Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initially all Gehlen 's funding came from the CIA but later , in 1954 when the German Federal Republic was established as a sovereign state , Gehlen took over the running of the Federal German Intelligence Service . |
| 2 | Twenty years ago more than three quarters of the College 's income came in the form of a government grant . |
| 3 | In 1991 , only 50 per cent of the SCO 's income came from the box office , compared to an average of 69 per cent . |
| 4 | The Committee 's activities culminated in the summoning of a People 's Convention on 12 January 1941 . |
| 5 | Bissett 's difficulty lay in the time he had been allocated for his paper on the theoretical dimensions of the device . |
| 6 | On the far side of Farringdon Road , Graham passed Easton Street where another painter 's or window-cleaner 's cradle lay on the pavement , up-ended for some reason , neat coils of rope around it . |
| 7 | Curwen 's estates lay on the west Cumberland coalfield , and he took a particular interest in the collieries inherited from his father and his second wife , as well as others which he purchased and leased in the area . |
| 8 | But the SSD claimed this week that the Appeal Court 's judgement flew in the face of earlier court decisions . |
| 9 | All Claudia 's defences rose to the attack . |
| 10 | Even if Dr Courtney 's case went to the Court of Appeal , it would be unlikely to impose the stiffest jail term of life imprisonment . |
| 11 | Shakespear 's Sister took to the stage to what must be the worst intro tape I 've ever heard . |
| 12 | Meanwhile C. and Miss T. 's sister arrived at the hospital , as did Miss T. 's mother . |
| 13 | The snake 's skin trembled at the movement in the air . |
| 14 | When Carco called to see the paintings Zborowski ran to buy a candle , stuck it into the neck of a bottle , then showed Carco into a narrow , unfurnished room where a stack of Modigliani 's canvases stood in the corner . |
| 15 | Yoshida 's decision resulted from the deductions he had drawn from Acheson 's major speech on 12 January 1950 in which he had indicated the principles of American policy in East Asia . |
| 16 | In the wake of the F-111s that had flown out from their British bases to bomb targets in Tripoli and Benghazi , Mutual Radio 's correspondent arrived on the scene on 17 April with a laissez passer from the Libyan Consulate in Zurich . |
| 17 | Even the youngster 's goldfish perished in the blaze at his home in Saltaire , near Bradford . |
| 18 | Haughey 's resignation came after the speaker of the Senate and former Justice Minister , Sean Doherty , revealed that Haughey had been fully informed of the tapping of two journalists ' telephones by police in 1982 in an effort to trace Cabinet leaks . |
| 19 | As Valence obeyed , the paraplegic 's fingers clawed at the air , as though inscribing some complex , arcane pattern . |
| 20 | Caroline 's fingers froze over the typewriter keys . |
| 21 | Terhune 's fingers flew over the keyboard , pulling a close-range weapons menu out of the memory . |
| 22 | Edward 's fingers drummed on the edge of the desk . |
| 23 | Bernice 's fingers drummed on the plastic of the dashboard . |
| 24 | Jezrael 's fingers crisped into the grit beneath her ; even her face worked with the adrenalin that surged up , so much did she want to shove him away and make him save himself . |
| 25 | Only the nucleus of Jacob Brailey 's gang remained at the camp on the fringe of the Wychwood Forest . |
| 26 | As the day of ‘ our final hour ’ approached our publicity releases continued to whip up public opinion , and I carefully planned the last programme for broadcast from 9pm on the last evening until the station 's license expired with the stroke of midnight . |
| 27 | Instead of trying to explain the extinction and replacement of species in terms of observable causes , Lyell 's opponents looked to the patterns revealed in the fossil record to explain the history of life on earth . |
| 28 | Kelly 's mum came to the school and took her away . |
| 29 | But when Angela 's mum complained about the feast she started a family feud . |
| 30 | Miranda 's hair flamed against the pillow as she lay back with her eyes closed , thinking , Too late to stop him now . |