Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] the [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time passed slowly and the men worried about their families and jobs . |
| 2 | The gunfire and noise in the woods had been lessening as it drew nearer and the targets became fewer . |
| 3 | The road system built up since the Romans had come to serve a much heavier traffic load in the later Middle Ages as the county became wealthier . |
| 4 | They now moved back , in sympathy with the Japanese surrender , they moved back and the nationalists took Shanghai and really controlled the whole of , of south China again so that the , the old landlord system had been re-established . |
| 5 | Kate will always care enough to make sure the fridge is full of food and the airing cupboard full of clean linen and the beds changed regularly and the carpets swept and the dishes washed and the lunch cooked and the rats and the lice and the assorted nasties consigned to the dustbin of history . |
| 6 | The fingers clenched jerkily as the arms flailed at the sides of the grave , tossing dirt aside in an attempt to gain a purchase on the soft earth . |
| 7 | Carrington raised the bottle , swallowed , and sneezed hard as the fumes went up his nose . |
| 8 | One of the men bristled visibly as the others smiled their pleasant responses . |
| 9 | The business of the yard door was puzzling ; it was bolted at II.I5 and mysteriously unbolted later so that an unidentified woman was able to enter at about 11.30 , but bolted again when the police arrived some time after six in the morning . |
| 10 | The picture windows shattered , and the bar cracked apart where the bullets went in . |
| 11 | Behind me the cart creaked away and the executioners busied themselves with the ropes . |
| 12 | So he passed over and the trumpets sounded for him on the other side . ’ |
| 13 | The rain came down and the floods came , and the winds blew and struck the house , and it fell ; and great was the fall of it ! |
| 14 | the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on the rocks slid down , but the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand and the rain came tumbling down |
| 15 | the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on the rocks slid down , but the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand and the rain came tumbling down |
| 16 | splish , splash and the rain came down and floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on his band fell flat |
| 17 | splish , splash and the rain came down and floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on his band fell flat |
| 18 | and the rain came down and floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on his band fell flat |
| 19 | and the rain came down and floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on his band fell flat |
| 20 | Their wives and children joined them on Saturday night and on Sunday they ate together before the visitors went down the mountain in a long procession . |
| 21 | Then the robins came in and the children began climbing onto their backs and going for short flights . |
| 22 | Then the clouds came over and the colours faded . |
| 23 | PRESSURE on the Government to reconsider its strong opposition to full membership of the European Monetary System mounted yesterday after the authorities failed to arrest another slide in the pound . |
| 24 | The attacks were short and occasionally occurred at night ( she woke up before the attacks started ) . |
| 25 | It was the deadly striker 's 11th goal of the season — he also scored both when the sides drew 2-2 in their first meeting at Villa Park . |
| 26 | He came back when the others had departed , bringing fish and chips or a hot-dog , and sat on the straw-stack inside the factory to eat them . |
| 27 | The hand dropped back and the eyes closed . |
| 28 | Speeds dropped now and the vehicles closed up . |
| 29 | At a post-summit press conference , Kohl noted ironically that the leaders rejected his proposals on global warming because ‘ the situation is different in the United States ’ . |
| 30 | His chest burned savagely as the ropes bit into his skin . |