Example sentences of "ahead of [pers pn] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Parkinson was delayed by a dense bank of fog ahead of him on the line — Nicholas Ridley , the Trade and Industry Secretary , making his statement about the Barlow Clowes affair . |
| 2 | Ahead of them on the stretcher was Eve , her face white . |
| 3 | By now the Bonnard Renault must be a good 900 kilometres ahead of them on the road , and somewhere near Budapest . |
| 4 | Stephen walked ahead of her on the river bank . |
| 5 | I kicked pebbles ahead of me on the path up from my caravan to my mother 's hotel and , with each ‘ thwok ’ , my terrible adolescent idealism was refuted . |