Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Easy — a stroke of genius hit me at the height of the bombing , General . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ( Paradoxically the release of tension enabled him in the next week to run up , turn out , patch together , a poetical melodrama about Cabestainh with which the house-guests had some civilised fun . ) |
| 5 | Even if a band that I liked did this , I 'm sure that it would not make me gay ( And even if the power of rock introduced you to the delights of homosexuality , who cares , eh ? |
| 6 | Not that the organs of perception apprehended it at the time . |
| 7 | I hoped that the off-licence opened soon because the journey to Dover could only be improved by getting drunk ; besides , a few cans of lager helped me through the morning pretty well , and killed off hunger till late afternoon . |
| 8 | In 1939 appointment to the Disney chair of archaeology distinguished her as the first woman professor in the university . |
| 9 | I had completely forgotten Karen until her squeal of laughter reminded me of the answer to Alison 's question . |
| 10 | Some hours later — no one counted , but it was a long time — eight soaking , snow-covered individuals just — but only just — on the right side of hypothermia made it to the main Teesdale road , which snow ploughs had kept open . |
| 11 | Moreover , radicals with reservations about the socialist credentials of the USSR confronted the dilemma that every word of criticism aligned them with the ‘ reactionary ’ views dominant in the West : to attack Moscow , the acknowledged centre of international revolution ; was tantamount to sympathy for her capitalist enemies . |
| 12 | ah , I 've put you a three eight , wide eight thick piece of steel lay it on the top that would hold it down in the middle |
| 13 | Cross and Bevan 's interest in the chemistry of cellulose led them to the study of the viscose solutions produced by treating cellulose with a strong solution of caustic soda and then carbon disulphide vapour . |
| 14 | Bite One : ‘ The Secretary of State told us about the silver lining — he told us nothing about the dark clouds on the horizon . ’ |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman conceded that it was an idea worth considering , whereas the Secretary of State mocked it from the outset . |
| 16 | A last burst of effort heaved him over the stone edge of the gable to sprawl thankfully on the slates . |
| 17 | Now only another thirty yards of lawn separated them from the side wall of the house . |
| 18 | She was screaming and waggling her legs for all she was worth , but the cruel loops of nylon had her about the wrists , the kite was in the jaws of the wind , and she was already well out of reach even if I had wanted to catch her . |
| 19 | Dimly making out figures , he leant forward on his mount , and a volley of fire tore him to the ground . |
| 20 | He paid one of them £300 ‘ who , because I employed another to fit up my last room , out of pique arrested me for the balance . ’ |
| 21 | These two seemed friendly enough , but their questions about Sweetheart put him on the defensive . |
| 22 | Is it not outrageous that so much British taxpayers ' money should have been spent trying to suppress a book which in part told us about the treacherous activities of the security services in trying to undermine the democratically elected Government of Harold Wilson ? |
| 23 | The climax came when Cornish Lady appeared in the western Channel , her progress was monitored and the cutter Alert , with Jim Cameron in command followed her into the river Exe , keeping in close radio contact with the waiting officers on shore . |
| 24 | During a recent visit to an old people 's home , the officer in charge told me of the efforts she had to make to prevent the local children from taunting and mocking the residents-often through the windows . |
| 25 | The nurse in charge called us into the office , where a young female duty doctor was waiting . |
| 26 | ‘ The William S. Paley Collection ’ ( 28 February-16 May ) consists of eighty-four mainly intimate-scaled early modern works acquired by the late founder of CBS , and bequeathed to a foundation that in turn conveyed them to the Museum of Modern Art in New York , where Paley was chairman emeritus at the time of his death in 1990 . |
| 27 | They held on to this fortress until 1264 , when it passed to the Habsburgs , who in turn lost it to the canton of Zurich in 1452 . |
| 28 | A group of workmen crossing over to the Valley just before dawn found her by the shore . ’ |
| 29 | I was told that the money that was threatened for housing associations which was an important element in structure , the government has in fact included it in the forthcoming budget , so that is encouraging , that aspect of it . |
| 30 | A man in uniform directed them to the hall booked by Templeton 's . |