Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [conj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The taxpayer argued that to rely on the substantial omissions from Mr Slade 's tax return as grounds for investigating Mr Kempton 's tax affairs was to imply guilt by association . |
| 2 | The Crown accepted that the income of the settlement arose or accrued to the three trustees jointly and not jointly and severally so that none of them was entitled , in law , separately to any particular share or fraction of the income . |
| 3 | In fact , once the evidence that Minos lived and ruled in the Labyrinth at Knossos has been seen as hopelessly insubstantial , it begins to look as if there might have been no king at all . |
| 4 | Not far away I caught , from the corner of my eye , the flickering movement as a ringed plover scudded and ran among the sea-pinks . |
| 5 | " Mr. Osborne stated that he and Mr. Stewart met as requested by the last meeting and made a selection of Thirty-six Books a list of which he had now pleasure of laying before the Meeting for their approval , but the Meeting found that they would need to curtail the list to Twentythree so as not to exceed the ammount of two pounds . " |
| 6 | Sidney Poitier directed and starred in the yukkie A Warm December ; Barbra Streisand played a rebellious housewife in Up The Sandbox , a garish comedy-drama ; and Steve McQueen produced and starred in the brutish Sam Peckinpah heist movie The Getaway , which grossed more than $36 million worldwide despite mixed reviews . |
| 7 | The liquid notes rose and flowed round the chandelier , already removed from its dust bag ready for the Season . |
| 8 | The 1981 census found that compared with the national average of 14% , inner urban areas have particularly heavy concentrations of lone parent families . |
| 9 | Trent surfaced and yelled at the men in the cockpit to swim a lifejacket out to him . |
| 10 | Tiny pieces of skin shrivelled and cooked on the red-hot ring and wisps of smoke rose into the air . |
| 11 | Hampden fought and died for the sovereignty of Parliament . |
| 12 | Individual skirmishes flickered and stuttered in the distance . |
| 13 | He opened his eyes , his consciousness hazed and slowed by the kif he had smoked , and focused with difficulty on the watch on the bedside table . |
| 14 | Outside the wind blustered and beat against the wooden shutters and the huge sign , swinging on its iron pole , creaked and groaned as if calling out across the darkened , rain-soaked meadows . |
| 15 | Poor Kodiak whined and scratched at the verandah door as we drove off . |
| 16 | Over and over again , for twenty-five minutes , the heads rose and fell before the final triumphant cry of Allah hu-Akbar ! |
| 17 | Edward rose and went into the hall . |
| 18 | Without a word , Roberts rose and headed for the service hatch . |
| 19 | Markby stopped and stared across the field . |
| 20 | Julia felt too ill to be interested in what he was doing , and in any case her mind came and went as the waves of fever rose and fell , but she heard Comfort say : |
| 21 | The English forces laid siege to Tournai , but Edward withdrew and agreed to the Truce of Espléchin on 25 September 1340 . |
| 22 | The pair were practising aerobatics for next week 's Farnborough air show when their £2 million military trainer stalled and plummeted to the ground . |
| 23 | Within a week of the outbreak of war the co-operation of the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was sought over the manning of merchant vessels requisitioned or chartered by the Admiralty and an agreement arrived at jointly with the Board of Trade . |
| 24 | Bobby sighed and turned to the chairman but he was in earnest conversation with a ponderous constable . |
| 25 | Again the two brothers were pushing at each other and as they all mounted the steps Ellen stepped and walked by the side of her son , something she was in the habit of doing whenever they were in company , and which Joe had been aware of from the time she had recovered after his uncle 's death . |
| 26 | ‘ They have a lovely day for it , ’ Lucy remarked while staring through the kitchen window . |
| 27 | The Indian Mexico raped and abused by the conquistador yet bearing his bastard child . |
| 28 | Hitch understood and bolted for the door , picking the receiver up with infinite care so that he too could hear the voice on the other end of the line . |
| 29 | The pound fell and fell on the foreign exchange markets . |
| 30 | He then moved on into Armenia , but on 10th June 1190 , while crossing the River Salef , his horse shied suddenly and Barbarossa fell and disappeared beneath the swiftly flowing waters . |