Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] the final [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its great round towers , the dancing outlines of precise yet beautiful Italian architecture , the splendid red spire of St Hubert 's Chapel , the great clock with dogs chasing a stag ; on the hour , the bark of the dogs accompanied each chime whilst the stag moved to sound the final chime . |
| 2 | He went on to obtain a commission in the Regular Army , which involved sitting the final examination at Sandhurst , although he had not been a cadet . |
| 3 | If we 'd needed the final touch of homicidal brio , this would have had to be it . |
| 4 | Children read incomplete sentences such as " the dog ran after the … " , and as they finished pronouncing the final word , which was always the word " the " , a completing word was presented . |
| 5 | Ianthe Broome , Daisy Pettigrew , Sister Dew and one or two others whose names she could never remember , now sat down round the table and began to discuss the final arrangements for the bazaar , which had always been exactly the same and always would be , except that from one year to another a pint more or less milk might be ordered for the teas . |
| 6 | They declined to name the final selling price . |
| 7 | The content of the mail message is constructed by providing one or more strings which will be added together and packed to form the final mail text . |
| 8 | Cheers is based on a real bar in Boston — The Bull and Finch — where the cast gathered to watch the final episode . |
| 9 | Cheers is based on a real bar in Boston — The Bull and Finch — where the cast gathered to watch the final episode . |
| 10 | The Lukac brothers spearheaded a second-period revival to take their team to 8-6 at the end of the second but Hawks managed to take the final period 3-1 and tie the game 9-9 . |
| 11 | A week before the children arrived , it was a tense group of host families which gathered to make the final preparations . |
| 12 | Erm , I mean , all in all they did , they did get the final result , the scene came together right from the last eleven minutes to achieve the result , but it was just there was a lot of confusion at the beginning of the start . |
| 13 | His hundred , the ninth in a career which has now entered its 15th year , came off the last ball of the game after his captain , Graham Gooch , had delayed the final formality of a declaration . |
| 14 | A drop of precious Old Spice aftershave had added the final touch , and now he wanted a drink . |
| 15 | On Aug. 22 it emerged that Shaikh Bachir Fekih , a member of the FIS , had attended the final round of negotiations in a personal capacity amidst reports of assurances by the Prime Minister , Sid Ahmed Ghozali , that the state of siege in force in the country since June 5 [ see p. 38312 ] would be lifted by Oct. 5 . |
| 16 | I would not want anyone to think we had provided the final word . |
| 17 | Opposition groups led by the Democratic Party , which had boycotted the final sessions of the constitutional commission , had called for a " no " vote , saying that the constitution would perpetuate one-party rule by the SPPF . |
| 18 | St Jovite had rounded the final turn in front , but John Reid was on his tail on Dr Devious and forced his horse in front right on the line as Christy Roche was forced to ease off because his mount was hanging . |
| 19 | The men who had pierced the final aperture were waiting to greet them : identifiable as a body of sweat , and heat and small movements that resolved into a murmur , a clink of spade and a clap on shoulder or back . |
| 20 | India , which had removed the final contingent of Indian Peace-Keeping Force ( IPKF ) troops from Sri Lanka in March 1990 [ see p. 37316 ] , expressed concern for the plight of Tamil civilians but made it clear that it would not permit its territory to be used to support militant activity . |
| 21 | Nadobenko , although a previous stage winner , had started the final stage almost seven minutes down on Lillywhite overall . |
| 22 | That reconciliation was not Franco 's guiding principle was clear from the decree he had issued on 1 April 1939 ( the same day he had signed the final war bulletin ) , ordering that a monument be built " to perpetuate the memory of those who fell in the Crusade of Liberation " and to honour " those who gave their lives for God and the Fatherland " . |
| 23 | My fiancé , Derrick , had to make the final decision about the colour etc … |
| 24 | Susan , once the excitement of Christmas was over , had completely collapsed , and it was Breeze who had to make the final arrangements for selling 9 Dorchester Terrace , and the auctioning of the furniture . |
| 25 | The High Court sought to make the final damages reflect Mr Shove 's actual loss . |
| 26 | THE shares of Birse Group tumbled 24 to 43p yesterday after the construction and property concern warned it was likely to record a loss for the year to end-April and intended passing the final dividend . |
| 27 | The danger is to exaggerate their importance , as it seems clear that their actions tended to give the final blow to communities which were already in decay rather than to destroy those which were flourishing . |
| 28 | ‘ We wanted to start the final day within a minute of Carlos . |
| 29 | The Sikh parties boycotted the conference and Congress ( I ) refused to endorse the final communiqué . |