Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [noun prp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The railroads began to open up America during the 1830s : the ‘ De Witt Clinton ’ , one of the most historic locomotives on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad , 1831 . |
| 2 | Now , look up Livesey in the classified telephone directory . |
| 3 | When the £5 million Juventus midfielder leads out England for the first time he will spare a thought for the man who captained England to 1966 World Cup glory , just 48 hours after Bobby Moore revealed that he was battling cancer . |
| 4 | Buckinghamshire under 21s are taking on Yorkshire in the semi final of the county championship … kick-off is at 2 |
| 5 | The new ruck-maul law , rather than resulting in quicker and cleaner ball , could end up with the sort of pile-up seen here when New South Wales took on Fiji in the recent Super Six Series as defending players desperately try to stop the ball coming out of the rucks or mauls . |
| 6 | The week before England took on Scotland for the Grand Slam , Harlequins travelled to Gloucester for a league match . |
| 7 | ‘ So you brought in Gerald on the open side . |
| 8 | Eubank looked as though he was going to finish off Thornton in the ninth round — and should have done so in the tenth . |
| 9 | The deeply unpopular Somerset was overthrown in October , and power passed to those who had opposed the war ; his successor , John Dudley , earl of Warwick , was only recognizing the inevitable when he gave up Boulogne at the same time as peace was made with Scotland in March 1550 , when the last stronghold held by the English , Lauder , capitulated . |
| 10 | ‘ I can not drive out Medoc without the Royal Houses who have been lost , but now are found . |
| 11 | Wimbledon v Derby County Wimbledon leave out Fashanu for the fourth successive game , keeping faith with the veteran Cork . |
| 12 | Redcar take on Ripon in the first round of the Yorkshire Cup and Andy Rogers replaces Jim Butcher at prop , while Mike Donoghue returns to the second row . |
| 13 | And Oxford take on Cambridge in the 119th Varsity Athletics match . |
| 14 | The County Union is looking into the Boyce Hill boy 's absence and Lockwood will wait for the outcome before he names the squad to take on Hertfordshire in the second match in July . |
| 15 | Sunderland caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby believes his side still needs one more win to avoid going to Wembley to take on Liverpool as the only Third Division side to contest an FA Cup final . |
| 16 | He turned down £1.5 million to fight someone even less credible than Foreman in April , a guaranteed £5.5m to take on Bowe for the undisputed crown next summer , an opportunity to win the titles in the ring and the star prize , a chance to fulfil his avowed lifetime ambition . |
| 17 | The trade was sufficiently profitable for the Portuguese to take over Sofala in the early sixteenth century , and their written accounts confirm that the export cargoes were brought to the coast by African representatives of the Shona king or monomutapa . |
| 18 | In the second half Giannini again created the best moment , first intercepting a pass , then setting up Serena for the clearest chance of the match . |
| 19 | And drags down Mira to the nether World . |
| 20 | The DPR directors had worked at LHW and set up DPR along the same principles . |
| 21 | Then it was Irons who set up Aldridge for the third with a superb pass form inside his own half . |
| 22 | Weir looked sharp and eager as Jackson 's partner in attack and set up Lennon for the best early chance of the game . |
| 23 | Weir looked sharp and eager as Jackson 's partner in attack and set up Lennon for the best early chance of the game . |
| 24 | Kennedy 's advisers opposed this solution because it would again single out Britain amongst the European states for special treatment ; it would fuel de Gaulle 's dislike for NATO ; and it would make Britain 's entry into Europe , which was part of the State Department 's policy , even less likely . |
| 25 | Also , unless something particularly striking happened there , it is difficult to see why an English annalist should single out Witland from the various places which Cnut may have visited during a Baltic expedition . |
| 26 | The radio was a useful political and social tool in a society of this kind , but its impact did not hit even Britain until the 1920s . |