Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned to look back at where the doorway to the stairs stood in the gloom . |
| 2 | Nick was feeling cramped and claustrophobic , and kept peeking out from below the blanket until dragged back down by Linda . |
| 3 | He dared venture out on only the balmiest of days , lest he catch cold . |
| 4 | The horizon had jumped up to where the sky used to be . |
| 5 | It was on another run , we got another coach come back so they had to go out to where the one it was |
| 6 | If the proposals leaked they would be dynamite inside the health service , and yet they had come round with only the routine ‘ confidential ’ security classification . |
| 7 | When I left twenty minutes later I felt I had come off with rather the worst of the bargain but another of my father 's aphorisms came to mind : shnorrers no choosers . |
| 8 | Without him we had to struggle along with just the three of us . |
| 9 | After Edgbaston came the English Stroke-Play Championship at Hollinwell where , as she had feared from the outset , she had to pull out after just the one round because of swollen glands . |