Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [noun prp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Churchill recommended Ramsey to the new young Queen who had never before been confronted with the situation , and the Queen asked the archbishops whether they objected , they could not say that they did . |
| 2 | Based on David Stuart Leslie 's novel In My Solitude , the story cast Crawford in the clumsy ‘ two left feet ’ role for which he soon became familiar . |
| 3 | A delegation from IT Division visited Japan for the annual DTI/MTI Talks held on 25th–26th March , which included an Expert Session on IT . |
| 4 | The two leaders agreed that they would meet on a regular basis in the future , perhaps annually and with less formality , and Gorbachev invited Bush to the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | It became a lost cause in the 66th minute when Wright found Knoetze on the left and this time the centre stepped in to the gap and raced for the line for a second try . |
| 6 | ( According to some accounts , a journalist told Eddington in the early 1920s that he had heard there were only three people in the world who understood general relativity . |
| 7 | In the sixth minute , Andy Impey released Ferdinand down the right flank . |
| 8 | The Carolingians maintained close contact with Offa 's court and Alcuin congratulated Offa in the late 780s on his eagerness to encourage learning in his kingdom , sent greetings to Queen Cynethryth , and urged Ecgfrith not to be unworthy of his noble birth . |
| 9 | The same waves reached Hawaii in the central Pacific less than 5 hours later and must have travelled at a speed of 740 km per hour . |
| 10 | Of those universities who also support Ph D research in Scottish geology , Edinburgh 's students and staff have consulted 100 of the theses in data set C. For the major universities researching in the field , the numbers of thesis borrowers from particular universities are in proportion ( ratio nearly 1:1 ) to the numbers of Ph D theses produced in these universities . |
| 11 | Yiali in the Dodecanese supplied Crete with the white-speckled obsidian wanted for the fabric of the bowls ; possibly the obsidian came by way of Triandha as a trading station . |
| 12 | In response the United States supplied Israel with the superior A-4 Skyhawk long-range aircraft which , given Israel 's new frontiers , made the main Arab capitals far more vulnerable . |
| 13 | ‘ Far from constituting ransom to achieve the freedom of American hostages , ’ North assured Livingstone over the cooling coffee , ‘ the military goods provided Iran were part of a rapprochement process designed to deliver Iran from the clutches of the Soviet Union and to block the Soviet drive to the Persian Gulf . ’ |
| 14 | They sat in a cafe and ordered citrons presses and Alexander told Frederica about the importunate play , about the evanescent summer of 1914 , about Cabestainh . |
| 15 | Charles Briant welcomed Hari into the bright lights of his office . |
| 16 | The child followed Aggie through the middle arch and towards a heavy , paintless oak door , then into a room dimly lit by a window that looked on to the covered way . |
| 17 | When the sick and exhausted Armenians reached Beirut after the Ottoman collapse , they were allowed to build shacks on the swamps of Bourj Hammoud in the east of the city and then to erect houses which look to this day curiously Balkan , their wooden balconies hanging over the narrow streets of Camp Marash . |
| 18 | An area at the far end of the hall had been screened off as a waiting-room and now Bourne escorted Matthew between the double row of tables , most of them empty . |
| 19 | Some time during the course of that summer , Dr Harvard introduced Lewis to the Roman Catholic Chaplain to the University , Monsignor Ronald Knox . |
| 20 | It seems that Constanze supplied Mozart with the sexual fulfilment he needed , and , although rumours abounded at the time , and have continued ever since , that both husband and wife took other lovers , there is not a shred of evidence to support such a theory . |
| 21 | That struggle shaped Germany for the subsequent two centuries and it also determined much of the shape of Europe prior to the First World War . |
| 22 | Isabella Stewart Gardner met Zorn at the Columbian Exhibition , Chicago , in 1893 , where she purchased ‘ The Omnibus ’ , one of his most celebrated paintings . |
| 23 | Peterborough 's Eric Hatliff and Leicestershire 's Bill Sampson joined Graham in the three-strong team . |
| 24 | Martin watched Richard through the open bedroom doorway , pulling on underpants and jeans . |
| 25 | The following morning Julia accompanied David to the gloomy courtroom again with a sense of relief . |
| 26 | The Republicans forced Truman on the defensive and their greatest victory over the President was the Taft-Hartley Labor-Management Relations Act ( 1947 ) passed over Truman 's veto . |
| 27 | The dissolution of CENTO left ASEAN as the primary multilateral body of states in Asia predominantly oriented towards the Western powers in its security outlook and ties . |
| 28 | Five hundred years ago , some 10 million elephants roamed Africa from the Mediterranean to the Cape . |
| 29 | Philip Tompson pioneered Careforce in the late 1970's . |
| 30 | Chairman David Nairn thanked Grant for the open manner with which he had answered these questions and brought the first day 's business proceedings to and end . |