Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [vb past] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bennett himself had a couple of chances late in the half , but the visitors also threatened as Alton 's defenders had to cope with the bright sun in their eyes . |
| 2 | In Britain the scanty government services provided to the nation 's merchants had come until the 1860s almost entirely from the board of trade . |
| 3 | In general , the baby 's wishes had tended in the past to be suspect , and the mother had been expected to look for some non-permissible motive behind them , in the form either of dangerous ( probably erotic ) impulses or of a rebellious determination to dominate the mother-in either case , constant control of the child was called for , and only the baby who had submitted himself completely to the mother 's control could be called a good baby . |
| 4 | His move , in January 1988 , turned out to be one of the scheduling masterstrokes of the ‘ 80s , and within months the soap 's ratings had soared towards the 20 million mark and the top to the TV charts . |
| 5 | Nicolo 's words seemed to hang in the silence that suddenly enveloped the room . |
| 6 | Once more Margaret Seymour-Strachey 's words seemed to come from the front of her head , and to be as contradictory as words usually are when they do n't represent what one is really thinking about . |
| 7 | If only there is a way — ’ And stopped , because Nuadu 's eyes had gone to the silver door . |
| 8 | Lucenzo 's eyes had strayed to the child , who was contentedly wrapped in his father 's embrace . |
| 9 | Alison 's eyes had brightened at the word ‘ divorce ’ and she said that she would go on seeing him . |
| 10 | He had noticed how the boy 's eyes kept going to the broad window behind him . |
| 11 | After a moment Fenella 's eyes grew used to the dimness and she could see quite plainly into the room . |
| 12 | Their voices faded into the background as Isabel 's eyes came to rest on the third horse . |
| 13 | Meanwhile Grom 's attentions had turned to the west and to the coastal regions of the Empire . |
| 14 | Amal 's parents had travelled to the Emirates for the weekend and would not return until Saturday noon . |
| 15 | And political apathy reigns : despite the significance of the election , fewer than a quarter of Mrs Molina 's constituents bothered to vote in the run-off . |
| 16 | One by one Europe 's heroes began to climb off the floor and mount a furious offensive which for a time at least threatened to overpower their rivals . |
| 17 | Rhoda said to Bruno that perhaps all Wendy 's brains had gone into the baby . |
| 18 | At the end of 1989 liberal groups that supported Gorbachev 's reforms began to form within the CPSU . |
| 19 | It occurred to him that he had not worn his best clothes for many weeks ; not since that confusing afternoon when some of Buddie 's friends had rushed through the house carrying boxes , cases and sacks that must not be discovered when the police came to search the place . |
| 20 | Unfortunately for Scheer , however , an earlier provocative raid by Hipper 's ships had resulted in the Seydlitz being struck by a mine . |
| 21 | The superior numbers of the Imperial army stood them in good stead : within a few minutes , Dara 's forces had broken through the rebels ' artillery and put to flight the infantry . |
| 22 | Farther north , Fifth Army 's forces had advanced astride the Ypres-Roulers railway to a point just short of Zonnebeke . |
| 23 | So the GEC approach was blocked while BOC 's lawyers got to work on the proposed take-over . |
| 24 | The great bar to the gate was lifted and the Caliph 's men had poured into the city . |
| 25 | More of the Duke 's men had run to the room and the noise of the fighting grew louder . |
| 26 | Bingham 's men had reigned in the rain ; what a pity the deluge of good results had come too late to save the harvest . |
| 27 | Indeed , young people 's wages had risen in the 50s and 60s because there was a labour shortage . |
| 28 | Then the princess 's soldiers began to batter at the doors of the wooden fortress with their axes . |
| 29 | The Founders ' powers had emerged in the long wrangle with GLEB . |
| 30 | Walking into the ISDN User Show at Wembley , North London the other day , the first four stands belonged to communications magazines : cynics might see this as evidence that the technology is still at the hype and talk stage , but most exhibitors seemed pleased by the degree to which visitors ' questions had progressed past the ‘ what is ISDN anyway ’ stage to the ‘ how much does this box cost ’ phase ; some 900 visitors attended on the first day , the second seemed rather busier and at some of the conference sessions , notably British Telecommunications Plc 's ‘ where are we now ’ presentation , it was standing room only … |