Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate . |
| 2 | 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 ? ’ |
| 3 | He decided to be generous and went in to the shop . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As soon as his hold slackened a shade she pulled free and set off down the stairs . |
| 6 | The carriageway was empty and sealed off from the world by chipped grey railings down the centre and either side . |
| 7 | He went over to a flowerbed and felt around in the mud . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ And if one man did just what you say is impossible and slipped in on the darkside ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | We rose early and sailed back among the flying fish to Kalkan . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I became bored and wandered back to the library . |
| 16 | After he stabbed the girl Cook told her he was sorry and ran out of the shop . |
| 17 | He escaped with Bean from the tea table as soon as possible and slipped out of the house , heading back for the open spaces of the industrial estate . |
| 18 | She gabbled something polite and slunk out of the door , just remembering in time to bid everybody goodbye . |
| 19 | He was happier with this , though , than with his rather over-pan-fried John Dory , which was dry and turned up at the edges . |
| 20 | Do not let foals get cold or wet out in the field . |
| 21 | Invariably Titron came up , green water avalanching into white that flared back in the wind . |
| 22 | Robert Walker , a soldier in uniform , was fighting his way through the crowd , a bunch of flowers and a marriage licence in his hand , wading against the human tide to the shining spot under the clock where Judy Garland stood , dressed in angelic white that stood out against the drab extras , waiting anxiously . |
| 23 | I awoke feeling cold and crawled out to the front of the trench . |
| 24 | Even across the Park beyond the main fence of the Zoo , over which the eagles could see if they braved the cold and stared out from the top of their cages , there was not a single person . |
| 25 | Stevie hit a low , unambitious shot which took a look at the bunker on the left but swung back onto the fairway . |
| 26 | But any that have been worn flat or dug out of the applicator base are obviously such favourites that you should write down the names immediately . |
| 27 | WHATEVER happened to the days when cricketers dressed in white , sported smart caps , and cursed catches in the deep that came out of the sun ? |
| 28 | At length I grew tired and went back to the joys of the tavern , both the board and the bed . |
| 29 | They were prints from some medieval Book of Hours that William had had framed and stuck up on the walls . |
| 30 | Inside-right John Jackson , 23 , came from Clyde for £1,000 , one of Leeds ' largest outlays , and Fred Blackman , described by the Yorkshire Post as ‘ possibly the most stylish and polished back in the Second Division ’ , was bought from Huddersfield Town . |