Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | G thereby got hold of the barley , disposed of it and absconded . |
| 2 | The SEATO Pact effectively became moribund in the wake of the American military withdrawal from Indo-China in the mid 1970s , and was not reinvigorated . |
| 3 | The bar was patented and Nelson duly became president of the Eskimo Pie Corporation . |
| 4 | Was not ‘ cushion ’ the term which eventually became vogue for the extra help which was thrown over the poll tax time and again in a vain attempt to douse the flames of dissent . |
| 5 | in the City of Nottingham and eventually became Chairman of the Licensing Bench . |
| 6 | The other MP nominated to the Committee , who eventually became President of the Institute , was William Tite ( 1798–1873 ) . |
| 7 | Commissioned as an administrative officer , he eventually became adjutant to the commander of the tactical air force , based at Larisa in central Greece , and made a point of being around whenever any representatives of civil suppliers appeared at headquarters to make presentations . |
| 8 | After half an hour of marching towards the ever-loudening village dog , they eventually found shelter for the night . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , dear — you poor old hag ! ’ her friend murmured sardonically , grinning as she deftly caught hold of the cushion Laura had sent flying across the room towards her . |
| 10 | Only the later nineteenth-century works are a let-down ; Bonn at obviously lacked pull with the great Impressionists and bought generally insipid work . |
| 11 | More sensitive than their counterparts at the beginning of the decade had been to the technical qualities of Hollywood films , the critics of the time constantly drew attention to the gap between the aspirations and the achievements of British films . |
| 12 | In a message to the State Department on 25 May John J. Muccio rightly drew attention to the unwise nature of various statements relevant to Korea made in the previous five months : |
| 13 | Looking back at the crowd at the foot of the great stone double staircase , she suddenly caught sight of the familiar blonde head of her daughter and called the nursemaid , who was holding her up to get a better view of all the excitement , to bring her over . |
| 14 | Not getting a reply fast enough came top of the list , especially when you know there must be somebody there , so when there 's a telephone just ringing and nobody answers it . |
| 15 | He rightly paid tribute to the West Midlands police for what they have done in this process . |
| 16 | He told Sharpe his patrol was one of the many that daily scouted south to the French border and beyond ; this particular troop had been ordered to explore the villages south and east of Mons down as far as the Sambre , but not to encroach on Prussian territory . |
| 17 | They described themselves as rusyny , a term which merely indicated descent from the inhabitants of the medieval principality of Rus ' . |
| 18 | While there , he naturally spent time at the dyeworks ; and twice , he had made the longer journey to Kouklia . |
| 19 | I only started work for the exam in February . ’ |
| 20 | The blonde Beverly Hills 90210 beauty was racing on a powerful jet-ski at Malibu Beach when she suddenly lost control of the machine . |
| 21 | SCOTTISH educationists rarely disparage the ‘ trendy , progressive ’ teaching methods so maligned south of the Border . |
| 22 | The ‘ awfully sudden death ’ which had cast ‘ a great gloom ’ over the town of Bishop 's Castle apparently took place in the office of Thomas Griffiths , solicitor and Town Clerk of the borough since 1851 . |
| 23 | Before people could generally read , learning was by word of mouth and much took place in the countryside along the paths , particular truths being imparted at certain places , which thereby took on special significance . |
| 24 | Andrée without appearing to do so took charge of the evening . |
| 25 | Here a national outcry was provoked when fifteen white police officers either stood by and watched or personally took part in the systematic assault of a black man whom they had stopped after a car chase . |
| 26 | He personally took charge of the war against the cult . |
| 27 | Knights naturally took precedence as the leading members of the class , and there is no difficulty about demonstrating that they were also the richest despite the existence of a good many whose incomes fell far short of £200 . |
| 28 | Four weeks of near stasis in voters ' attitudes apparently gave way at the last moment to a near avalanche . |
| 29 | The attempt of the Communist Party to implement Comintern decisions naturally gave rise to the most widely publicized of the movements for some kind of co-operation on the Left . |
| 30 | The growth of domestic demand was also boosted by the connection of many new consumers : the Boards naturally gave priority to the new estates and ‘ pre-fabs ’ of the postwar housing drive which urgently needed to have electricity connected . |