Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Images , feelings and emotions are drained down the cords and into the hands of the Great Enchanter , who crushes them into a frail stream of dust , all that remains of the soul . |
2 | As soon as these orders had been carried out the prisoners started to leave . |
3 | The play has been presented down the years by impresario Sir Peter Saunders , who has seen all or some of it nearly 500 times . |
4 | ‘ I have always felt that it is a crying shame that the works of possibly the greatest writer of all time , William Shakespeare , have — purely for examination purposes — been pushed down the throats of school children . |
5 | The linoleum tiles in the middle area of the floor were rimmed by some new type of carpet , there was a false ceiling and false blinds had been hung on the walls . |
6 | She said how the old people 's sitting room had been livened up when a few pictures of old Barnsley had been hung on the walls . |
7 | A plaque had been hung on the gates : ‘ Fierce Dog — Beware ’ . |
8 | Technological developments have been used down the ages to fragment jobs and de-skill workers , they claim . |
9 | Yea , though I run down the valleys , I am Towed up the hills . |
10 | There and in its environs , this week , have been played out the shows of Kenneth Baker as Kenneth Branagh , Michael Heseltine as Alvin Stardust , and Geoffrey Howe as Geoffrey Howe . |
11 | Thereafter , a physiological change may cause them to develop a preference for fresher water so they are lured up the rivers , just as spiny lobsters , at a particular time of the year , are drawn to lower temperatures . |
12 | Many Government amendments are brought in the Lords to save time in the Commons . |
13 | Will he ensure that sufficient facilities are made available north of Manchester and Liverpool to allow people and freight to be carried on the trains ? |
14 | The books were , deservedly , enormously successful and stories in the genre have continued to be written down the years and show no sign of drying up . |
15 | Putting the light on would be too risky , but the curtains were drawn back and by now their eyes had become accustomed to a darkness in which could be made out the shapes of furniture and smaller objects , a darkness of monochrome and black spaces and faintly gleaming edges . |
16 | If paintings or prints are to be hung on the walls it is important to work out beforehand where they are going to go , and to make sure that battens are fixed in these particular areas . |
17 | As the plant grows the band can be slid up the canes or , as the plant grows wider , both canes and band removed and repositioned . |
18 | Aye there 's a lot gon na be finished off the rigs . |
19 | Genes for failure to resist enslavement by cuckoos can easily be passed down the generations of robins or dunnocks . |
20 | Genes for failure to enslave foster-parents can not be passed down the generations of cuckoos . |
21 | Decisions have to be taken on the types of film technique to be used ; locations ; casting ; music ; sets ; and any special requirements . |
22 | It 's not clear what notice will be taken on the results of the Enquiry which will be published in the Autumn , but leader of Oxford city council , Barbara Gatehouse , is worried what will happen if the plant is closed . |
23 | Care must be taken over the signs of relationships , specifying which category has been selected as the base for comparison ( see section 8.2 ) . |
24 | After it 's been dished out the paymasters ride on to take the pay to the men cutting down the forest . |
25 | When these ideas are taken up the employees receive bonuses of one kind or another . |
26 | But Coun. Nicholas Thorne-Wallis ( Lab ) , chairman , said that no final decision had been taken over the proposals and Coun. Mrs Rose Davison ( Lab ) called for more options to be considered by the council . |
27 | just been finished off the rigs . |
28 | Passengers had perforce to ride , and goods were carried on the backs of packhorses or mules . |
29 | I cut it out of Cosmopolitan magazine : an article entitled ‘ Think Yourself Thin ’ , illustrated by a blonde woman in a bikini being carried on the arms of two grinning , solid young men . |
30 | By nineteen ninety-one sixty-one per cent was being carried on the roads with just seven per cent going by rail — part of the continuing trend of freight away from rail to road . |