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

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1 It is a kind of mystery tour , with an unimaginable destination ; not surprisingly many pupils fall asleep or jump off during the journey .
2 The car was so low it looked as if a giant had tried to stub it out and it was clear that getting out of the bucket seat gave the Greek momentary altitude sickness .
3 Well , I mean , this is important to read this than turn up at the garage .
4 Instead of browsing on the ‘ Aufwuchs ’ on rocks , they feed mainly on organisms living in the substrate , but probably also eat anything tasty that comes along in the open .
5 ‘ Obviously , as a Liverpool fan , you have to be worried but I 'm perfectly hopeful that we 'll get through this and come back as the force that we always have been . ’
6 On Siporax , it is claimed , the bacteria have no need of this and get on with the important job .
7 And I started another one and I said no I wo n't be able to this and got back to the other one and did the other one . .
8 If you are one of these people , I suggest that you stop reading this and move on to the next chapter .
9 Creggan did not like this and flew back to the first tree .
10 We make the most of this and scoot off to the hospital .
11 The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate .
12 The Woman loomed over the group , tall and brown and smiling down at the two mops of black hair — one over a quizzical smile and the other over a scowl .
13 Bend these legs in half and secure on to the frog behind the front limbs .
14 Did you know it 's a replica of one of the charms said to be over a thousand years old and dug up on the island of Bornholm ? ’
15 He decided to be generous and went in to the shop .
16 Carson ran up the brick steps to the courtyard 's wooden side-door , rattling the bolt free and stepping out into the narrow alley that ran down the side of the house .
17 And in a second he was under the Man 's arm and out through the cage door , free and gliding over towards the fence by the benches .
18 She tucked in her brown silk blouse , tossed her red hair free and strode off towards the editor 's office , Mitch behind her admiring her slender figure and keeping his thoughts strictly to himself .
19 As soon as his hold slackened a shade she pulled free and set off down the stairs .
20 All of the administrative systems developed on behalf of the modular course have been designed and tested in-house , beginning with a simple program for pre-enrolment information and student progress on a microcomputer in 1972 and leading up to the large and sophisticated management system described in Chapter 7 .
21 He bounded over the thirteenth and fourteenth and set off for the Chair , that huge open ditch which forms the biggest obstacle on the course .
22 Marks appear weighty and assertive if driven on to the canvas with a painting knife .
23 Nail clippers might also be required to prevent dew-claws from becoming overgrown and curling round into the dog 's flesh .
24 The carriageway was empty and sealed off from the world by chipped grey railings down the centre and either side .
25 He went over to a flowerbed and felt around in the mud .
26 What we need is Speed and Wallace back and to buy a good striker , White is OK but stuck out on the right wing he wo n't score many goals IMHO .
27 At first they saw only the little hand — the fist , decomposed but stretching out of the shallow grave .
28 The bushbaby and barn owl also have big eyes , and , like the tarsier , their eyes are no longer spherical but swell out at the back to make the most of the available space .
29 Although at first it may prove excitable and run off around the garden , the puppy should soon return to you .
30 Gabby , who , with her husband , was preparing to run a guest house and had quite enough to do at home , cooked and brought down to the new house a hearty and beautifully cooked meal each evening , and filthy and exhausted the three of us would wolf it down .
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