Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 For him the laws of settlement hardly prevented the " idle poor " from wandering and a stricter enforcement of vagrancy laws would " compel the poor to starve or beg at home ; for there it will be impossible for them to steal or rob without being presently hanged or transported out of the way " .
2 At last , when all the stalls were full , Lady Amelia gestured to the cantor not to begin the usual psalms and caused a stir when she herself rose and swept up to the lectern .
3 The slaves rose and backed out of the chamber , their eyes cast down .
4 This had been floated in 1948 by the clothing establishment as a discreet gentleman 's fashion harking back to the golden days before ‘ socialism and formica ’ , but had been quickly coopted and camped up by the gay underground ; the more exaggerated aspects of this style caught the first Edwardians ' eye and , together with the Western Look that pervaded their favourite culture , American cowboy films , it formed the first youth style proper .
5 Daine had been caught and convicted back in the real world .
6 He 'd try to sneak us into the zoo without paying and we 'd get caught and taken down to the Police Station .
7 To Marian it seemed that she and Allen were being overwhelmed and carried along by the rush of sound and the race of the sun up the sky , as though they were part of the birds ' song and the general triumphant awakening of the dawn .
8 I am preparing a big adhortatio for everyone who has not yet been utterly suffocated and swallowed up by the present age . "
9 Our goal is solely to establish whether , in a practical ensemble torn apart by antagonism ( whether there are multiple conflicts or whether they are reduced to one ) the breaks themselves are totalizing and carried along by the totalizing movement of the ensemble .
10 I was rescued and brought down to the ground .
11 The coroner 's jury had even brought in a sensational verdict , that ‘ the murder was organised and carried out by the Royal Irish Constabulary , officially directed by the British Government , and we return a verdict of wilful murder against David Lloyd George , Prime Minister of England … . ’
12 — a fear then forgotten but driven down into the subconscious ?
13 We could provide no hardware for these operations , so that they must be programmed when required out of the basic steps of addition , subtraction , and shifting .
14 He drew up an agreement in two copies , setting out the terms in ponderous detail : ‘ … referred to henceforth as ‘ the colony' ’ … which wheels shall be considered as handed over to the Economic Section of the Provincial Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspection after their reception by a special commission and the signing of the corresponding protocol . ’
15 In other words , thirty-six ( or about two-thirds ) of the families that were resident in Willingham in 1575 had either moved or died out in the male line during the course of a century and a half .
16 The first is if you are physically pushed or thrown out of the area .
17 ‘ Run , ’ Vitor instructed , and as Ashley obediently turned and headed off up the drive he sprinted beside her .
18 When Patrick had stormed out of the room , his head pounding , bile in his throat , he had started for his room , but then he had thought of Jane , and he had turned and headed back down the hall towards the room she shared with her sister .
19 The visitors turned and filed out of the room , realising that the conversation had come to an end .
20 But the stranger had already turned and walked off into the night , back along the towpath in the direction from which he 'd come .
21 If I 'd turned and walked out of the Moebius Strip , none of this would have happened .
22 In Type I disease , the calves have usually been set-stocked in one area for several moths ; in contrast , Type II disease often has a typical history of calves being grazed on a field from spring to mid-summer , then moved and brought back to the original field in the autumn .
23 Later this year a third intake will be built and linked in to the system which will automatically transfer raw materials to the mill .
24 If you roll an arrow the Goblin Doom Diver has missed and veered off in the direction indicated by the arrow .
25 Old Donald looked at her , shocked and her son straightened as though lashed and flung out of the house .
26 One of the spoke machines from the Road Vehicle Shop was adapted ; cutter block was quickly made and set up by the tool-room , but two dimensions could not be attained in this process .
27 A head like none she 'd ever seen before bobbed out of the waves , whiskered and grinning and as big as her whole body .
28 to capitalise the appropriate nominal amount of the new Ordinary Shares falling to be allotted pursuant to any elections made as aforesaid out of the amount standing to the credit of any reserve or fund ( including the profit and loss account , share premium account , capital redemption reserve or any other reserve ) , whether or not the same is available for distribution , as the directors may determine , to apply such sum in paying up in full such Ordinary Shares and to allot such Ordinary Shares to the shareholders of the company validly making such elections in accordance with their respective entitlements …
29 Thus the goods will normally be unconditionally appropriated when handed over to the carrier .
30 The market is still , of course , seen as made up of the activities of the market participants — the consumers , producers , and factor owners .
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