Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The glass exploded outwards and rain suddenly came pouring in through the hole . |
| 2 | The vehicle shot forward , and as it did so the first rocks from above came hurtling down onto the track just behind us . |
| 3 | We go up the hill on the toboggans and you 're meant to use your brakes and one of us did , and we just went flying off into the raging snow . |
| 4 | That opinion is absolutely in line with that expressed by the people of Kincardine and Deeside who thoroughly rejected opting out at the ballot box . |
| 5 | Labour 's Adrian Longden proposed an amendment which also advocated spending up to the ‘ capping limit ’ . |
| 6 | Then I realised this was unusual for an owl , because in the wild they tend to swallow their prey whole , so I simply stopped holding on to the chick and soon she was gobbling it up in one . |
| 7 | He even tried sneaking back to the library at night , thinking the Bookman might appear after dark , but had to stop this when he backed into Mr Crangle , who was up to the same thing . |
| 8 | People presently came flowing out of the door and spread between the gravestones . |
| 9 | Tabby immediately began nuzzling up against the frog in a very friendly way , unlike the other two cats who kept in the background , backs arched and humming frantically . |