Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although greatly outnumbered they engaged the Scottish forces at Dupplin Moor south of Perth on 11 August 1332 and routed them . |
| 2 | Clinton 's explanation for this brazen reversal of his campaign promises — that once elected he found the figures to be worse than he had thought — may be glibness on a heroic scale , yet the increases have the virtue of consistency with the rest of the package . |
| 3 | Fortunately , there was a small cell of opinion within the Air Ministry that passionately believed they knew the reason for the failure and , more importantly , felt that they also knew the answer . |
| 4 | And so saying she led the way on to the terrace with its beautiful scents of honeysuckle , rose and jasmine . |
| 5 | He spoke just twice , once to answer his name and once to confirm he understood the charge . |
| 6 | In finishing I would say that starting to change fluids can be a daunting prospect and I can assure you our firm played about with fluids and got some ropey results , and even thought we had the chemical company taped and could use less fluid , it worked out at about 3 oz per 80 oz with dye added and boy , did we have colour , it was brilliant . |
| 7 | Sitting in the compartment in my dark city suit , working away at the bright knitting caused a lot of second glances from passers-by , but usually ensured I kept the compartment to myself . |
| 8 | He named a Glasgow taxi driver , Joe Hughes , as an accomplice but later denied he knew the identities of the other men involved . |
| 9 | I grant you we put a check on him once , and could again , but never think you saw the true measure of de Burgh in Kerry , there 's more to him than that . |