Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | A WOMAN clutching a baby stole an elderly lady 's purse after conning her way into the pensioner 's home . |
| 32 | After detailing his career in the Royal Naval Air Service , the RAF and in civil aviation , the report concludes : He played both for Yorkshire and Northampton County Cricket Clubs , and on one or two occasions by his batting achievements saved the Champion County from defeat . |
| 33 | Owen loved the bustle of the bazaars , of the whole native city , in fact ; but after you had spent some time in them , especially when it was as hot as this , you felt an overwhelming need for space and air , and after forcing their way through the blocked thoroughfares of the Tentmakers ' Bazaar they were glad to emerge into the more open streets . |
| 34 | Nicol has been one of Liverpool 's most consistent defensive performers after forcing his way into the side following his £300,000 move from Ayr United . |
| 35 | MONICA Seles pulled out of Wimbledon last night — only hours after confirming her withdrawal from the French Open , which starts in Paris next week . |
| 36 | Kevin Darley , heading for a record score this season after doubling his tally in the past 17 days , was brought down to earth in an ugly fall at Pontefract . |
| 37 | Fokker is negotiating with Lockheed to assemble aircraft in America : this would bring Lockheed back into the commercial business , which it quit in 1981 after losing its shirt with the TriStar . |
| 38 | Berri , who had held ministerial posts in a number of Cabinets during the 1980s and 1990s , replaced Hussein al-Husseini who had resigned in August after losing his seat in the general election [ see p. 39071 ] . |
| 39 | It kept her going , especially when she was angling for the notice of the one man who , after giving her dinner on the way back from Bovington , had treated her with only a lighthearted pleasant banter whenever they met . |
| 40 | But all this depends on the time you have left after giving your attention to the centre of the question . |
| 41 | His health never having recovered after imprisonment seven years before , he died in Bovey Tracey , Devonshire , from a heart attack 12 November 1924 , shortly after retaining his seat in the general election . |
| 42 | ‘ I do n't see any reason why a dog should have been a problem , ’ said Dr Julia Schofield after collecting her MBE from the Queen . |
| 43 | BEIRUT — Syrian forces freed a Lebanese air force pilot who had been picked up by a gunboat after ditching his plane in the Mediterranean yesterday , Reuter reports . |
| 44 | After hearing his name on the radio , he had thought it must be just bravado on Paul Lexington 's part , the young producer falling into cliche , insisting that the show must go on when all logic showed it was impossible . |
| 45 | McLean popped up in this unusual viewing position — the advertising hoardings around the Tynecastle pitch are kept in place by sandbags — shortly after swapping his seat in the stand for the United dug-out on Saturday , and , arms waving , he remained there virtually throughout the final 15 minutes . |
| 46 | After reading your coverage of the upsurge of fascism , I want to thank all those involved — the features were informative , interesting , shocking and uplifting . |
| 47 | Just the thing to stop you from dropping down dead after strutting your stuff to the latest chart topper ! |
| 48 | Just the thing to stop you from dropping down dead after strutting your stuff to the latest chart topper ! |
| 49 | After making her way into the fashion business as a freelance designer and as a partner with Ann Buck in Tuttabankem from 1969 to 1974 , Hamnett set up Katharine Hamnett Ltd on a £500 loan in 1979 . |
| 50 | During this time they absorbed the Chinese imperial system and Confucian philosophy , but after winning their freedom on the collapse of the Tang dynasty they flourished as an independent nation . |
| 51 | After receiving my version of the working drawing , Mr. phoned to say that the drawing did not have sufficient detail , and that another Mr. from the Glasgow office would be in touch to ask for a clarified drawing . |
| 52 | After leaving her daughter in the brightly lit and chatter-filled house she did not immediately drive away . |
| 53 | On Sunday , after leaving my suitcase with the hall porter who was to see that it was in the Land Rover to meet me after the shooting , I enjoyed brunch in the Gleneagles restaurant sitting at the same table as the Princess Royal . |
| 54 | Here we offer a guide to what is worth pushing your way to the front of the crowd for . |
| 55 | The sub-contractor will be responsible for transporting his work-force to the site and for any travelling time or expenses . |
| 56 | For instance , in choppy water it is worth sacrificing your angle to the wind for a little more speed to punch through the waves . |
| 57 | They had exchanged the slow passage through the forest for picking their way over the rocks and boulders that littered the banks of the upper reaches of the river . |
| 58 | As one of the losing bidders said : ‘ This is not sour grapes but political polls may be great for promoting our name with the public and for cashflow but they are definitely questionable on profit . ’ |
| 59 | The trial resumed on July 22 , when Khmara was again removed from the courtroom for expressing his distrust of the judges . |
| 60 | Instead of submitting his organisation to the will of party bureaucrats , he turned it into his own power-base and started bombarding the party with his own initiatives . |