Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hillyard , from Dorset , in 1984 , when aged 14 , became the youngest player , to win the world title , after defeating Fisher in the semi-finals — a result which she repeated in 1987 , only to lose 5-1 in the final to the then 15-year-old Farren . |
| 2 | Later , as a ‘ Christian evangelist ’ , Gary would speak of meeting God in the hours of comparative tranquillity on the prison roof . |
| 3 | Despite losing Lintott to the Forces , new Leeds players gave the Yorkshire Post confidence ‘ that in the near future the various parts necessary to make a harmonious whole will be welded together ’ . |
| 4 | Gina fell into a routine of taking Magnus to the gardens early , before she went to help Margaret at the gallery ; she had to get up anyway because Magnus woke and whined after the milkman had been round , and in the small flat the whimpering seemed to penetrate everywhere . |
| 5 | Instead of taking Barnsley to the cleaners , it was Swindon who went in the washtub and were all but scrubbed out . |
| 6 | The authors suggest that the lists can contribute towards decisions on disapplications and modifications : ‘ These should help to decide whether a child is capable of reaching ATs in the areas covered by the scales ’ ( Webster and Webster 1990 : 9 ) . |
| 7 | The ESA has dropped the idea of swapping Exosat with the communications satellite planned for the next Ariane launch L6 , because Exosat requires a more complex launch into a transfer orbit with a subsequent boost from its own fourth-stage rocket . |
| 8 | The Mancunians ' chances of beating Blackburn into the play-offs were dented by defeat at lowly Oxford the following night , a result which bore absolutely no relation to form . |
| 9 | Indeed , the leadership of the Communist party were more concerned with opposing fascism abroad , recruiting for the Spanish Civil War and developing trade union activity and housing associations than with fighting Mosley on the streets . |
| 10 | Three months before defeating Callaghan at the polls she announced publicly her intention of running a ‘ conviction Cabinet ’ . |
| 11 | I do not know what purpose the meeting served in persuading Wapping of the merits of our plan , but it did enable me for the first and only time to see the terrain on which we were working and reinforced my enthusiasm to kill the committee at the earliest possible moment . |
| 12 | There was genuine pleasure to be had from pinning Minter to the ropes . |
| 13 | At Eton , he had been fag to a charmless older boy who had wasted no time in introducing Henry to the joys of homosexuality . |
| 14 | On Oct. 15 the government prevented a convoy of trucks carrying medicine and food raised by charities for Iraqi children from leaving Amman on the grounds that UN permission would be required to ensure that the shipment did not break sanctions . |
| 15 | Before departing , they recorded a final album that , in their typically quirky style , proves to be their best since the early days of Crumbling The Antiseptic Beauty , even if there are moments when Lawrence comes close to outclassing Morrissey in the annals of wimp rock . |
| 16 | If they were all to get on as a family , she would have to be careful about introducing Richard to the children . |