Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ducked under the thief 's sword arm and brought his own blade around in an arc so incompetently misjudged that it hit the man flat-first and jolted out of the wizard 's hand . |
| 2 | ‘ Important to whom — to Master Peachey ? ’ demanded Anne , thereby suggesting that she held the opinions of their tutor in contempt . |
| 3 | what you , your case is as I understand it , I 've only intervened cos I think the question did n't dis perhaps a lack of understanding this by Lord allow me to say so , what you 're saying is that erm , in fact , although not intentionally you 're prepared to accept the format of the brochure in relation to the on going charges was such as could reasonably be said by your newspaper to have mislead prospective purchasers |
| 4 | Daylight had long broken when he reached the inevitable conclusion : he was ready to confront the murderer . |
| 5 | When he changed from an acoustic to an electric guitar so overloaded that it made the windows of the little studios rattle , you could still sometimes hear his feet rapping on the boards and the irregular chord sequences and the trademark himmahimmahimm drifting through the air . |
| 6 | Enforcing such a duty against a person who refuses to pay damages is morally justified because it implements the moral rights of the defamed . |
| 7 | Will and I ran like the wind and only stopped when we reached the river . |
| 8 | She ran through the woods and only stopped when she reached the fence between the woods and the Botanical Gardens , which spread for a great distance along one side . |
| 9 | Of all the skills in windsurfing water starting is the most highly prized as it opens the door to a whole range of smaller high performance boards . |
| 10 | I have tried the Theakston 's brewed at the Masham brewery in recent weeks , and can only comment that I prefer the Gallowgate product . |
| 11 | I merely say that I think the question might be expected to interest your readers , but I am by no means confident that they will care much about the matter . |
| 12 | Congestions ; they feel so oppressed that they want the window open , especially at night . |
| 13 | Even if someone else comes up to us and tips us off about a possible shoplifter we can only act if we see the person steal again , ’ she adds . |
| 14 | Some football hooligans , the article goes on , are now so organised that they have the audacity to leave professionally printed calling cards in the pockets of their battered victims . |
| 15 | She was flying , just within the still pocket of air , but enough to know that she had the power . |
| 16 | As for houses , I am not going to touch on their security here , but merely suggest that you contact the Crime Prevention Officer at your local police station . |
| 17 | when you turn your key it suddenly clicks and it clicks the thingy forward |
| 18 | But the actual impetus to ‘ act ’ only came when I met the right people in the right context … that is , Gerry and Amitha and the rest of the Working Party . |
| 19 | For example , if an employee writes a computer program to help with his work but he is not employed as a computer programmer , his job is not to write computer programs and an employer can not necessarily assume that he owns the copyright in that particular program . |
| 20 | It maintains that they can only benefit if it secures the return to Turkey of the so-called Lydian hoard : Lydian , Archaemenid Persian and other Anatolian artefacts dating back to 600–500 BC which , it contends , were looted in 1960–66 from tombs in the Ushak region of Turkey . |
| 21 | The paper quite rightly says and I quote the relationship between the T G W U and the G M B has all been marked by a blend of competition and co-operation . |
| 22 | As Beesley ( 1983 , p. 31 ) emphasizes , reviews rely ‘ heavily on self-examination ’ reflecting the belief ‘ that Ministers and their officials are better equipped than anyone to examine the use of resources for which they are responsible ’ . |
| 23 | General Francis said it so happened that he owned the fishing rights on a fairly respectable stretch of water . |
| 24 | So even if he believed that from an economic point of view the best decision would be to deny any recovery for emotional injury , he would still ask whether the role of law in encouraging reliance and coordination would be much damaged if he ignored the precedents , and , if it would , whether this loss would be made up in the gains he foresees from the change . |
| 25 | Cellular radio is so called because it divides the country into small areas served by a radio base , and then divides each of these areas into ‘ cells ’ . |
| 26 | Having set the backlight , bring in the key light , so called because it provides the photographic modelling and sets the general level of exposure . |
| 27 | Positive bias , so called because it has the effect of increasing the accessible success area of the catastrophe surface , results from a cultural environment orientated towards systems and standards , analysis and risk avoidance in R&D programmes . |
| 28 | If you liken the body to a computer for a moment , the computer can only function when it has the correct date and commands fed to it ; otherwise it refuses to work or breaks down altogether . |
| 29 | Fascinated despite herself , Fran could only stare as he pulled the shirt free from his trousers and tossed it aside , then stretched up to open the upper casement , his torso backlighted by the lamp in the room . |
| 30 | Seymour Hicks , the famous singer , once became so infuriated that he stopped the orchestra in the middle of his song , turned to the girl and snapped , ‘ Dear Lady , shall you finish your story or shall I finish my song ? ’ |