Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun sg] [noun] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The COS became the Family Welfare Association shortly after the Second World War and its functions have widened in scope as the need for basic relief has been reduced by the growth of statutory income maintenance services . |
| 2 | Mr Clinton 's treasury secretary , Lloyd Bentsen , dismissed the stock market fall simply the end of a ‘ speculative run-up ’ . |
| 3 | Here , to their astonishment , they found the Ludendorff railway bridge still intact . |
| 4 | I found the acid house thing really disillusioning . |
| 5 | To resolve the question , Lord Carlisle was given a charter that covered the whole area and the Courteen family were given , by way of compensation for their neglected rights , the permission to trade with India which caused the East India Company so much trouble in the 1630s . |
| 6 | He seemed to be loosening up , only tensing slightly when he noticed the no smoking sign again . |
| 7 | At dinner he rapped his fork and knife on the plate , picked up and handled things on the table , turned the salt shaker upside down , kicked the table and his sister , and intermittently , throughout the meal , jumped up to do somersaults in the living room . |
| 8 | Claire Taylor turned the form book upside down this time though … she took control early on and went on to win 6-1 … |
| 9 | As we reported in this space in January , World Cup broadcast managers TSL did the United States ' game a disservice by making a deal with a network which showed the World Cup final almost four months after it was played . |
| 10 | This linked the Channel Tunnel project indissolubly to improvements in road and rail links and included in a wide range of recommendations on , for example , economic diversification in the Channel ports , environmental protection along the scenic Côte d'Opale , tourism , inward investment , and education and training . |
| 11 | For bungling Korean officials hung the Union Flag upside down — a symbol of distress . |
| 12 | But he enjoyed the Pedigree Chum pie so much , he asked for seconds . |
| 13 | Professor Fisher , who followed the family allowance debate closely , said : ‘ It will be seen that the economic methods of establishing Family Allowances are very various . |
| 14 | Philip and she heard the kitchen door slam again , excluding both of them . |
| 15 | Feeling very scruffy and a little bereft , I watched the Gas Guzzler cream out of Oban Bay north and westwards . |
| 16 | She grasped the table , trying to stand up , slipped and grabbed wildly at the cloth , sending plates , glasses , wine bottle , crashing to the ground , and then with an inner groan of dismay she watched the stone terrace rush abruptly towards her face before everything went dark . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , BP staff watched the fund management contingent closely but were disappointed . |
| 18 | Easing Golden Girl up under mainsail , Trent watched the motor yacht roll gently in the swell . |
| 19 | Manolo pulled the security systems keyboard out of the dash , and entered the lock-down programs . |
| 20 | In this capacity he played a major part in instituting the kidney transplant unit at St James 's ; and when he established the liver transplant unit there , it was only the third such centre in the country . |
| 21 | He had refused to touch what he called the Stavanger Final Insurance even when he needed the money for his fleet — why should he use it now for what was only indirectly of concern to him ? |
| 22 | She was also highly intelligent and managed the Shibden Hall estate efficiently , developing the farms and coalmines that formed part of it . |
| 23 | ‘ The person who sent the poison pen letter certainly thinks of you as my wife . |
| 24 | Sometimes the German fighters followed the bombers back to their bases , and then when they saw the flare path light up for a few brief moments to guide the homecoming aircraft down , they would open up with their guns . |
| 25 | John saw the cat carpet cushion etc . |
| 26 | The driver saw the garage door spring upwards . |
| 27 | Through the opened curtain Carolyn saw the dawn dimness light up as the rising sun emerged over the rim of the world and the quiet undertow of bird clatter rose to a crescendo of calls and squawks . |
| 28 | In we saw the Health Authority choosing not to purchase services directly from the N H S for their but purchasing from a voluntary stroke private , privately motivated organization . |
| 29 | On the expenditure side , the fall from 1979 to 1983 was an even greater 0.7 per cent ; but the recovery to 1987 brought the percentage budget surplus back in the latter year to almost the same insignificant level obtaining in 1979 . |
| 30 | Keith Wright brought the Easter Road side back into contention and was unfortunate not to grab the equaliser with a shot which struck the base of the post . |