Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [det] [noun sg] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The honour of Samavia , the restoring of the true monarchy after five centuries of unrest and tyranny , provide the theme of The Lost Prince , underpinning a plot which in its own way echoed the rags-to-riches pattern of other novels by Frances Hodgson Burnett , for adults as well as for children . |
| 2 | By his death and resurrection Jesus had smashed the powers of the Devil and in his own person reconstituted the full restoration of communion between God and man . |
| 3 | He was terrified of the Sultan , but for his own safety decided the best policy was to cling to the Tughluk 's fingertips ‘ and every time he said any encouraging word to me I kissed his hand , until I had kissed it seven times . ’ |
| 4 | He was esteemed to excel in the art of mining , and at his own expense built the beautiful church which was completed in the amazingly short space of seven months . |
| 5 | By 1660 he had completed rabbinical studies and by his own account sought the ‘ wisdom of medicine ’ at the University of Leiden . |