Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Characteristically Morse sought to swallow back the bitter-tasting fluid that had risen in his gorge ; and the surgeon , with understanding , pulled the rubber sheet over the head again . |
| 2 | The authorities sought to break down the mystique surrounding him , and to present him as a common criminal , parading him before 300 journalists on Sept. 24 in an iron cage erected on the patio of the Lima police headquarters . |
| 3 | In their private lives , many of the repealers sought to live out the ideal of companionate marriage . |
| 4 | More than 1,600 names — the people whose personal wealth is pledged to meeting insurance claims — lost money when they found themselves having to meet huge bills for asbestosis and pollution claims after Mr Outhwaite agreed to take on the risks from other Lloyd 's syndicates in 1982 . |
| 5 | The group maintains that by the time Mr Outhwaite agreed to take on the US risks , the dangers of asbestosis were already known : a Lloyd 's working party had been set up in 1980 to look at the issue . |
| 6 | As regards the current European Communities-European Free Trade Area negotiations [ see p. 37906 ] , the programme avoided ruling out the possibility of an eventual application for EC membership . |
| 7 | The outlawed Ulster Volunteer Force admitted carrying out the shooting . |
| 8 | As a representative of non-Zionist Jews Wolf played an important role at the Paris peace conference of 1919 , where his close association with the British delegation helped to bring about the conclusion of the minority treaties . |
| 9 | Bolstered by his landslide electoral victory in 1972 , the President moved to take on the legislature . |
| 10 | The discovery was painful , and his heavy-lidded eyes narrowed to shut out the picture she made with them . |
| 11 | And her mind tried to blank out the rest of it . |
| 12 | At the CPSU congress currently in session Gorbachev tried to play down the significance of the strikes , claiming that the " general strike " urged by independent miner 's leaders had not materialized . |
| 13 | Twice , when Meredith ordered ‘ Two steps stage left ’ and Geoffrey moved to the right , Meredith came bounding down the centre aisle shouting ‘ Left , left , ducky ’ and leapt onto the apron to seize him by the shoulders and shove him into place . |
| 14 | In Whitehall , three words came to sum up the appointments policy . |
| 15 | After the cab had departed he 'd returned to the body search ; a couple of rough-looking kids came sneaking up the alley for purposes unknown , but a long , low growl from the shadows sent them running . |
| 16 | On their way to the Hotel Colombi , their shoulders stooped to ward off the falling snow , Horowitz paused when he saw a car hire firm which was still open . |
| 17 | Afterwards Travis began sorting out the things they were to take with them . |
| 18 | This is the name of a computer language that an American firm called Microdata developed to speed up the business of interrogating a database . |
| 19 | As August progressed , Arafat began to take on the role of Saddam 's chief ally . |
| 20 | Pepita began to pick up the fallen bananas and place them back in their crate . |
| 21 | While he ran thorough hands and eyes over his shattered body , Kathleen started cleaning up the chest area ready for the heart monitor after checking the IV line that was running in Haemacel and taking blood for cross-matching , dodging round the radiographer who had brought the portable in and was taking X-rays . |
| 22 | David decided to test out the conditions — his ten years of experience showed us what could be achieved with practice . |
| 23 | It absorbed over £500,000 from Mr Green and his fellow private investors in the capital investment needed to set up the electronic links between the telephone ordering service and wholesaler Heathcote Books ( which did not invest any money ) . |
| 24 | Finally it was over , and David started to write up the notes . |
| 25 | South Africa was marred by the fatal accident to Tom Pryce when a marshal ran across the track : a memorable moment when a dead man 's car kept running down the straight . |
| 26 | Isabel , backing further into the shadows , dared to breathe again when the soldier went to pick up the ale-cups . |
| 27 | He asked the mother the child 's weight , worked out the dose and Kathleen went to draw up the drug and get the Flamazine ointment . |
| 28 | The local skateboard club voted to take down the three foot of vert and use the vert sections to make up a flat bottom . |
| 29 | The Detective-Sergeant 's keen ears had picked up the dripping tap in the bathroom . |
| 30 | Umpire Frank Lee called him on 11 occasions for throwing in England 's only innings and , after the home side had wrapped up the game early , he was again called , in the exhibition match which followed , by the other umpire , Syd Buller , and was forced to complete his only over underarm . |