Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv prt] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was forced to withdraw his dissolution , though only after more than two years of controversy , during which time the Council had gone about its business and drafted a number of decrees that restrained the power of the papacy , and laid down reforms throughout the Church . |
| 2 | She still saw him , made a point of popping over to say hullo to Uncle Willi and sought out Georg in the dairy or the office . |
| 3 | E/A turned and made off East at the same time as we sighted him . |
| 4 | Once received the data will be converted from radio to microwave signals and passed along cables to the control centre nearby . |
| 5 | They crossed a bridge and came down steps to the water 's edge . |
| 6 | The Lower Exchequer , also called the Exchequer of Receipt — misleadingly so , since it paid money out as well — took in revenue from royal collectors and handed over receipts in the form of tallies , which could then be presented in the Upper Exchequer at the audit . |
| 7 | Shankar and Vice-President Henck Arron formally " resigned " and handed over power to the Army on Dec. 27 . |
| 8 | On Dec. 6 Ershad was forced to relinquish power and handed over control of the government to Chief Justice Shehabuddin Ahmed who had been nominated as Acting President by the main opposition alliances . |
| 9 | The end-of-term atmosphere was maintained when Mrs Kinnock dressed up as an air hostess and handed out sweets to the accompanying press corps . |
| 10 | When the final Sunday dawned , John , Nora , and Sarah went to the early service at St. Martin 's Church in Trafalgar Square and walked down Whitehall to the site , arriving just after eleven . |
| 11 | Place a glass of water or beer on your head and lay down flat on the floor and then stand up . |
| 12 | ‘ Of course not , ’ said Rain , and bit back information about the typewriter used for the packages and a death threat . |
| 13 | The Severn had the longest uninterrupted stretch , and its 20- to 80-ton open barges carried down coal from Shropshire and salt from Droitwich , as well as agricultural produce , and brought up iron from the Forest of Dean for the Midlands metal makers , and a whole range of goods and groceries from Bristol . |
| 14 | he stood over the stumps to the quick bowlers and brought off stumpings down the leg side , the hallmark of a great keeper . |
| 15 | Mrs Bennet had been into town and brought back details of the damage . |
| 16 | It was the latest in a spate of attacks by Muslim extremists and blew out windows on the bus , packed with 49 British holidaymakers , and gutted a Mercedes . |
| 17 | It was the latest in a spate of attacks by Muslim extremists and blew out windows on the bus , packed with 49 British holidaymakers , and gutted a Mercedes . |
| 18 | When his father-in-law died unexpectedly in 1898 , Stuart became a director of J. & J. Colman , moved to Norwich , and took over management of the firm . |
| 19 | At dawn on July 1 Lebanese army units crossed the Awali River and took up positions around the port of Sidon . |
| 20 | A detachment of Cromwell 's troops guarding the bridge at nearby Bewdley came to Kidderminster to cut off their retreat and took up position in the square . |
| 21 | The ‘ naked ’ crab moved about 60 cm ( 2 ft ) away while the first crab nipped out of its damaged shell and took up residence in the new one . |
| 22 | He has shown the best form of his career and won over boo-boys on the Ayresome Park terraces . |
| 23 | We took Des with us and put up notices for the other dogs , which were replied to by various other units . ’ |
| 24 | Two years later Clark had the first of his 25 Grand Prix wins at Spa and ended up runner-up in the World Championship to Graham Hill . |
| 25 | We parked in the car park and picked up copies of the RSPB-designed trail leaflet at the Visitor Centre , a converted stone chapel . |
| 26 | She crouched and picked up part of the brickwork that had crumbled away from a supporting pillar . |
| 27 | On June 4 Soviet troops surrounded the parliament building in Vilnius and set up checkpoints in the city , raising fears of a forced takeover . |
| 28 | By December Gould had crossed the Liverpool Range and set up camp on the banks of the Mokai . |
| 29 | The DPR directors had worked at LHW and set up DPR along the same principles . |
| 30 | You did not go off and set up house with the man in your life and perhaps think about marriage if it seemed like a good idea , after a year or two . |