Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chelsea continued to dominate with Graham Stuart and Dennis Wise running dangerously at the visitors ' defence . |
| 2 | They formed a group so that they could put forward a collective case with Ewan Veitch doing most of the research , Yuel McMurray , assisting . |
| 3 | They formed a group so that they could put forward a collective case with Ewan Veitch doing most of the research , Yuel McMurray , assisting . |
| 4 | Lucy Edwards walking backwards up the Eiffel Tower to get to Africa Picture : EMMA WILLIAMS |
| 5 | Stewart Stevenson ( also an agent for Lyles Carpets ) is responsible for Norther Ireland reporting directly to the Field Sales Director , and their is one agent employed for Devon and Cornwall . |
| 6 | FEW MOMENTS in British cinema cling so bleakly to the memory as that of Alan Bates vomiting copiously behind the settee under the withering gaze of Thora Hird . |
| 7 | I well remember Alan Jones referring contemptuously to the elements and the obstacle they represented . |
| 8 | And watch out for the name Tomo Cesen figuring increasingly on the honours board of daring deeds . |
| 9 | Showered and changed , she went back into the gym and found Fräulein Silber standing modestly in the background while , very much in the foreground were Herr Wolf , from the National Stadium , and Fräulein Carow . |
| 10 | Meanwhile Ali Christie was sitting in the Pavilion Gallery in Brook Street staring morosely at the gilt-framed picture of his wife on the desk . |
| 11 | She examined the cat slowly and carefully , not allowing herself to be distracted by the thought of Mr Miller waiting irritably for the vaccination cards or her future appointment with Dawn . |
| 12 | Thera Island was some four miles distant with Cape Akrotiri lying directly to the north and Mount Elias , the highest point of the island — it was close on 2000 feet — to the north-east . |
| 13 | The stunning needle of the Aigulle Dibona rising straight behind the Soreiller hut was on every other postcard from every conceivable angle , and on our original tick list by the Voie Normale . |
| 14 | A portrait he drew of Madame Decrucq coming home from the pit has since vanished . |
| 15 | ‘ Although Mr Crawford does not impress any firmness of personality on Feste , ’ wrote The Times 's critic , ‘ the comic scenes , with Mr Stephen Moore 's Sir Andrew joining whole-heartedly in the romp , are disciplined and not uninventive . ’ |
| 16 | Had I dreamt up Mr Fry lolling there in the rectangle of the doorway ? |
| 17 | Other deaf people identified in the picture include Edwin Docharty lounging indolently on the left , his brother James L.C. Docharty to the right of the Rev. Henderson , and Alex McGregor , the regular columnist of the deaf column on the Glasgow Evening Times standing behind him . |
| 18 | There was D J Taylor fulminating away in the Sunday Times : If there is any consolation to be derived from this tide of literary lives written with questionable aims and based on questionable motives , it is that even the very best biography has no longevity . |
| 19 | Hughes robbed Michael Vonk yards inside the City half and sent Lee Sharpe racing away down the left . |
| 20 | From here you can see clearly the frieze of mountains around Lake Titicaca rising steeply from the water and the spits of land which thrust themselves towards Amantani . |
| 21 | Both teams were somewhat weakened for this visit of Lansdowne to Eaton Park but Ballymena just about deserved their narrow 3–0 win , the only score of the game , a penalty by Derek McAleese coming midway through the second half . |
| 22 | Leading in with a Simon Templar-style '60s intro , it rips into a raw guitar riff part nicked from old punk chestnut ‘ Jet Boy Jet Girl ’ , Jim Bob ranting eloquently about the state of pop and the industry 's gratuitous use of glamour girl sex to prop up videos by losers like Lionel Richie and Robert Palmer . |
| 23 | Most people would have bet their life savings on the prospect of marathon runner supreme Rosa Mota striding away with the gold medal at the World Championships in Tokyo last year . |
| 24 | He had been riding in front of Chuck and his father , watching with admiration the erect , narrow-backed figure of Jacques Devraux jogging easily at the head of the column ; the fierce-eyed Frenchman had quickly made a deep impression on Joseph 's fifteen-year-old mind and he was trying to hold his own shoulders high and square in the same fashion . |
| 25 | Finally , ashen-faced , she emerged to find Guy Sterne lounging patiently in the corridor outside . |
| 26 | This is an odd square , the Baroque façade of the church to the saint and the rococo façade of the church of San Bernardino contrasting poorly with the modern buildings whose architectural qualities — if they exist at all — are fairly well hidden . |
| 27 | With both Holloway and national coach Ian Birtwell looking ahead to the England v Canada international at Wembley on October 17 it was natural to hope for a good start to the new season against incoming U.K. tourists . |
| 28 | Steve Winn gave Marske the lead early in the game , with Archie Stephens equalising midway through the second half . |
| 29 | Smith was the latest to go off for examination of foot bruising , Nick Knight substituting briefly in the field . |
| 30 | It was 1984 , and I was in Los Angeles working incognito in the comedy clubs , just sussing out the American scene and seeing how my act went down over there . |