Example sentences of "the [noun pl] and [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commentators noted that the anti-government activity was now coming from young people with no direct experience of the events of the mid-1970s and pointed to youth unemployment and associated social problems as an element in the agitation . |
| 2 | but we obviously have to cut off at a certain time to er get the accounts and audited in time . |
| 3 | Ankrah , commanding the Ghana army , was retired he was due for retirement anyway ( he had come up through the ranks and served in Burma ) . |
| 4 | I lay down in the woods and went to sleep . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , Noah Claypole , amazed by all that he had heard , crept up the steps and ran for Fagin 's house as fast as his legs could carry him . |
| 6 | She jumped down the steps and pushed past Marco into the airlock . |
| 7 | Without legal connections and with little money , he judged that progress would be easier in the provinces and went to Manchester , where he built up a mainly civil practice until Sir David Napley , Jeremy Thorpe 's solicitor , happened to see him in action . |
| 8 | I got into bed beside my sleeping daughter , peeled aside all but one of the covers and went to sleep . |
| 9 | Penry lifted her aboard , then untied the moorings and leapt on deck after her . |
| 10 | The man turned sideways in the bushes and looked at Lok along his shoulder . |
| 11 | After his conversation with the Zoo Curator Mr Wolski had gone down to the eagles and stared into Minch 's empty cage . |
| 12 | I had read the pamphlets and knew of relaxation , meditation , imaging , healing and counselling but they meant little to me . |
| 13 | My wife and I chose the questions and acted as quizmasters . |
| 14 | Sabrina ignored the fleeing youth on the rollerskates and went in pursuit of his accomplice . |
| 15 | A few minutes later , when Nelly was preoccupied , I 'm sorry to say my cowardice got the better of me and I crept out of the room , down the stairs and ran off home . |
| 16 | Now they lay under the spindle-trees and sniffed in weariness and doubt at the strange , bare country round them . |
| 17 | Taking wings of it back on either side of her face , she anchored them with the combs and stood in front of the looking glass to assess the result . |
| 18 | But I had informed the police and asked for help even before the doorbell rang . |
| 19 | They pushed their way through the hall and up a stone-flagged passageway , past grated windows where poor debtors shook their begging bowls through the bars and whined for alms . |
| 20 | A test was arranged involving a detachment of Guards who lined up along the WCs and flushed in unison . |
| 21 | Substrate was applied to the sections and incubated for 3–5min , resulting in a brown reaction product . |
| 22 | The government 's Minister for Humanitarian Affairs , seconded from the Chadian Human Rights League , criticized Interior Ministry officials in connection with the shootings and resigned in protest at the killings . |
| 23 | He walked amongst the olives and flirted with Frederica , Caroline , Monique and Marie-Claire whilst talking folklore seriously with Monsieur . |
| 24 | With a withering glance , he returned his attention to the letters and began to rifle through them . |
| 25 | Flags and banners reddened the streets and fluttered from trams . |
| 26 | Although mistrusting children , he showed an absorbed interest as he took the photographs and gazed at Henrietta ( fourteen ) , Samantha ( just ten ) and the baby Jacqueline ( now three and born after a long period during which Hugh had displayed a lack of interest in physical contact ) . |
| 27 | Finding nothing , it lashed at the walls and screamed in fury . |
| 28 | On 16 April , the day of the vigil , I put on my smart suit for the last of the interviews and went into work to look through the papers . |
| 29 | Varro studied the Celts and appeared to St Jerome to be a great authority on them ( P.L. 26.353 ) . |