Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JOHN MAJOR today headed for a tough showdown with his predecessor Baroness Thatcher after MPs gave him the go-ahead to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 2 | So we know , we should and remember of course that in the book Freud chooses two examples as Joy told me the church and the army and these are just examples and of course Freud chooses them partly because they 're very big groups so they in some ways they er exemplify the principles he 's talking about because clearly in a small group like this you could say well look , what is going on is really I mean we all have , we all know each other and it 's a face-to-face group and really what happens here is an of the dynamics group and I think it is actually . |
| 3 | It was held that the settlor had retained an interest in the accumulated income because the payments of income gave him the benefit of being able to withdraw his capital deposited at the bank . |
| 4 | After a short time the Duke of Grafton sold them the Rope Walk , a building where the old village craft had been carried out and where Ted Smith 's coach garage is now , and so they moved . |
| 5 | Edward , his half-brother , succeeded , aged about 38 years , and he remained as King for twenty-four years , during which time his endeavours towards sainthood earned him the title of The Confessor . |
| 6 | And the recently discovered structure of atoms gave them the idea that they could make helium out of hydrogen . |
| 7 | From the time that my colleagues in the House of Commons did me the honour of electing me to be their leader I have felt that I was in the position of a trustee ; and even throughout the war the one thing that I have aimed at constantly has been to preserve . |
| 8 | As a challenge the chief of the Poltava guberniia Department of Education offered him the directorship of this residential school for war-orphans . |
| 9 | But plenty of people thought it the height of irresponsibility to allocate £11 million to having a fling . |
| 10 | His new tone of seriousness gave her the courage to look round . |
| 11 | Their standards of excellence won them the award for best staff restaurant , and they finished in joint second place overall out of all the shops , cafes , hotels , restaurants and canteens in the district . |
| 12 | George pointed wordlessly to an immense tank of water and with amusement showed me the system for telling the quantity of the contents . |
| 13 | His initial promise in sports gained him the tag of ‘ the runner ’ which he despised : ‘ So , I thought : I 'll try to be academic and good at sports as well . ’ |
| 14 | I invite the student of the air war to compute Harris 's achievements with 1,625 aircraft and consider how much sooner we could have achieved victory in Europe had he the support of the promised 3,500 aircraft , and the entire Chiefs-of-Staff Committee . |
| 15 | Marin Ceauşescu 's position at the Romanian Foreign Trade Mission in Vienna made him the provider of the family 's needs when it came to everyday items from razor blades to video films . |
| 16 | But a push on Hoddle denied him the goal . |
| 17 | ‘ All credit to Gavin gave me the ball in the end , with a little persuasion . |
| 18 | The state court said the state 's ‘ unqualified interest in life ’ should prevail over their assertion that her right to privacy gave her the right to die gracefully . |
| 19 | The Swindon win over Bournemouth found them the performance of the week award . |
| 20 | Weston 's 1920 From Ritual to Romance gave him the tarot pack and backed up Frazer 's emphasis on links between sexuality and religion . |
| 21 | AN HOUR to spare on a recent visit to London gave me the opportunity to visit the famous Science Museum 's well-advertised new gallery ‘ Physics and Nuclear Power ’ . |
| 22 | The only difference is that all that acting , all that recording , all that boring , frightening flying to gigs gave her the cash to fulfil that dream . |
| 23 | Whether she intended it or not , Emily 's deed during the 1913 Derby at Epsom afforded her the status of martyr , and her grave was to become a shrine . |
| 24 | As the man at reception gave her the key to her room with a knowing look , Kelly reflected that she had n't felt so guilty since her teenage party days . |