Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] the [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They know if an elderly relative needs long-term nursing care there is nowhere for them in the NHS any more . ’ |
| 2 | And that 's the incentive for them in the £30 million Champions League which has captured the continent 's imagination . |
| 3 | Some French troops had to be withdrawn from Brittany to pursue and harry Gaunt 's forces , but the diversion of the expedition from its original destination served to embitter relations between Duke John and Gaunt , which were in any case strained after a quarrel between them over the wages due to their troops , and the English garrisons at Brest , Bécherel ( a fortress some twenty miles south of St Malo ) , and Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte were still hard pressed by du Guesclin 's forces . |
| 4 | IMAX , the large screen format used by THE ROLLING STONES for their At the Max live concert film will open a 500 seater venue on London 's South Bank in two years ' time . |
| 5 | If my wife manages to elbow her way past me to the book first , she 's immediately led astray by extras like ‘ free use of private beach ’ , ‘ heated swimming pool ’ or ‘ wine-tasting ’ . |
| 6 | I see , so that measures the speed of them across the screen this way you can time it . |
| 7 | Strikes grew more frequent and violent , the harsh suppression of them by the government increasing hostility towards the republican regime . |
| 8 | But if these men who had split into two parties were here for some heist or scam , they were being slow about it , for they sat calmly in silence , one of them in the seat next to Jarvis , a dusty-looking , very ordinary , middle-aged man in a voyeur 's dun-coloured raincoat . |
| 9 | Er Lot number three Lot number three the Canton trays there we are there we 've got a sample showing for you Lot number three , there are seven of them in the Lot all seven of them for a hundred and fifty pounds at one hundred and fifty , sixty , seventy , one eighty , one ninety , two hundred , two twenty , forty , sixty two eighty I 'm offered two hundred and eighty pounds you 're on three hundred for you sir three hun three twenty three fifty , three eighty go to four hundred four twenty four fifty four eighty five hundred and fifty and you bet against you both now five hundred and fifty is offered against you both now , five fifty five hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 10 | However , since fourteen topics were listed , even fairly full courses must have paid quite limited attention to any one topic , in order to cover all of them in the time available . |
| 11 | 4 Make a rough diagram of your design and determine whether it is appropriate to the size of the site , e.g. a herb border on the grand scale will not be successful in an area 3 x 3 metres ( 10 x 10 ft ) ; in other words the proportions of the design should be such that there is room to make the most of them in the area concerned . |
| 12 | BRITAIN closed on the two teams ahead of them in the NorTel Southern Cross Cup series when Juno IV finished fourth , Heaven Can Wait seventh and Canon Express tenth in the fourth race yesterday — and there is a protest to be heard against two of the New South Wales team who lead the series , 11.5 points ahead of Australia and 21.5 ahead of Britain , writes Bob Fisher . |
| 13 | A limited number attend clubs ( such as Gateway , sports , orchestra , for the dead but the majority attend classes , about 50 per cent of them within the adult basic education framework . |
| 14 | ‘ In the same way , I feel sorry for John Lukic , who will be reminded about that punch of his in the Rangers-Leeds European Cup tie until he 's blue in the face . |
| 15 | As productivity declined and inflation rose , the State under Conservative rule responded with a monetarist policy , the effect of which over the period 1979–86 took unemployment from about 1.5 million to almost 4 million . |
| 16 | I do n't like to think of you in the cottage all by yourself . ’ |
| 17 | It was from Mr Albert Thompson of Birmingham , who wrote : ‘ I saw a picture of you in the newspaper this morning and I felt very angry . |
| 18 | As was explained in the first chapter , it would be very difficult to construct a complete unified theory of everything in the universe all at one go . |
| 19 | They have been particularly interested in a fact that I touched upon earlier when discussing the ‘ Ontological Argument ’ , namely that existence is not a quality or attribute of something in the way that being round , or hard , or long-haired is an attribute . |
| 20 | But when he came to sit opposite her in the dining-room that first evening , he felt he had made a mistake . |
| 21 | Sihanouk resigned as president of the CGDK on Jan. 24 , citing " international hostility " towards him since the August 1989 Paris conference . |
| 22 | Then the patient 's arms are placed on a table in front of him with the hands flat and fingers spread open . |
| 23 | ‘ Randy 's got a slower pony in this chukka , who wo n't like Dopey taking a piece of him in the line-out one bit . ’ |
| 24 | Used to get deliveries of it for the pigs that 's how they started up . |
| 25 | never mind , showed a snippet of it within the Tennants sixes . |
| 26 | But whatever their position is by Wednesday , supporters hope to see them put their disappointments behind them for the Aldershot Senior Cup final . |
| 27 | Owen had a badly gashed forearm , Cynan some splinters of his own shaft lodged deep under his ribs , and all of them minor cuts and bruises ; but they had left behind them on the crest several of their enemies wounded by lances and arrows , some probably dead . |
| 28 | Thus Old Den left the scene of his many triumphs on the shoulders of his son and his friends , leaving behind him on the bar fond memories of countless great nights of debates , discussion and song , echoed now in the keening of the women from their seats in the corner . |
| 29 | Devoy knows what to expect from Jackman who played an excellent match against her in the Leekes Welsh Classic two months ago . |
| 30 | I took in with me to the hospital some homoeopathic remedies which are specifics in cases of croup , namely aconite , spongia and Hepar sulphuris . |