Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The weight of opinion and evidence bore out the view that " Britain has one of the fairest , most effective and most socially accountable forms of cost containment of any country " ( Barr et al. |
| 32 | I mean I , I heard a stupid story , that instead of like , the , the twenty-seventh , twenty-eight and ninth come over here , but the was still , was still using a radio and stuff taken out the pre war stuff , that 's how far their radio technology and communications come on . |
| 33 | A buyer , on the other hand , may well be concerned about such sub-contracting , since one of the factors on which he decided to place the contract with the seller may well have been his perception of the seller 's own quality standards and competence to carry out the contract . |
| 34 | Another rain squall blotted out the harbour and water cascaded down the window panes . |
| 35 | After a hard frost the passage walls sweated and water trickled down the corridors . |
| 36 | The hot sun burnt his back and sweat ran down the rags of his shorts . |
| 37 | An indeterminate mass of concrete and steel plunged down the centre of the stairwell , exploding like a bomb on the ground floor below . |
| 38 | Put them in now , before autumn gales and winter blasts make the plants rock at their roots , and frost loosens up the soil to compound the damage . |
| 39 | Velocity and fusion sucking up the shocked air . |
| 40 | as if she had had a signal from the Chief Superintendent , Sergeant Henley subsided and Coffin took over the questioning . |
| 41 | Tarogan 's is the Swindon hope and speedmaster brings up the Lambourn lot . |
| 42 | Music drifted from open windows and traffic droned down the King 's Road . |
| 43 | You knew everyone who went to work in the early morning — the chappie who came round on his bike and rod to put out the gas lamps or to light them . |
| 44 | Thanks so much to the thousands of you who took the time and trouble to fill out the Pet Census in the April issue . |
| 45 | Lisa settled down with the bulldog clip that held the current day 's orders , and Folly picked up the accounts book . |
| 46 | Traditional luxury and style sums up the American . |
| 47 | The sober vernacular architecture of the Third Republic is supplanted by the brutal international style ; sub-Brechtian theatre of alienation drives out indigenous French boulevard theatre ; the subsidy of rock and roll drives out the French popular chanson of Leclerc and Piaf . |
| 48 | But our ‘ yes ’ is necessary , the ‘ yes ’ of faith which is ‘ the empty hand that we hold out to Christ and that he fills with himself , and the impulse and strength to stretch out the hand comes from the Spirit . ’ |
| 49 | Summer died under the weight of falling leaves , and autumn filled up the ruts in the road with rainwater , like blood filling fresh claw-marks . |
| 50 | Bakker has , instead , been ready to use thought and reason to fill in the gaps in our knowledge . |
| 51 | If the tasks to be done are more complex , and surrounded by a higher degree of uncertainty , then co-ordination may be done more efficiently through instructions and information passed down the managerial hierarchy . |
| 52 | Trainees at the centre at Menro House , Colmore Avenue , won a commission from City Challenge to produce a portfolio of 400 photographs of the eastern area of Middlesbrough some of which were used in the documents and information backing up the successful bid . |
| 53 | He should write to the Secretary of State for Education and Science setting out the problems , and the same goes for problems in respect of Dundee university . |
| 54 | The local press and radio picked up the story and carried it week after week — for a couple of years the gay struggle was big news for the folks back home . |
| 55 | Geraniums , sea thrift and bedding spill over the edge . |
| 56 | The sight of all which struck them with consternation or a kind of horror that they incontinently gave over search and with the utmost hurry and dread , throwing earth and turf to fill up the pit they made , they departed , having neither of them the courage to enter or even inspect into the further circumstances of the place ’ . |
| 57 | The men at the headman 's house decided , on behalf of the village , that every dog that had been out in the night , possibly taking part in the fight and helping bring down the rabid dog , would have to be killed : and all bitches on heat , whether they 'd been inside or out , must also be killed . |
| 58 | If the reason for leaving was ill-health refer to it briefly , explain it was a temporary situation and emphasize your present fitness and ability to take on the demands of the new job . |
| 59 | His constant flow of crosses and ability to take on the Southampton defence created sufficient openings for United to have transformed their domination into goals . |
| 60 | She goes Dear Doctor Allen , My Mum and Dad went out the other day and I was bored so I started rubbing my dog and my dog got turned on and so did I . |