Example sentences of "[vb past] the name [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derek mistook the name of the company for that of a person and blurted out , ‘ But , who is he ? |
| 2 | Bludworth stated that he was still considering whether to bring similar charges against NBC News and the New York Times which also disclosed the name of the woman . |
| 3 | PAUL GASCOIGNE broke a thousand hearts last night when he revealed the name of the person he hopes to marry — Lazio captain Claudio Sclosa , the player he debagged at Spurs . |
| 4 | He read the name on the side of the boat . |
| 5 | He read the name of the hotel , and the name of the street . |
| 6 | The town where this happened , Minamata , became the name of a disease and a worldwide symbol of industrial pollution . |
| 7 | In the early 70s , when the Union abandoned its own paper in favour of Bacus , a newspaper aimed at all students in Bristol and not just those at the University , Nonesuch became the name of the gossip column in the University Newsletter . |
| 8 | " Land and Liberty " became the name of an amorphous political movement which operated in various parts of the Russian Empire between 1861 and 1863 and strove to convert the radicalism engendered by the emancipation into action . |
| 9 | Linley had called his publisher and asked the name of the restaurant where they had lunched and also the time they had left . |
| 10 | Then asked the name of her hotel , and in no time he was pulling up outside it , and Fabia knew that one of the most pleasant interludes of her life except for the ‘ alternator ’ trauma that went with it — was over . |
| 11 | The complete family comprises helium ( He ) , neon ( Ne ) , argon ( Ar ) , krypton ( Kr ) ( from which the authors of Superman got the name of his home planet ) , xenon ( Xe ) ( pronounced zenon ) and radon ( Rn ) . |
| 12 | He then called his father , now living in retirement at Lake Martin , and got the name of a former Libyan engineering colleague , whom Coleman immediately telexed , saying he was coming out for a visit . |
| 13 | Big Jack got the name of his Republic of Ireland ace Paul McGrath mixed up |
| 14 | Then Peter Hitchens , the Express reporter following Mr Kinnock , was harangued by fellow reporters over how his paper got the name of the girl and an Express spokesman claimed The Independent must have got the name from Labour Party sources . |
| 15 | you got the name for |
| 16 | As a long shot — just in case Lucretia Grant owned two homes — she also checked the name of Grant . |
| 17 | All the adults pronounced the name of Balmoral with a unique excitement ; the cousins were soberly proud of their duty to play with the royal children . |
| 18 | Maybe it was only a coincidence but , as soon as Jed pronounced the name of his employer , the cigar fell from Sir Charles 's fingers . |
| 19 | In nervous haste she was bending to retrieve them when her eye caught the name at the top of the first : P. Gray . |
| 20 | By 1880 , H.B. Savory was running the mill although , well into the 20th century , the company retained the name of Savory and Sons . |
| 21 | She dredged the name from a chance remark in the remote past . |
| 22 | The bag bore the name of my off-the-peg tailor , ‘ Marcus Menswear , Craven Park , Harlesden ’ . |
| 23 | Proud dad Derek Corkindale , 25 , was holding newborn Daniel two days after his birth last December when he realised a name tag on Daniel 's leg bore the name of another baby in the ward . |
| 24 | One of them bore the name of The Shelbourne . |
| 25 | She was almost certain it would be the tall man with the unseasonal yellow gloves with pearl buttons , so personable and well-spoken , who bore the name of a well-known apéritif . |
| 26 | It bore the name of a celebrated woman journalist and was headlined ‘ A Don 's Dilemma ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ They mentioned the name of a shaper they were staying with — Hector , I think it was . ’ |
| 28 | Eventually , they discovered the suicide note , which mentioned the name of the hotel . |
| 29 | Despite repeated rape and electric shock , Paulina never mentioned the name of her lover , who married her after she was released , though he had taken up with another woman . |
| 30 | Julia deliberately turned to him to explain the significance of Comfort 's private jokes and fill in the background whenever she mentioned the name of one of their friends whom David could not know . |