Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the store room next to the kitchen were a long table and shelves always covered with all sorts of provisions ; large earthenware jars full of confits of pork and goose , a small barrel where vinegar slowly matured , a bowl where honey oozed out of the comb , jams , preserves of sorrel and of tomatoes , and odd bottles with grapes and cherries marinating in brandy ; next to the table a weighing machine on which I used to stand at regular intervals ; sacks of haricot beans , of potatoes ; eggs , each one carefully dated in pencil . |
| 2 | Mrs M. parked the car in a street of stone houses , where steps led up to the tower . |
| 3 | Where WinEdit stands out from the rest is for programmers who use Microsoft C and SDK . |
| 4 | Seeing Saad laid out on the floor , dumb and silent . |
| 5 | Extrusive igneous activity is more commonly referred to as volcanism and occurs where magma erupts on to the surface either as flowing lava , or as fragmental material thrown into the air by explosive volcanic activity . |
| 6 | where baby lies down with the tiger-rug |
| 7 | ONCE Czechoslovakia settles down from the current euphoria of people 's power , its new leadership will have to take some hard decisions on how to overcome its economic difficulties . |
| 8 | The northern section of the colony was settled by people from Virginia rather than emigrants brought out by the proprietors , and the southern section by emigrants from Barbados as well as from England . |
| 9 | When the train had emerged from the last tunnel on the Central Line between Stratford and Leyton , issuing with little more space to spare than toothpaste squeezed out of the nozzle of another kind of tube , somewhere past that point , though he was not sure yet where , he would climb out on to the roof of the car . |
| 10 | Although gamsabhavas died out after the imposition of British rule , headmen and other intermediaries often negotiated compromises . |
| 11 | The exit to the roof was on the other side of floor 5 so Ralph went back through the door into the large room . |
| 12 | 1991 ended with youth affiliations at an all-time high of 360 , and school donations of more than £17,000 coming in to the section . |
| 13 | This could be converted into a worldwide trip , so Roland went on to the ‘ Hot Spot ’ to try and get around the world in 80 seconds answering as many questions as possible . |
| 14 | He has more than £50m wrapped up in the concern , via his 35% share stake , and needs to protect it . |
| 15 | But if researchers home in on the record as the first level of access , ignoring the surrounding administrative context and archival structure which forms part of its meaning , will understanding be fostered or impaired ? |
| 16 | Mr. Bill Walker : I have made it clear that I would not be unhappy if Stagecoach ended up with the Strathtay area , but that I would prefer Strathtay bus company . |
| 17 | Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled . |
| 18 | It was n't until Ronni stood up at the shore 's edge that she saw Guido standing watching her , bare feet planted in the sand . |
| 19 | It was as if Moses came down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments to find Christ and the disciples standing in the crowd . |
| 20 | Well it were n't exactly the school teacher 's fault cos Panda jumped out of the hedge into the lights from the cemetery cos she liked to go mousing up there . |
| 21 | Van Gelder said : ‘ Makes it a bit awkward , sir , does n't it , if war breaks out in the next half-hour ? ’ |
| 22 | First , Iraq has threatened to attack Israel and Saudia Arabia with missiles and bombs if war breaks out in the Gulf ; the Iraqi News Agency said the warning had come from the country 's Air Force Commander . |
| 23 | If war broke out in the Far East ‘ our present forces in Korea would be a military liability and could not be maintained there without substantial reinforcement prior to the initiation of hostilities ’ . |
| 24 | If Owen looked round for the cameras , North acted throughout as though he was sure they were there . |
| 25 | But meanwhile democracy would have been taken much further than the Mensheviks envisaged — and there was even the possibility that , if revolution broke out in the West , the ‘ dictatorship ’ might be sustained by aid from socialist regimes abroad . |
| 26 | But if predictability broke down in the very strong gravitational fields in the big bang , it could also break down whenever a star collapsed . |
| 27 | In most cases the processing power required is that of an AT type machine with a Hercules or EGA graphics card so until Amstrad come out with the next generation machine this aspect of desktop publishing will have to wait . |
| 28 | Even if Hanson holds on to the British end of the ARC operation , it still has a long list of ConsGold assets to offload including : |
| 29 | They 're better than lamp posts and that , cos trees grow out of the ground , so they 're extra special like . |
| 30 | Impatience is justified if theory moves off into the stratosphere , so to speak . |