Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] [be] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Life after Brian could not after started better for United … just 41 seconds after kick-off they were in the lead … a defence slip-up by watford but they all count …
2 Life after Brian could not after started better for United … just 41 seconds after kick-off they were in the lead … a defence slip-up by watford but they all count …
3 ‘ It is important that your bank knows everything about your business so that if you have to go to them for help they are in the best position to five assistance .
4 Well of course they are behind the line of your house , I mean but even so it 's sort of , erm
5 Well you might find as he 's got a good , good disciplined school he 'll Unless of course he 's of the opposite
6 And I think there is this dividing line that there is the pure craft where the object is functional and is made for a specific purpose , but is beautifully made , but there is also the craftsman who crosses the barrier between art and craft , who makes beautiful objects that are perhaps non functional , and then of course you 're in the controversial field .
7 ‘ We have been told it will help us all in the long run , but it just means we will all be worse off — unless of course you are on the throne . ’
8 but er , you got more , you , of course you were nearer the river
9 I think she 'd become a habit with him , if you know what I mean — and of course she was at the root of the trouble between Silas and me . ’
10 I do n't suppose you 'd er get that sort of relationship nowadays and of course it was during the war when people er the fact that erm there was a war on erm was a levelling down or up or at least a levelling of , of people 's situations they ,
11 Of course I was on the same squadron as him for a time . ’
12 Of course I was at the time .
13 Enough has been said even in this brief review to make the point that when men wished to designate sanctity or degrees of sanctity it was to the hierarchy of precious substances that they turned for appropriate symbols .
14 This all reflects the important part that political organizations played in the Edwardian era , for when politicians needed means of communication and organization in a time of crisis it was to the parties rather than to the state that they turned for the machinery and the expertise ; it was not to be the same in 1939 , with consequent effects on the state of the local parties by 1945 .
15 Hence , the following historical and comparative analysis will seek to identify those features that made the bill of lading the fair and certain negotiable document of title it was until the advent of containerization .
16 He had a point or two to make about the present regime but if there was a hint of criticism it was of the gentlest sort .
17 At forty-five years of age he was at the height of his powers , determined to drive out the Almoravids and bring about a united Spain .
18 Well as daft as it seems Dennis as you probably know in this sort of game you 're on the roads very late at night and when you 're on the roads very late at night , you get a lot of bored policemen
19 then they 'll come on this morning , if you have half a pint of beer you 're over the odds , you 'll be pinched .
20 At the time of writing we are in the middle of the offer period .
21 She 'd known what sort of man he was from the start .
22 It was everyone 's dream to mix their album in their front room and that 's the kind of studio it was at the time .
23 In cases of doubt it is for the court to decide whether a witness is an expert or not after considering his qualifications and experience .
24 Making the means of production into private property leads to exploitation , for if people have no access to the means of production they are at the mercy of those who do .
25 I 'm saying as a matter of fact they are outside the equation , and that 's what 's wrong , because they 're certainly not upper class , they 're not middle class , but nor are they working class , are they ?
26 Like beauty it is in the eye of the beholder . ’
27 The maxim on which I act at any moment is the personal rule which is guiding my behaviour — for Kant it is of the essence of voluntary action that there is such a maxim in every case .
28 And then eight or nine weeks after my happy entry into College I was on the carpet — kindly chat , of course , but none the less serious for not being a court martial !
29 ‘ It is clear that when the section 8(6) procedure comes into operation it is for the police officer to make the decision whether the sample to be provided shall be a sample of blood or urine , but the police officer must convey to the defendant that the sample to be required may be of either blood or urine and must give the defendant an opportunity to consider which sample he would prefer to give if the choice were his and any reasons he has for that preference .
30 Welll Cabinet 's are always under strain it 's in the nature of poltics , but I expect John Patten to be back at work within the course of this month , he 's just gone on holidasy when he returns he 's going back to the office .
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