Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adv] [conj] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He put his hand to the switch just inside and turned the light on . |
| 2 | Reacting instantly , Curtis jerked the wheel hard over and sideswiped the other car , at the same time jerking his foot from the gas pedal . |
| 3 | When the car bumped out on to the tarmac he swung the wheel hard across and turned the car around to face towards his chosen village . |
| 4 | She looked over to the window once more and heard the rain driving against the glass . |
| 5 | One of those interested in the opportunities for détente was Winston Churchill who was British premier once more and became the first major European statesman to advocate a relaxation of tensions with Russia . |
| 6 | But Richard turned his head even further and looked the other way . |
| 7 | Even the black goat and the white cock sacrificed in our hull for a safe and speedy passage now began to haunt us every bit as solemnly as did the ghosts of our investors in London . |
| 8 | He crossed to the drinks cabinet once more and tipped the bottle . |
| 9 | In the end they failed , but during their period of dominance they entered the sugar trade very successfully and persuaded the English in the West Indies to grow sugar to take the place of tobacco ; at first they thought they could absorb the English islands into the Amsterdam trading system , but while it quite soon turned out that this was not the case and direct Dutch influence did not last very long , the commitment to sugar dominated the islands for at least two hundred years and remained important long afterwards . |
| 10 | No group in society , however , symbolized the alienation of key institutions from the government more clearly than did the university teachers . |
| 11 | He looked up at the mirror once more and saw the car behind him , keeping the same distance , the rain spurting fanwise from its front wheels . |
| 12 | Mick disapproved of Memet as strongly as did the rest of her family , but Memet either did n't know or did n't care . |
| 13 | Students said police entered the campus around 3am and arrested the left-wing president of their representative council , Arthur Mutambara , and the general secretary , Enoch Chikweche . |
| 14 | It was a wonder they had not all mauled each other to death long ago and left the damp , chilly coastline unpeopled except for howling birds . |