Example sentences of "the [adj] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until the English clamped down on the custom my forefathers all used the prefix ‘ ap ’ in front of their names — the last king of South Wales , for instance , was Rhys ap Tewdwr . |
| 2 | From their Edwardian dominance of golf and tennis , the British slipped back to the second rank . |
| 3 | Their enterprising approach brought them profits ; the Hudson 's Bay Company got 10 beaverskins for a gun at its posts on the Bay , but to the Indians this was the final stage in a complicated pattern of inland trade , so that when the French travelled out to the central hunting areas they were able to save the Indians all the transport and trading costs and could get 30 beaverskins for a gun . |
| 4 | The bowyer came out of the back of the shop , the bow case which he had been selecting in his hands . |
| 5 | A MURDER trial was adjourned last night after one of the accused broke down in the witness box as she said her fellow defendant had suggested using shovels to bury a woman alive . |
| 6 | The next morning , the 9.15 came out of the tunnel and the old gentleman put down his newspaper , ready to wave at the three children . |
| 7 | A ministerial statement issued after the killings claimed that , on parking the car , the three moved off toward the Spanish border where they were challenged by the security forces . |
| 8 | If they were watching for her , they would n't expect her to travel on the night boat from Liverpool , with a rough sea battering at the B & I ship , while the drunks and the seasick threw up in the smelly lounges . |
| 9 | Next day , Sunday , 12 March , the EXCLUSIVE screamed out in the News of the World . |
| 10 | Today he was able to achieve something not done since Henry the 8th fell out with the Pope . |
| 11 | But early last year , when all three of the latter fell out of the running , Grachev 's way to the defence ministry was unopposed . |
| 12 | The latter came in to the same platform and so two trains were in the same section , in conflict with Rule B. |
| 13 | One can only deduce that the Eurasian and African plates began driving together at this time , with the latter dragged down beneath the rising Alpine mountains . |
| 14 | The latter arose out of the interest during the Enlightenment in a ‘ science of man ’ , which would explain , scientifically , all aspects of human nature . |
| 15 | The Chinese lashed out at the Nobel Prize Committee for meddling in China 's affairs and ‘ hurting the Chinese people 's feelings ’ . |
| 16 | Spitting and spluttering , forcing his flailing hands and knees to get a grip on the earth and push him back upright , he heard the rushing creak of the rickshaw 's wheels and the patter of feet as the haulier sped off into the night . |
| 17 | The first arose out of the practice announced in Mr. Brittan 's statement of 30 November 1983 of seeking the views of the judiciary on the tariff for a prisoner when he had been detained in custody for about three years . |
| 18 | It was from the first bound up with the establishment of a foreign ministry archive . |
| 19 | Pensions for the aged came in at the beginning of the twentieth century . |
| 20 | This is of flannel : the round part is plaited up to form the front , and a quilling of the bordering put on , a band of the same laid on at the back , and strings . ’ |
| 21 | discuss this with officers , the same came up over the weekend . |
| 22 | But by the time strands of sounds of the fair floated up from the park , people were beginning to get home , wash , relax and pick up again . |
| 23 | The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy . |
| 24 | Cornelius put his arm around his friend 's shoulder and the two gazed off towards the lands of the east , wondering once more what the fates held in store for them . |
| 25 | ‘ You see , Lewis , ’ began Morse , as the two strolled back to the front of the property , ‘ Kemp had grown tired of Sheila Williams and was starting out on a new conquest — the delectable Lucy Downes . |
| 26 | The toasts to Gaby , the protestations persisted and in the end the two reeled out of the café arm-in-arm at two in the morning swearing eternal friendship . |
| 27 | The elder of the two leaned down from the saddle to clap him amiably on the shoulder , and said a word or two in his ear , before they trotted away along the Foregate towards the Horse Fair . |
| 28 | But Dawn Run was not a horse to give in meekly , and as the four came round into the straight she stuck resolutely to her guns . |
| 29 | The elections were to be held in accordance with the 1989 Taif accord [ see p. 36986 ] , although the new electoral law approved on July 16 increased the number of deputies to be elected to 128 rather than the 108 laid down in the Taif accords [ see also amendment of election law pp. 38214 ; 38311 ] . |
| 30 | Matlock , who won the Trophy in 1975 , lost 1-0 at home to Stalybridge Celtic , but Celtic 's centre half Micky Kilduff had signed for the club only six days before the game , instead of the seven laid down in the rules , so the match has been awarded to Matlock . |