Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [adv] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His successor , Majorian , apparently overthrew this arrangement , pushing the Burgundians out of the environs of Lyons in 458 . |
| 2 | And though she cherished the times when Friend soared in companionship beside her through forever , always — reluctantly , it seemed sometimes , but always — he would pluck new motes of light and weave them into new shapes for her to read , but the shapes only made sense in their beauty , not in the real world where the coarseness of eating and cleaning and going to the toilet squashed the meanings out of the corners of her eyes . |
| 3 | At the same time it received a B.2 trolley mast , hoops over the end of the upper deck , folding platform steps and slatted gates between the bogies instead of the wire cages . |
| 4 | One engineer made the fatal mistake of putting Bluecol anti-freeze in the header tank of the toilets instead of the main engine fresh water header tank . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is for that reason that Britain will find greater interest in discussing the problems of the former Soviet Union and in establishing the rouble stabilisation fund — even though it will mean us pledging about $600m to help keep the Reds out of the red . |
| 6 | To help the courts in sentencing decisions , the Government also proposes that the legislation should place a new duty on the Secretary of State to inform the courts annually of the costs of implementing penalties … |
| 7 | Setting the briefcase back down , she dug the notes out of the pocket and turned to the last page , smiling rather nastily . |
| 8 | A French medic was climbing the grassy bank from the sunken road to look at the Officer as I got the prisoners out of the dug-out and back to their previous positions in the hollow . |
| 9 | Tim sat up all night once picking the raisins out of the muesli to spoil her breakfast . |
| 10 | In the liberal view , the notion of class interest offers no satisfactory explanation for the policies either of the State or of opposition parties . |
| 11 | Ergonomically , the layout is hard to fault but the space allocated for the otherwise clear and attractive instrumentation seems to have shrunk — it would have been far better to have the computer readout under the dials instead of the heater controls — and we question the need for such extravagantly styled air vents . |
| 12 | I have absolutely no conscience about taking this stuff from Ellis , who incidentally has shunted Plutarch off to a luxurious cattery and is still wrestling at getting the hairs out of the carpets . |
| 13 | Downstairs , the Sikhs , the Magistrate , Rayne , a couple of young ensigns , and a motley collection of indigo planters and Eurasians , were engaged in a desperate fight to keep the sepoys out of the building ; but already they were being driven back from doors and windows . |
| 14 | The level of youth unemployment in an area may reflect the characteristics either of the area itself ( eg the absence of expanding industry ) or of the young people who live there ( eg their educational qualifications ) , or some combination of the two . |
| 15 | and up the steps out of the underground there was this lass there and I , I ca n't help it I mean I 'm always aware of the fact of having this twenty five year old child , so offspring and there was a girl roughly about his age or slightly younger and she was grey you know that translucent look your skin gets when you 're not eating properly you know that grey sort of pallor and I had an overnight bag in one hand and a briefcase and a handbag in the other and I remember I walked past her and she was begging and I had gone to the sleeper and I 'm sitting there and I 'm thinking you bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep , you could of put briefcase down , overnight bag down , handbag down and got some money out . |
| 16 | Ended up we had to get her and the kids out of the house and get them somewhere to stay the night . |
| 17 | Super-hip fashion accessory or just a way of keeping the kids out of the amusement arcades ? |
| 18 | ‘ So I just — I got the kids out of the house — ‘ n ’ I rang this number . ’ |
| 19 | It shows no evidence of resisting the demands either of the federal government or of the national banks ( and hence the governments ) of the republics and provinces . |
| 20 | ‘ Celtic were over-physical and we have six players injured for our match against Werder Bremen on Saturday , ’ said Hitzfield , whose team pitched the Scots out of the UEFA Cup on Tuesday . |
| 21 | The mean ol' Gruzzles ca n't read and they do n't want any one else to be able to read so they have stolen all the words out of the books . |
| 22 | Right , that 's the surprises out of the way , for Blueboy are , together with co-headliners Brighter , residents of the Sarah Records stable , which means that delicate , dreamy , demure guitar songs are on the agenda and crotch-related stage action is not . |
| 23 | But the blame for its weakness can not be laid directly at the feet either of the takeover or of debt . |
| 24 | He turned with difficulty and got the keys out of the pocket of his trousers and put them on the chair seat . |
| 25 | Sacco swarmed up the steering-wheel post and wrestled the keys out of the ignition while the rest of the boys poked around in the cab . |
| 26 | These are the keys out of the case . |
| 27 | It was a particular damp Autumn , before the advent of land drainage at Strawberry Fields and the snapshot albums shows us ( with all the children again ) wellies up to the knees in mud , lifting the teethes out of the quagmire with forks ! |
| 28 | As the psychoanalyst , or therapist , delves into the unconscious of his or her patients , he will come up against phylogenetic material , memory traces of the experiences not of the patient , but of earlier generations of humanity . |
| 29 | Quinn folded the wires and clothes-peg into the space left in the open box , pulled the wires out of the brown substance . |
| 30 | The Packers , needing a win to keep the Redskins out of the play-offs , took an early lead , but Vikings quarter-back Sean Salisbury threw two touchdown passes to end their dream . |