Example sentences of "[num] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman of about 30 lurched out of the Post Office in front of us and staggered down the road a few steps before falling — her exposed thighs and palms making a sickening ‘ slap-smack ’ sound on the pavement . |
| 2 | Eleven came through to the jump off , over a highly technical track that caught out both Milton and Werra . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But more than 100 holed up in the police headquarters in Srinagar . |
| 5 | A welcoming party of six walked down to the shore as the boating party disembarked not without difficulty ; Johnson , after his six or seven hours on the Atlantic , found the rocks ‘ irregularly broken , and a false step would have been very mischievous ’ . |
| 6 | The annual growth of world trade in 1991 slowed down for the third successive year , according to the annual report of the Director-General of GATT , issued on March 18 . |
| 7 | You had a bath , and some time around ten-thirty went down to the kitchen wearing your dressing-gown and slippers to make yourself a mug of Ovaltine . |
| 8 | However , Jacques Etienne never forgot his Hebridean origins and in 1826 set off on the long , difficult journey to his father 's home at Howbeg . |
| 9 | The UK Data Protection Act 1984 arose out of the Council of Europe Convention , and is based upon eight general principles . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When both together took a few slow hops down one of the runs near-by , Hazel followed and little by little they all three moved out of the hall . |
| 12 | ‘ I see , ’ she said and then she bowed , very slightly , and Rose and Grace did the same and then all three moved out of the drawing-room , upright and daunting . |
| 13 | Only 2,222 turned up at the Vic for the 3–1 win against Exeter on Tuesday well below the average attendance for the season , 3,500 . |
| 14 | ‘ I informed everyone in local league cricket , including 21 clubs of Asian boys , but only three turned up for the first week . |
| 15 | Allen picked up the sack and slung it over his shoulder and they all three went out into the open air . |
| 16 | The other three looked back at the Shuttle . |
| 17 | All three ran back to the trough prepared to swim for it as the boys had done several times before . |
| 18 | We three travelled up in the lift of the Hotel Vancouver together and perhaps just to make conversation I mentioned my trip to the Haida reservation and my feelings about the neglect of our Indians . |
| 19 | With the new Conservative Government in 1979 , Ken Stowe moved from Downing Street to become Permanent Secretary in the Northern Ireland Office — not exactly a rest cure — and in 1981 came back to the DHSS . |
| 20 | According to Health Ministry figures , four people had been killed and 93 injured up to the time of the miners ' arrival on the scene . |
| 21 | Over in Cheltenham , 6 teams of 4 turned out for the day 's main event , won by the team from the St James Hotel . |
| 22 | Stung by My Bloody Valentine comparisons and having fallen out with Creation Records , 1992 picked up with the glorious ‘ Secondhand Clothes ’ EP and patronage by Too Pure ( where they remain ) . |
| 23 | Number 3 started out on the left wing with Nicholson again . |
| 24 | During the year the Church B lost seven through death , nine moved out of the area , four of whom were elderly people who transferred to an old people 's home in another part of the town , and five to a ‘ better neighbourhood ’ . |
| 25 | This lady of 42 came along with the diagnosis of uterine fibroid which was leading to severe haemorrhaging at the time of her period . |
| 26 | Millions poured on to the streets of London on 29 July 1981 to be able to say they were there on the day , to tell their children and grandchildren what it was like . |
| 27 | One disappeared back into the darkness . |
| 28 | In the sample of seven companies , one stood out from the others as having a very different and more sophisticated method of scanning the environment . |
| 29 | The World Cup limited the domestic appearances of the leading players so that an unusually high number of 103 turned out for the six first-class teams . |
| 30 | Over 60 turned up at the first two sessions at the town 's Southlands Centre . |