Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We made that up for the boys , but if you prefer … ’ neighed Mr Crumwallis , congratulating himself on insisting on something that at least looked a bit special . |
| 2 | I passed this on to the assembled crowd — Lisabeth in her dressing-gown constituted a crowd by herself — and held up my hands to silence the chorus of ‘ what'll-we-do-now ? ’ |
| 3 | I found that out in the pleasure garden . |
| 4 | Re-fix the plastic rose direct on to the exposed timber noggin below the plaster . |
| 5 | And the few new sites made available through the Countryside Stewardship Access Scheme would be impossible for most people to find , said Douglas Hart , who monitored seven out of the 11 locations in Suffolk . |
| 6 | Fancourt , the court denied validity to a promissory note made payable out of the maker 's money to which he would become entitled from his reversion . |
| 7 | Could we not have all guessed that Lt Col Custer ( he gave himself the rank of general ) came 34th out of the class of 34 at West Point . |
| 8 | The father was just moving round to sit at the head of the table when the mother came sweeping out of the kitchen carrying a huge plate piled high with eggs and sausages and bacon and tomatoes . |
| 9 | Then , about halfway to Black Point , I 'd snug down in the anchorage of Bridgemarsh on the north bank . |
| 10 | The wine waiter came bustling along with the second bottle , compliments were exchanged over the wine , trout was selected and discussed . |
| 11 | Otley leapt to his feet eager to practise some passion as the strains of ‘ La Paloma ’ came throbbing out of the music box . |
| 12 | His team came tenth out of the twenty five that competed , a result with which he was pleased considering that many of his competitors ( although with amateur status like himself ) were well funded and backed by sponsors . |
| 13 | Although this is the first recorded instance of a private undertaker being used by the royal household it is possible that they had been previously involved in some small way in royal funerals , for it is doubtful that the College of Arms provided coffins and it would seem probable that they contracted this out to the trade , to people such as William Russell — indeed , could it have been Russell who provided the coffin for Queen Mary in late December 1694 ? |
| 14 | Another waiter came , and together they threw Soapy out into the cold street . |
| 15 | ‘ Dug these out of the wall . |
| 16 | I handed these in to the Midland Bank , Cockerton , Darlington . |
| 17 | The NDP captured 348 out of the total of 444 elective seats in the Assembly , although 93 of these were to be occupied by candidates who had distanced themselves from the leadership . |
| 18 | Mr Lutz Stavenhagen said that he expected 11 out of the 12 EC leaders in Strasbourg to endorse the proposal — a reference to the renewed isolation of Mrs Thatcher over the issue . |
| 19 | I think they got all in including the settee I think . |
| 20 | Well er anyway as it , as it worked out , although I did a lot of s sloshing about , erm when I actually got to erm on to the four one four and I followed that through to the M one and straight up and I was running parallel with the M twenty five , virtually |
| 21 | We finished 47th out of the 63 . ’ |
| 22 | The SDLP retained its hold in the Northlands area where it returned five out of the seven seats available . |
| 23 | Wires hung unconnected out of the back of the switchboard and the pigeon-holes had grown cobwebs . |
| 24 | He often got hungry up in the wood and he 'd most likely want them later . |
| 25 | Mr Wilkie got ten out of the 12 questions correct , and only got the other two wrong — the size of the £2,000 band and the increase in duty on unleaded petrol — by thinking the Chancellor would be even tougher than he turned out to be . |
| 26 | Clearing the gap in the reef , the patrol boat drove into a wave and leapt half out of the water like a giant grey killer whale . |
| 27 | This section , describing in accurate seamen 's language a voyage past The Dry Salvages in a fishing boat loaded with ‘ canned baked beans ’ combined Eliot 's own sea knowledge with that of the Gloucester dory fishermen , and bound these up with the ‘ well-told seaman 's yarn ’ of Dante 's Ulysses and with Tennyson 's Ulysses ( who may be related to Gerontion ) . |
| 28 | In contrast to the two European studies , the Oxford study included 23 out of the 40 patients with sigmoidoscopic activity only . |
| 29 | And he scuttled monkey-like up through the rows of seats . |
| 30 | She stared unseeing out of the big plate-glass window that looked down on to the hotel 's rather undistinguished forecourt . |