Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [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 | Former Yorkshire and England fast bowler Arnie Sidebottom has turned down the offer of a coaching post at Surrey . |
| 3 | ICL has filled out the top end of its DRS 6000 range with new multiprocessing models 780 and 782 in the 700 series . |
| 4 | Garin Jenkins has sorted out the front row and the Webster-Reynolds-Stuart Davies back row can live with any in the leagues . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours . |
| 6 | FORMER Arsenal winger George Armstrong has turned down the chance to become Malcolm Crosby 's assistant at Sunderland . |
| 7 | Mr Gatward said TVS has narrowed down the candidates for the MTM job to two . |
| 8 | Mr Gatward said TVS has narrowed down the candidates for the MTM job to two . |
| 9 | On all three occasions , Stewart has handed over the gloves to Blakey — even though he is clearly a far superior keeper . |
| 10 | TOG O' WAR ace Steve Churchill has pulled off the greatest prize — a world championship . |
| 11 | FILM legend Liz Taylor has turned down the chance of a comeback … playing a lesbian rancher . |
| 12 | Taylor has taken up the fight and is tackling small business worries over banks charges head . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Quite often David has stepped up the tempo and provided tries for someone else . |
| 16 | A factory in Northamptonshire has taken up the challenge to create the fish footwear . |
| 17 | Rupe roots for his mate Bob Rupert Murdoch has stirred up the possums in Australia , his former homeland , by praising his mate Bob Hawke , the Prime Minister , and dismissing Andrew Peacock , the opposition leader . |
| 18 | Given such a broad international consensus , shared by the more accommodationist Israeli and Western liberals , it is hardly surprising that since 1974 the PLO has played down the refugee issue , and concentrated on the only acceptable diplomacy concerning a territorial return to the 1949 Armistice Line . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | RICHARD Dunwoody has turned down the chance to renew his association with former Champion Kribensis in the Bula Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday . |
| 21 | Captain of Detectives Barton MacLane has called out the National Guard to assist in the search for private detective Richard Quick , who is still at liberty . |
| 22 | Gloucestershire skipper Tony Wright has given up the captain 's job … the county are bottom of the championship table … have n't won a game and Wright thinks it 's time to let someone else have a go |
| 23 | Gloucestershire skipper Tony Wright has given up the captain 's job … the county are bottom of the championship table … have n't won a game and Wright thinks it 's time to let someone else have a go |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Mr Scott says turning back the clock to when Thornaby had its own town council , salaried professional officers and support services is no longer credible . |
| 26 | Afterwards Travis began sorting out the things they were to take with them . |
| 27 | This is the name of a computer language that an American firm called Microdata developed to speed up the business of interrogating a database . |
| 28 | As August progressed , Arafat began to take on the role of Saddam 's chief ally . |
| 29 | Pepita began to pick up the fallen bananas and place them back in their crate . |
| 30 | 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 . |