Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The search for counter-examples led them to the history of the family and of the primitive local community which they saw as kinship based . |
| 2 | His commitment to the reform of secondary education was unrelenting ; his position as Archbishop placed him at the heart of the religious problem ; his alliance with Butler — for whom he was ‘ all bulge and brain ’ — eventually tamed the opposition of the Churches . |
| 3 | Did it make them stronger in their faith so that when they leave school and face the terrible temptation of the world , the fact that they danced on the altar during mass strengthen them against the temptation ? |
| 4 | Although everyone was a bit wary of an undeserved Soton equaliser , Beeney mopped up any semblance of an attack , and after good work by Strachan in not letting Benali shepherd the ball out for a goal kick , he dispossessed him , took it past another defender and played it across the goal for Speed to slot it into the bottom left corner . |
| 5 | It 's not a federated system , it actually , positively talks about moving forward as Professor states it in the economical situation the council is in . |
| 6 | This by no means commits them to the view that actions and attitudes are uncaused , merely to the more limited view that they are not caused by the properties of social wholes . |
| 7 | But Hendry had quickly noticed that security was being beefed up , with police mingling with crowds at the Rothmans Grand Prix in Reading and the UK Championship in Preston after threats to shoot him at the table . |
| 8 | He made two crossings through Andersonstown to familiarise them with the work which they would have to do . |
| 9 | This uncertainty might , on the one hand , encourage social commentators in the attitude expressed by a writer in The Economist in 1848 : ‘ In our condition suffering and evil are nature 's admonitions ; they can not be got rid of ; and the impatient attempts of benevolence to banish them from the world by legislation , before benevolence has learnt their object and their end , have always been productive of more evil than good . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Easy — a stroke of genius hit me at the height of the bombing , General . |
| 11 | The lack of coins deprives us of the evidence to form any assessment of their dynastic histories or tribal boundaries . |
| 12 | But it is still too early to be certain , and the jury must remain out until there is sufficient evidence of a true change of heart to distinguish it from the earnest gestures of political expediency . |
| 13 | Would he also look to a change of driver to help him with the draw he will want at Augusta ? |
| 14 | His son , a bachelor of twenty-five , became King Henry V , and he experienced a couple of attempts to usurp him during the first year , but by August 1415 he was able to sail with an invasion fleet of 1500 vessels to France , where he withstood an attack launched on 25th . |
| 15 | The Minotaur was finally slain by Theseus , who found his way out of the labyrinth by trailing a skein of thread given him by the king 's daughter , ARIADNE . |
| 16 | A final change of level takes us under the archway into the next small grassed and planted area , an altogether quieter space . |
| 17 | And it could take more than a change of luck to lift them off the bottom of the table . |
| 18 | I take his point about maintenance and I shall of course draw it to the Housing Executive 's attention . |
| 19 | This of course takes us into the domain of attitudes and feelings of the learners , and is an area more influenced by emotion . |
| 20 | This of course put me in the wrong . |
| 21 | Such an astigmatic view of course excludes them from the main focus of research . |
| 22 | I endeavoured to paint a picture of this scene , but again and again legions of midges drove me from the spot : I got a phial of essence supposed to keep them away , but alas ! in vain . |
| 23 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 24 | of times kissed her on the arse |
| 25 | A letter was sent to the parish officers of Kempston informing them of the gross impropriety of their conduct respecting the patient and the institution . |
| 26 | However , the Council of Guardians re-submitted it to the Majlis on Jan. 24 , calling for revisions to be made to it . |
| 27 | A decision was taken in principle to require agencies with independent sources of income to transfer them to the central treasury . |
| 28 | The coronet is shown in loving detail as it embodies the moment when this family of merchants made it to the princely ranks . |
| 29 | He urged people not to let the short-term problems of recession blind them to the long-term truth . |
| 30 | Smith has been dismissed as ‘ presence of mind Smith ’ from his alleged remark on returning without his companion from a disastrous outing on the river : ‘ If I had not with great presence of mind hit him on the head with a boathook both would have been drowned , ’ but the story comes from Reminiscences of Oxford ( 1st edn. 1900 ) by William Tuckwell , who in his second edition ( 1907 ) consigned it to oblivion ; moreover , there was no charge of murder . |