Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poland , for instance , unlike Russia , was a participant in and indeed an important contributor to the great movements in early modern European history , such as the Renaissance and the scientific revolution , and the country 's legal system , literary forms and religious faith aligned it firmly with the liberal West rather than the more authoritarian East . |
| 2 | Sir , So , the swords are drawn with the Government at long last , now that you have a UK Chairman whose speech at this inauguration laid it firmly on the line , that what this country needs is a transport policy to serve commerce and social preference . |
| 3 | Their presence made it hard for the women to rescue the corpses of the drowned , and many bodies had to be abandoned to them . |
| 4 | Any excuse got me out of the office . |
| 5 | Kolchinsky lowered him carefully to the floor then flicked on the intercom switch on the desk . |
| 6 | A bell tolled , the sign for Compline , and Lady Amelia led him down through the darkened cloister out across the grass to the church . |
| 7 | Nutty flung herself blindly at the opposition . |
| 8 | ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday . |
| 9 | ‘ Master Daunbey , ’ Mandeville caught him up at the corner of the gallery . |
| 10 | Manescu grasped her firmly by the arm as he asked his question . |
| 11 | After six o'clock , when the cheap rate had started , Karen King let herself out of the side door of Aunt Jane 's bungalow and walked the quarter of a mile to the public call box . |
| 12 | Only one of this year 's Crufts group winners made it through to the last forty ! |
| 13 | Exhausted front seven hours of nonstop toil , the brothers flung themselves down on the red soil in the shade along with the other fifteen hundred coolies of the plantation and lay like dead men . |
| 14 | The administrator 's greeting made everyone else in the room turn round to look . |
| 15 | Gaveston led them back to the heart of the palace whence a servitor took them up to a chamber high in the building . |
| 16 | Revenue from normal trading fell , but the club made it up from the transfer market . |
| 17 | At that moment a slim figure flung itself out of the shadows to tumble Lefevre 's giant adversary from his feet . |
| 18 | It would have been impolite to refuse so Elisa found herself back in the sitting room . |
| 19 | Grasping her elbow , Donal moved her out of the way of the small bridesmaid who seemed to have got over-excited and was racing around with someone 's little boy . |
| 20 | Culshaw , who knew Karajan better than any of these armchair pundits , noted that since Karajan had never been interested in interpretation for interpretation 's sake — which perhaps helps explain why his readings often outlast those of more ‘ personalized ’ rivals — he naturally diverted his attention to new projects , musical , technological , scientific , logistical , until circumstances or new thinking drew him back to the central repertoire that he had recorded earlier , with other orchestras , other technology . |
| 21 | In September Leslie 's 5th Brigade found itself part of the 4th Indian Division , and it was with this famous fighting force that he was to spend about the next nine months . |
| 22 | Oxford United has scored , it 's Andy Melville that has put the ball into the net , into injury time , the cross came in , Martin Foyle headed it back across the face of the goal and it 's Andy Melville that has surely clinched three vital points for Oxford United ; into injury time , Oxford United one , Portsmouth nil . |
| 23 | Did you see much of the goal , or as it was a free kick floated in and Martin Foyle headed it back across the face of goal and erm your partner in crime really at the back put it in . |
| 24 | The cross came in , Martin Foyle headed it back across the face of the goal and it 's Andy Melville that has surely clinched three vital points for Oxford United . |
| 25 | However , with record companies realising the appeal and financial benefits of bands like Sabbath having a line-up as close to the original as possible , Neil found himself out in the cold after Geezer Butler was reunited with his former partners . |
| 26 | I was scarcely conscious but Pat helped me out of the machine and as the dinghy had n't emerged after the ditching we had to swim about 250 yards to the beach . |
| 27 | His son , Guardsman George , freely admits that the Fawcetts helped themselves judiciously to the region 's edible game . |
| 28 | The guys at New Deal filled us in with the latest on Harrow skatepark . |
| 29 | The blue eyes studied her lazily in the mirror , and she had the strangest sensation he was toying with her as a cat would a mouse before a kill . |
| 30 | ‘ We had breakfast and Mummy dropped me off at the playground , ’ Verena told police . |