Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Use of mundic tailed off in the Fifties . |
| 2 | A new style of official entertaining came in at the Palace and still survives . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | From their Edwardian dominance of golf and tennis , the British slipped back to the second rank . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So far as is known , nothing definite came out of the meeting between Castro and Khrushchev in New York in late October 1960 , despite all the drama attached to the Soviet head of state 's seeking out the Cuban leader at his hotel in Harlem . |
| 7 | STAFF AT Lincoln turbine Service Limited turned up at the Moat House Hotel , Aberdeen on 5 December for their five-course Christmas Dinner [ well , who would n't ] . |
| 8 | Biting her lip , Sabine walked over to the wardrobe , and flung open its door . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | From the window of his room on the top floor of the tenement building , Joe could see down into old Mr Webb 's office at the rear of the shop , and the outline of scores of books were clearly visible poled up against the filthy windows . |
| 11 | Sabine stared up at the lettering cut into the ancient stonework . |
| 12 | Ridden by Peter Scudamore , Nigel Twiston-Davies 's seven-year-old took over from the ill-fated Combermere at the 13th of the 27 fences and , staying on strongly approaching the last , drew clear of the top-weight Dalkey Sound to record an impressive eight-length victory . |
| 13 | A bird , a pigeon perhaps , took startled flight , its wings almost brushing her , and Sabine jumped back against the wall , her heart hammering . |
| 14 | The last EF1-11s based at Saudi arrived back at the Oxfordshire base at the weekend . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A faint glistening showed up on the surface of the carvings . |
| 17 | She looks pretty shook up from the letter . |
| 18 | Stephen , 28 , said afterwards : ‘ The Customs officers jumped a mile when Lucky peeped out of the box — their faces were a treat . ’ |
| 19 | Some then went off to the latrines behind the back of the hall , which Charlie thought smelled worse than the middle of Whitechapel Road on a steaming summer 's day . |
| 20 | Awards over and bottles emptied , marketing 's great and good drifted out into the night . |
| 21 | Next day , Sunday , 12 March , the EXCLUSIVE screamed out in the News of the World . |
| 22 | The purely Chinese came over from the mainland with Chiang Kai-Shek . ’ |
| 23 | The Chinese lashed out at the Nobel Prize Committee for meddling in China 's affairs and ‘ hurting the Chinese people 's feelings ’ . |
| 24 | United looked out of the game . |
| 25 | ‘ Maybe this is an old-fashioned viewpoint , but last night I thought something fairly important went on between the two of us … ? ’ |
| 26 | Blackwell Retail Ltd edged back into the black — if only just — in the year to end-August 1992 , after two years of losses . |
| 27 | Pensions for the aged came in at the beginning of the twentieth century . |
| 28 | A tiny tinkling started up in the heart of the rose . |
| 29 | The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy . |
| 30 | Fewer people than expected turned out at the town 's Central Gardens for the declaration of intent ceremony , the bouncy castle was late into action and British Telecom 's hot air balloon was grounded by strong winds . |