Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the first visit the social worker met the son-in-law as she arrived , rushing out of the flat , with the door slammed . |
| 2 | Mrs Hopkins , who lives in Walsall , met the princess as she visited a hospital in West Bromwich , West Midlands . |
| 3 | Buildings , also , seldom appear in his paintings but this was not because he lacked the ability as his etchings show . |
| 4 | Having worked himself into a highly nervous state , he clenched his fists against his sides , saying in a grating voice , ‘ My own father lacked the courage when it came right down to it … |
| 5 | Dudley Ford had his suspicions and the police seemed to have been doing a pretty thorough job on him … but Doug Wilson believed that Shergold lacked the nerve and she was inclined to agree with him . |
| 6 | Usually the girls devoured the roulade before it left Coleherne Court . |
| 7 | She unlocked the door and they stepped inside . |
| 8 | He fumbled for a kiss as she unlocked the car but she twisted her cheek away . |
| 9 | He unlocked the car and they climbed in , Adam throwing his bag into the back . |
| 10 | But it like , doubled the work but it looks |
| 11 | That nil nil draw at West Ham doubled the points but what they need right now is their first win … it ca n't be far away … |
| 12 | That nil nil draw at West Ham doubled the points but what they need right now is their first win … it ca n't be far away … |
| 13 | Six minutes later Philip Jennings doubled the lead when he doubled up Scott 's through ball . |
| 14 | Consequently , he endured the pain as he went through a few simple movements . |
| 15 | For the first time a sensation pierced the numbness and it caused Joe 's body to jerk and send a message to his brain that created the desire to shout , ‘ Do n't call me that , because I 'm not a sir . |
| 16 | Shafts of bright sunlight pierced the smoke as it welled up from the eaves and spread across the roof in a fine blue film. , Kāli came out into the doorway with a plate of puris and a small bowl of oil . |
| 17 | ( Conversely , if we compressed the Earth until it was the size of a marble , it would automatically become a black hole ) . |
| 18 | Brothers created elaborate practical arrangements to emphasize their equality ; or they divided the household if they thought the implicit pattern of seniority too discrepant with the facts . |
| 19 | WHEN the zoologists of the mid-nineteenth century divided the world and its flora and fauna into six zoogeographical regions ( see Introduction ) , the boundaries of most of these zones were self-evident . |
| 20 | A broad counter divided the room but there was no glass partition between the solitary counter-clerk and the handful of customers . |
| 21 | The tale of the prospective parliamentary candidate who , a few months before a General Election , was charged with a rape offence , and acquitted , haunted the debate and it was alleged that his whole prospective parliamentary career had been unnecessarily ruined . |
| 22 | Had a very , very good over from Bill Tufnell there , it 's always a bit tricky when you come on to bowl and it 's turning and it 's a long day ahead and you , you 're expected to get hissed and you expect to get hissed , and you can get very impatient when they do n't come , but he 's got one now , he 's got , now he 's bowled well all morning now , he 's bowled almost for an hour , but he 's got that one wicket and he , that over was full of confidence , he tossed one up , misjudged the length and got into a bit of a tangle and then he bowled a quicker one which tried to cut , he then misjudged the pace and he could off nick it to the , a very , very good over and he 's bowling with , with great confidence at the moment . |
| 23 | Three days later King Bhumibol effectively legitimized the coup when he formally appointed Gen. Sunthorn as NPKC head . |
| 24 | They parted a way through the tough bracken that choked the enclosure and their feet found the path to the front door . |
| 25 | And as it looked like Sasser had told Hurley something about me , Control passed the word that I had handled some contract work for the Defense Department in the past , just minor stuff , but that it was all finished now . |
| 26 | I sent away and passed the exams and I became a policeman , but I always wanted to become a policeman when I , from about eighteen or nineteen it 's just that I drifted the wrong way . |
| 27 | I passed the pack and she took a small gold lighter from her purse . |
| 28 | Three tankers passed the point and he hardly noticed . |
| 29 | Of Concession In He passed the exam though he was n't well prepared the clause though he was n't well prepared qualifies passed . |
| 30 | The most important Old World sources of corundum are located in Thailand , Burma , Sri Lanka , Kashmir and Afghanistan , which shared the characteristic that they could most readily be tapped by the India trade to the west . |