Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 According to one of them God drives back the waters of the sea by a strong east wind , and causes a mysterious panic in the Egyptian camp .
2 It was not till fourteen years later that Rospigliosi produced his second comic opera , Dal Male il Bene , of which Marazzoli composed only the Second Act .
3 There followed a torrent of Greek , of which Lindsey understood only the word ‘ Niall ’ , before she tucked one slender hand through his arm .
4 MIPS expects a number of its OEMs to pick up the new ARCsystems including CDC , Tandem and government integrator AT&T Federal Systems Advanced Technologies which will put its System V/Multi-Level Secure Unix on the boxes .
5 There were bars across it , behind which Silly-Willie whiled away the time .
6 You now have a complete record of the super season in which Mansell became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels .
7 There was a long silence in which Steve weighed up the situation before speaking .
8 Although it was eventually pushed out of the company 's programmes by the success of Pineapple Poll , another comedy in which John developed further the idea of sailors getting their come-uppance , Tritsch Tratsch has never lost its popularity as a number suitable for galas and concert programmes .
9 Of course , they may have to write next to Hannah-Barbra , makers of the cartoon series The Flintstones , to persuade them to change the ending to all the episodes in which Fred lets out the family mogg .
10 It was a monologue called ‘ Good News ’ , in which Beattie enthused down the phone at great length to a young man who 'd apparently done her the most enormous good turn .
11 J. R. R. Tolkien , to whom Lewis read aloud The Pilgrim 's Regress , liked the book .
12 McGann attempted to press him as to his whereabouts in the last few days , to which Oscar asked why the hell it mattered .
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