Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thompson took a fine ball from Pugh after 12 minutes and again raced clear but Swansea 's defence snuffed out the danger . |
| 2 | That morning , as he galloped along the ride between the trees in the Tiergarten , his horse 's hooves kicked up the powdered snow filling him with a fierce joy . |
| 3 | The evening gets off to a wobbly start , with Liz Robertson 's Maria belting out the title song on an artificial hillside which is anything but alive . |
| 4 | ( Zhores Medvedev 's attempts to spell out the injury thus caused to scientific-technical advance landed him in a mental hospital . ) |
| 5 | Or one of Satan 's scouts calling up the legions of the damned from the abyss of Hell ? |
| 6 | The question was whether the captain 's decision to put out the boat amounted to a novus actus interveniens . |
| 7 | At a cost of £10 million a year , the additional funding is nearly double the NCC 's annual budget prior to last year 's decision to split up the organization . |
| 8 | Neighbours of the site are being asked to send their comments on the plans to a Government inspector who will decide whether to uphold Sedgefield District Council 's decision to turn down the extension for the social club . |
| 9 | Opposition MPs mocked the Government 's decision to take over the Student Loans Company as its first act of nationalisation . |
| 10 | He knelt down by a familiar mound and after a moment 's hesitation yanked out the cross that he had placed at the head of the grave . |
| 11 | The Tokugawa 's enemies took up the rallying cry of ‘ revere the emperor and expel the barbarian ’ ( sonnó0 jó0i ) , and kept it long after their leaders realized the impossibility of bringing external contacts to an end . |
| 12 | Dissension among France 's enemies broke up the Second Coalition , though not before Russia 's most revered commander , Suvorov , had temporarily driven the French from northern Italy and conducted a legendary retreat through the Swiss Alps . |
| 13 | The Royal College of Nursing is to lobby Parliament on 24 October in protest at the Government 's plans to shake up the National Health Service , the union has announced . |
| 14 | LEGAL peers renewed their attack on the Government 's plans to shake up the legal profession yesterday , when the Courts and Legal Services Bill had its second reading in the Lords . |
| 15 | On May 28th Poland 's parliament threw out the government of Hanna Suchocka by a vote of no confidence and was then unable to come up with a replacement . |
| 16 | Todd 's follow-up on the hour , from similar range , arose from Pearson 's cleverly squirted pass , but only after Atkins , swinging wildly , had made a hash of his clearance as Dawson 's barnstorming run down the right seemed sure to be betrayed by a poorly-struck cross . |
| 17 | The king 's willingness to build up the power of his trusted allies , it is argued , set up tensions not only between the beneficiaries and those excluded from power , but within the circle of royal supporters itself . |
| 18 | The king 's willingness to build up the power of his trusted allies , it is argued , set up tensions not only between the beneficiaries and those excluded from power , but within the circle of royal supporters itself . |
| 19 | We both push and heave and the man 's shoulders scrape over the rim ; his arms drag up and over as Andy pushes , grunting , feet slipping on the old leaves and soil . |
| 20 | I welcome the Secretary of State 's intention to fill in the student gap , but I am bound to say that I can see no logical reason for attempting to collect the 20 per cent . |
| 21 | Liverpool 's fans pumped up the volume before the kick-off in an attempt to unnerve Spartak . |
| 22 | Association chairman , Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson , said : ‘ We are extremely fortunate that Orient were prepared to allow a man of Frank 's talent to take on the job . ’ |
| 23 | The woman was wandering at random , in loose zigzags it seemed , until Jay 's eyes picked out the curling shifting edge of the sea . |
| 24 | Grant 's eyes swept up the massive three storied building to the roof . |
| 25 | I was on the grass below the paddock when Ronnie 's car pulled off the road with a completely inexplicable failure : inexplicable in that Ronnie could find no reason why his car , which had been going so well , should suddenly come to a halt . |
| 26 | Clarks Yard is soon to be put on the market as part of Darlington council 's bid to spruce up the three historic yards between High Row and Skinnergate . |
| 27 | This is Digital Equipment 's attempt to take on the Intel Pentium chip . |
| 28 | The obverse of Employee Involvement is Participative Management , Ford 's attempt to break down the organizational barriers between management hierarchies . |
| 29 | Rangers needed all of 20 minutes to catch their breath , responding to this constant raiding with play that was neat but frantic , despite Seaman 's signals to slow down the game . |
| 30 | That evening , when Mrs Hollidaye crept into Dot 's bedroom to damp down the fire for the night and check that the guard was securely in place , she had filled a trug basket with garden produce . |