Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little money came in from The Character of Completeness , and he took Dinah out for supper in an hotel one Sunday , when she was not working . |
| 2 | It was more irritating still to realise he was n't in the least bit put out by the woman 's comments . |
| 3 | Some geezer got down into the tunnels and found his way out . ’ |
| 4 | When this boiler wore out during the 1940s the electric drive was added . |
| 5 | My talk with Quintin had more content since he said that if another peer came down from the Upper House he would withdraw from public life whether he was in the Upper or Lower House . |
| 6 | Some musicians stayed over in the States and opened Hawaiian music schools , plus there were dozens of mail-order courses — it just dispersed like magic . |
| 7 | Room 44 is a simple storage room , which has mouldering old linen , brittle and useless wicker baskets , and some lumber piled up against the west wall . |
| 8 | This research followed on from the success of code breaking techniques in World War 2 and the supposition that translation was simply a more complex coding of words . |
| 9 | This research went on throughout the Eighties , attracting huge investment . |
| 10 | As she did there was a screech of brakes and another car drew up outside the cottage opposite , causing her to glance up . |
| 11 | This question came out of the side of her mouth and Millie , quick to catch on , muttered , ‘ Ten . ’ |
| 12 | with some goodies laid out on the table , |
| 13 | This issue arose out of the claim to appoint a receiver for the International Tin Council under English law . |
| 14 | Some Australians came out of the shower room and began arguing with the merry sub-human guard : |
| 15 | I 've heard similar things about ‘ Talk To Your Daughter ’ , where the original demos of some tracks ended up on the final recording . |
| 16 | From popular texts on the Darwinian revolution , one would never suspect that another clergyman spoke out during the Oxford meeting of the British Association . |
| 17 | He did not take part in the false publicity that some aides drummed up before the tour . |
| 18 | This initiative arose out of the then Secretary of State Sir Keith Joseph 's interest in the ‘ cycle of deprivation ’ ( for a comprehensive review see Brown and Madge , 1982 ) . |
| 19 | When I first came to live here this room ran through to the back of the house , but my husband put up a partition , so we have a small room at the back where we can have our meals . |
| 20 | As one group member said : ‘ What I 'd like to see happening is this room set up with the computer and using it regularly to type up the notes from our meetings . ’ |
| 21 | A dozen hybrids and another purestrain dropped down into the arcade . |
| 22 | ‘ Your concern does you credit , and I 'll see to it you have a few things wrapped up for the poor woman when you go to see her . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ All this forelock-tugging went out with the Victorian era . |
| 24 | However some water got in at the front . |
| 25 | This event sprung up following the failure of the Squash Rackets Association to secure a sponsor for this year 's national championships and a resultant boycott from most of the leading professionals . |
| 26 | I 've just this minute got back to the flat and I 'm having some difficulty taking in your news . ’ |
| 27 | And Mrs McMahon , who naturally had n't seen it because had n't she just this minute arrived back from the village and was n't the dress still in its bag , looked up at the three hovering on the stairs as though it were a divine deliverance , mumbled vaguely about a headache coming on , and thankfully abandoned her responsibilities to whoever was willing to take them on . |
| 28 | A few lights came on in the villages . |
| 29 | If you do not buy one of these make sure that you always leave some lights switched on inside the house — even if you are going out at eight o'clock in the morning and will not be back until midnight . |
| 30 | Another day passed by in the same way . |