Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fairley asked politely as they took the floor . |
| 2 | Then Mum went over and I gazed on as she replaced the sheet and then rolled Granny onto her side and began feeling under the mattress . |
| 3 | Caroline whispered fiercely as she dropped the brush to the top of the vanity table . |
| 4 | Constance asked timidly when she heard the voice at the other end . |
| 5 | She was holding a net curtain to one side with the gold-ringed fingers of one hand , while in the other hand she held to her mouth a long white ebony cigarette holder on which she drew constantly as she watched the visitor enter her neighbour 's house . |
| 6 | My heart was pounding and realisation sank in when I saw the needle being prepared to go into MY arm . |
| 7 | Evening drew in while we carried the weekend 's provisions ashore . |
| 8 | Of another restorer working on similar sculptures , Minervino claimed that he ‘ stopped long before he reached the skin of the marble ’ . |
| 9 | If we do we 'll be like the man in the cartoon who fell off the Empire State Building and shouted just before he hit the ground ‘ I 'm doing great so far ’ . |
| 10 | That in itself was a minor triumph for the Popular Front agitation ; Chamberlain moved partly because he feared the domestic consequences of not doing so . |
| 11 | ‘ We only found out when we saw the Daily Mirror , ’ said Craig , who lives with Julie and their three other children in Luton , Beds . |
| 12 | ‘ I think it is , ’ she said suddenly , and her heart beat fast as she felt the hatred burn in her eyes , directly at him , her mouth a tight line , her body rigid with anger . |
| 13 | India 's fortunes changed dramatically as they won the next two Tests by large margins ; the third by 222 runs ( Chandrasekhar distinguishing himself with 6 for 52 in each innings with the ball and 0 in each innings with the bat ) , and the fourth by an innings and two runs . |
| 14 | ‘ My friend Lady Jane told me you were a sort of Watson to — ’ She stopped abruptly as she saw the look of outrage on Auguste 's face . |
| 15 | I mentioned earlier that we closed the erm , Royal Minton factory and four other factories are on short time , but we continued to invest in operation efficiency to improve our competitive position and er , now over to er , to James . |
| 16 | FRANKE SLOOTHAAK 'S fortunes changed abruptly when he won the Everest Grand Prix , the closing contest of The Horse of the Year Show at Wembley , for the second year in succession . |
| 17 | So the way you read it you said And they play against teams from Australia and then you said and then you stopped there but you said The |
| 18 | Isobel moved softly as she carried the pile of fresh disposable diapers to the cupboard . |
| 19 | The row erupted again when he won the Nobel last year , and the citation named the offending work . |
| 20 | She was sitting by the window at a little table she used as a writing desk , and she jerked round as he entered the room , but she did n't rise . |
| 21 | The pictures showed her overseers standing by ant-files of ‘ natives ’ doubled over as they hacked the roads of progress through mountainous desert ; more grinning Italians cheered soundlessly under the joined twin arcs of a new bridge . |
| 22 | Indraugnir 's strength failed just as they reached the Blighted Isle . |
| 23 | I remember once the late professor G S Stuart reminding us that , in relation to the death of Jesus on the cross , we do not know how deep were the waters crossed , or how dark was the night that the lord passed through ere he found the sheep that was lost . |
| 24 | No lights came on where I figured the master bedroom probably was ; that comforted me a bit . |
| 25 | No lights came on when they tried the switch just inside the heavy oak door , but a minute 's search with a flashlight found the main fusebox further in along the wall . |
| 26 | But the Escort did n't stop , it came on until it blocked the road completely and before I could react , my door had been pulled open and a warrant card thrust in my face . |
| 27 | The wind roared in as she opened the front door , lifting the filthy curtains and blowing the parish magazine into a corner . |
| 28 | See the value of the bike came down , the value of the insurance came down cos I put the value at twelve hundred pounds . |
| 29 | ‘ He caught me on my right thigh , my left foot came down and I did the splits . |
| 30 | And also , if she came in when I had the triplets it meant that erm you know , she was sitting talking to me when I wanted to be playing with them and taking them out and getting on with doing things with them . |