed by a representative sample of local licensing authorities who were more closely in touch with community standards . |
| 23 | But the lead lasted only eight minutes before Sterling 's right wing cross reached the far post , where David Robinson outjumped the defence to head the equaliser . |
| 24 | Arguing that the defendants had been accused simply because they were non-white , the defence dismissed the confessions ( which the youths themselves retracted ) as having been extracted under police duress . |
| 25 | But one effect of this is to limit the opportunities for the defence to contest the issue . |
| 26 | Is the potential for misidentification any less when the defence bear the burden of proof ? |
| 27 | His three first-half points helped Magherafelt to a 0–6 to 0–3 interval lead , and the defence did the rest . |
| 28 | The response recognises the need for substantial reform in this area of the law , including clarification and guidelines in regard to tests of capacity . |
| 29 | The response exacerbated the strikes , and by the end of June 1991 both disputes were growing in scope and intensity . |
| 30 | Then he remembered that the cottage had been sold , the money placed in trust for his father 's mother , the income paying the fees of the nursing home where she sat all day rocking herself in a wheelchair — Alzheimer 's disease . |