Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trainer John Hills had high hopes of winning the Ebor with Castoret , but by the time the horse got clear the race was over . |
| 2 | Even though Jennifer Capriati produced arguably the performance of the tournament when she beat world champion Monica Seles in the quarter finals at Key Biscayne , there was the strongest feeling still that her new partnership with Steffi Graf 's former coach , Pavel Slozil , could not work . |
| 3 | Coke , a bitter opponent of prerogative power , attacked vigorously the jurisdiction of all the courts exercising this jurisdiction . |
| 4 | He also became arguably the most famous exponent of the instrument , along with Eric Haydock of The Hollies . |
| 5 | He became arguably the first industrial designer , working in ceramic , glass , metal , furniture , wallpapers , and textiles . |
| 6 | If the tender was accepted , the various obligations could be divided amongst its members , while the EEIG itself became effectively the project manager , with a co-ordinating role . |
| 7 | A thorough search of the Sea Rover revealed only the charred remnants of what was later analysed as cannabis , blowing around the decks . |
| 8 | The headlights revealed only the worn flagstones of the farmyard , the archway into the byre on the ground floor of the house , the crumbling steps that had once given access to the living quarters above . |
| 9 | Geelong forward Gary Ablett led his team with a record-breaking nine goals and became only the second person to win the most valuable player award while playing on a losing side . |
| 10 | The outside-half thereby became only the second player , after Neil Bennett in the 1970s , to score 300 points in a season for Bedford . |
| 11 | In the same year that Accrington Stanley became only the second team to leave the league through bankruptcy — Aldershot F.C . |
| 12 | Couples not only finished top of the US rankings but became only the eighth player in history to win the Vardon Trophy , awarded for the lowest stroke average , and the PGA Player of the Year . |
| 13 | The 28-year-old Dutchman , winner in 1988 and 1989 , became only the third player to be crowned three times after compatriot and mentor Johan Cruyff and Frenchman Michel Platini . |
| 14 | PETER EBDON yesterday became only the third player to compile two 147 breaks in professional snooker tournaments . |
| 15 | The 28-year-old from Liverpool became only the third player to simultaneously hold both the world and UK titles when he triumphed at Preston a year ago . |
| 16 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
| 17 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside the other greats . |
| 18 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
| 19 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
| 20 | He became only the seventh Briton to wear the champion 's laurels . |
| 21 | You now have a complete record of the super season in which Mansell became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels . |
| 22 | The Great Britain scrum-half became only the fourth player in history to score ten tries in a match — equalling team-mate Martin Offiah 's club record set against Leeds in the Premiership semi-final last May . |
| 23 | Malcolm became only the third Brit to gain any World Cup points this year and is definitely a name to watch for the future . |
| 24 | The Senate 's decision meant that Durenberger became only the ninth member to be so censured , and the first since 1979 . |
| 25 | In Chihuahua , where a turnout of 63 per cent of those eligible to vote was reported , Barrio became only the third non-PRI state governor . |
| 26 | PROFESSOR David Wilkie last night became only the fourth person to receive a gold medal from the Faculty of Actuaries in its 137-year existence for his contribution to the development of actuarial science . |
| 27 | Richard Littlejohn of The Sun became only the second winner of the Irritant of the Year award since Private Eye won in 1968 . |
| 28 | As it turned out , by 1989 Britain got only the half-built Sizewell B. |
| 29 | They got down the escarpment on to the coastal plain without mishap and drove along a dirt track beside Benina airfield . |
| 30 | But he got down the pit , after you know whe after the War . |