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 | 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 . |
| 4 | The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ? ’ |
| 7 | He decided to be generous and went in to the shop . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | As soon as his hold slackened a shade she pulled free and set off down the stairs . |
| 12 | Marks appear weighty and assertive if driven on to the canvas with a painting knife . |
| 13 | Nail clippers might also be required to prevent dew-claws from becoming overgrown and curling round into the dog 's flesh . |
| 14 | The carriageway was empty and sealed off from the world by chipped grey railings down the centre and either side . |
| 15 | He went over to a flowerbed and felt around in the mud . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | At first they saw only the little hand — the fist , decomposed but stretching out of the shallow grave . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Although at first it may prove excitable and run off around the garden , the puppy should soon return to you . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Under the old community the harvest was the climax of the rural year , not merely an incident in the more mechanical and depersonalized round on the farm as it has become today . |
| 22 | The data can then be analysed or altered and placed back in the database . |
| 23 | Sweden is the latest country to suffer from criminals fiddling with mobile phones to re-direct bills — thousands of phones were stolen , altered and sold back to the market as ‘ no charge phones ’ : 10 people have been arrested so far for the crime , which came to light when some subscribers reported bills of $70,000 more than they were expecting ; police said that some of the men arrested were associated with the the Swedish state phone company Televerket and L M Ericsson Telefon AB , Reuter reports from Stockholm . |
| 24 | ‘ And if one man did just what you say is impossible and slipped in on the darkside ? ’ |
| 25 | The school librarian can produce a library bulletin or newspaper in an attractive format and pupils can be encouraged to use the library as an information base in the truest sense — where information about the school is gathered , classified and presented back to the school in a readable and attractive form . |
| 26 | If we were to construct a ‘ ladder ’ of non-fatal offences , starting with the most serious and moving down to the least serious , the offence of attempted murder should be placed at the top . |
| 27 | We rose early and sailed back among the flying fish to Kalkan . |
| 28 | Standing stork-like and hanging on to the various bathroom fittings , she cleaned her teeth and made a reasonable toilet . |
| 29 | Sean ( Being really sad and coming in to the library on a sunday to do some work ) |
| 30 | The nice young man could n't argue with that ; I paid the £25 extra and hurried out of the shop before he found a cheap white one . |