Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 2 | IT WAS a two-part induction process that dragged me into the brawling hostelry in the sky of NME Towers . |
| 3 | Roman caught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee . |
| 4 | He stopped talking as Marshka entered and wheeled himself into the empty space at the table , at that end farthest , on the right-hand side , from the president . |
| 5 | The process was patented by Squire in 1875 , and Squire and Messel described and demonstrated it before the Chemical Society the following April . |
| 6 | So remorseful was Shiva that he took the head of the first creature he encountered and placed it on the boy 's shoulders . |
| 7 | There was a noticeable hesitation before Tamar rose and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 8 | I rose and faced her across the table . |
| 9 | There was a bit of head-scratching as they pushed , squeezed and levered me into the passenger seat : ‘ The biggest bloke yet ’ . |
| 10 | Ryan stopped and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 11 | With all her strength , she forced herself to stand and threw herself around the corner . |
| 12 | I hope that got us through the little post-lunch siesta period , erm , we 're going to do another er , time management game now which will take about half an hour , and I need to split you up once again into groups , erm , okay . |
| 13 | A sudden flurry of shots rang out from the direction of the cainca , confirming the older man 's prediction , and without further argument the two boys turned and followed him into the jungle at a run . |
| 14 | This network of friendship and patronage became one of the less objectionable instruments of nineteenth-century electoral corruption and the instrument with which the small man met and defended himself against the state . |
| 15 | Once , when we were going up one of the main avenues in the city a lump of thawing snow fell from a tree under which we were passing and hit me on the face . |
| 16 | And on a Saturday with Jenny going in if there 's any overtime you and old what's-a-name was there and he came and tapped me on the shoulder . |
| 17 | Mrs Donnan came and took me by the hand . |
| 18 | He finished dressing , then came and held her by the shoulders , kissing her lightly on the mouth . |
| 19 | Roman took her arm in a grip she could n't break and marched her down the path . |
| 20 | She was too exhausted to resist and showed them into the living room . |
| 21 | But it was not until I was at Cambridge , in the following year , that my mother noticed and took me to the family doctor . |
| 22 | Trapped in a nightmare of indecision , I reluctantly agreed and prepared myself for the worst . |
| 23 | She seemed inclined to give Harry short shrift , but at his mention of Heather 's name , she relented and showed him into the front room , where a meagre measure of calm and quiet prevailed . |
| 24 | Pulling a little face , she carefully folded the tea-towel she 'd been using and laid it on the work surface . |
| 25 | Everyone still standing , and that was at least half the passengers , did a little backwards dance and righted themselves by the simple expedient of taking hold of the person or object closest to them . |
| 26 | Father bought the cheeses on a counter-account with Mrs Thomas : he took the cheeses she made and supplied her with the equivalent value of goods and animal foods . |
| 27 | Ward had not lied or misled anyone about the nature of the payment or tried to conceal the money he had received . |
| 28 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 29 | Finally , still silent , she turned and led us into the main room . |
| 30 | Kathleen turned and studied herself in the mirror . |