Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kirov 's fingers trembled as he adjusted the fine-tuning dial of his radio set . |
| 2 | My lips quivered as I entered the small , plastic roadsweeper 's hut which now acted as the home team 's changing room . |
| 3 | He explained that their house down under the railway by the Bridge of Three Eyes had only one room , but his own eyes shone as he described the delights of a gypsy supper . |
| 4 | Benjamin 's shoulders shook as he controlled the bubble of laughter , but Henry sat back , clapping his hands and grinning from ear to ear like some bloody cat . |
| 5 | Of the many books I have read , the ones whose authors showed that they possessed the most joy and happiness were Epictetus , Seneca , Tagore , Thoreau , Kabir , Raidas , Ramakrishna , Rumi , W.H. Davies , Vinoba Bhave . |
| 6 | The painful contractions started before I reached the ward and by the time the ward nurse had brought me 2 paracetamol , I needed to go back to the delivery suite ! |
| 7 | His heart felt heavy and his legs wobbled when he saw the Bookman still sitting inside , looking very depressed . |
| 8 | Salt 's great shoulders twitched as she turned the pie and put it back , but she did n't deny it . |
| 9 | Breeze was so hot already that she could n't blush any more , but her eyes flashed as she faced the witch , and shook her head . |
| 10 | Her eyes glittered as she saw the bottle . |
| 11 | He laughed softly , but his eyes glittered as he saw the hatred in hers . |
| 12 | Moran stood holding the edge of the door until the headlights disappeared and he closed the door without shutting the iron gate at the road or the small wooden gate leaning against the boxwood . |
| 13 | Several West Indians said that they liked the ‘ lay-away ’ system , where they put a deposit on something which the shop then keeps until — perhaps paying instalments — they have settled the full price . |
| 14 | Her fingers shook as they traced the familiar outline of chest and shoulders , strong back , flat stomach . |
| 15 | His nostrils quivered when they caught the perfume of the scotch . |
| 16 | The motors whined as she put the speeder into reverse . |
| 17 | Bush said , however , that he would use his executive discretion to modify or suspend US sanctions when two more of the five conditions were met ; administration officials said that they expected the freeing of political prisoners and the lifting of the state of emergency in Natal to be regarded as adequate moves . |
| 18 | His battle with litter louts began when he joined the village car committee , and he regularly zooms around on his bicycle , stopping to pick up refuse with his hand-operated stick . |
| 19 | It was little more than Rangers deserved when they took the lead 10 minutes later when the impressive Sinton played a delightful one-two with Holloway before scoring with a rasping drive . |
| 20 | On occasion , as Bolland observes in ‘ Two Problems in Legal History , ’ 24 L.Q.R. 392 , 396–397 , the benchers rebelled because they felt the judges were exceeding their jurisdiction : an example is given in 1559 when the benchers of Lincoln 's Inn considered that the judges had no power to dictate the length of beards worn by members of the Inn . |
| 21 | A TEENAGER and three of his pals died when he crashed the car he had just been given as a present . |
| 22 | Mary Whitehouse denounced it for encouraging in-corridor insurrection , while Russell Knott from the National Association Of Schoolmasters complained that it made the teachers look like twats . |
| 23 | She does not like my mother to go , but my sister 's teeth ached and you know the dentists here . ’ |
| 24 | " In my Opinion there can be no doubt that the chief underlying cause of the serious and widespread unrest lies in the fact that the strikers believed that they had the sympathy of the government " . |
| 25 | Its neon-lit name was one of the first things visiting ships saw as they entered the harbour . |
| 26 | The girls wept as they left the shop but soon they were eagerly planning to apply to one of the factories such as the Meccano which was now on war work . |
| 27 | Resisters argued that it opened the way for a return to prewar politics . |
| 28 | His hands trembled as he read the report . |
| 29 | Her hands trembled as she poured the milk into the mugs . |
| 30 | Eddie 's knuckles whitened as she gripped the back of her chair . |