Example sentences of "[noun prp] [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early tackles inclined towards brutality , however , were largely perpetrated by Liverpool , with Paul Stewart announcing his return to the side with a crunching tackle on Watts . |
| 2 | With Brando and Dean mumbling their way through the currently most talked about pictures , it was very much in vogue , passionately discussed and used among the younger actors . |
| 3 | They stood before it in perplexity , Edward banging his head against the plastic hood , and tried to work out what to do from the illustrative diagram shown , like foreign tourists . |
| 4 | The prospect of another delay prompted the shadow Scottish secretary , Tom Clarke , to write to Mr Lang expressing his disappointment at the postponement . |
| 5 | As she passed the vicarage she was startled to see Faustina picking her way along the front wall with a palm cross in her mouth . |
| 6 | Lost in thought , Eochaid did not at first hear the shouting outside , or see Thorfinn thrusting his way through the crowd to the door until he had almost gone . |
| 7 | With December seeing only 2 full weeks activity and with Scotland enjoying its holiday over the New Year I trust Scottish colleagues enter 1991 appropriately refreshed and renewed . |
| 8 | Barely a minute later they were two up , this time David McCallam picking his spot in the bottom left-hand corner following a pin-point centre from Magee . |
| 9 | Bann have the two best teams in Ireland chasing their scalp in the next six days . |
| 10 | In Greek mythology , Danae was a young woman locked up by her father to thwart would-be suitors , only to be impregnated by the God Zeus entering her prison in the form of a shower of gold . |
| 11 | Pride Of The Cross , a band featuring ex-Pogue bassist Caitlin O'Riordain ( and her replacement Darryl ) , once performed The Clash 's ‘ Complete Control ’ as a protest against Pogue Mahone changing their name to The Pogues . |
| 12 | But of this she said nothing , watched Tina putting her cake into the filthiest , blackest , greasiest oven she had ever seen , while waiting for an answer to one of her rare inquiries . |
| 13 | He signed the veto aboard Air Force One as he flew from Houston to Washington following his defeat in the presidential elections held on Nov. 3 [ see pp. 39174-76 ] . |
| 14 | I have seen the ladies of Rye doing their shopping in the High Street every morning , carrying large market baskets , and bumping into each other in narrow doorways , and talking in a very animated manner … |
| 15 | He beckoned Duncan to follow , and the two men left the hotel and got into the Lada parked outside , Duncan putting his bag on the back seat . |
| 16 | ‘ Nearly a fortnight ’ , he complained , was spent in Sydney organising his journey to the other side of the Liverpool Range — that remote and tantalising region that had eluded him on his first visit to Yarrundi because he had had to return to his wife in Hobart . |
| 17 | Memories abound on the tee , of Lyle hitting his seven-iron from the fairway bunker to 10ft , of Woosnam creaming his drive way to the left and almost redefining the way to play the hole . |
| 18 | A report emanating from Argentina referred to the alleged involvement of Eliecer Gaitán , Noriega 's ex-security chief , thought to be in hiding in Argentina following his escape from the papal nunciature in Panama on Sept. 16 [ see pp. 37706-07 ] . |
| 19 | But that case was the subject of research by Mr. Glick and his team , and was revealed ( from the reports in Lofft 655 and in the State Trials 20 St.Tr. 239 ) to be a cause celebre in which the great issue ( of immense public interest ) related to the power to levy taxes in the island of Grenada following its capture from the French King , it being accepted by the Crown without argument that the relevant taxes , if not duly levied , must be repaid . |
| 20 | Shawn Taylor getting his head onto the end of Hoddle 's high ball . |
| 21 | Portsmouth 's best chance came in the sixty fourth minute , a great breakaway down the left , the cross coming in , seventeen goal man Guy Whittingham getting his head to the ball , but it was n't going to be his eighteenth goal of the season , because Ken Vasey dived to his right , just got his finger tips to the ball and held on to it and the chance had gone . |
| 22 | The telephone exchange was occupied , Lieutenant Richard Wills using its land-line to the mainland to send a telegram to A. Hitler , Berlin : ‘ You said in your last speech German troops would meet the English wherever they landed stop where are your troops ? — Signature Wills 2-Lieut . ’ |
| 23 | Spennymoor Liberal Democrat Ben Ord has written to party leader Paddy Ashdown praising his performance during the General Election . |
| 24 | Above : Sid views the crux with Gordon eyeing his progress from the stance . |
| 25 | He heard Miguelito pushing his way through the bush to his left . |
| 26 | ‘ Who are all of them ? ’ said Lee running his finger along the rows of heads . |
| 27 | He unlocked the car and they climbed in , Adam throwing his bag into the back . |
| 28 | Two BBC World Service broadcasts at the end of the week with Patrick giving his assessment of the Conference . |
| 29 | Then there is Michael Korda doing his interpretation of the Monroe/Kennedy legend in The Immortals ( Pan ) . |
| 30 | Depressed , she leaned back in her seat , resting her head against the headrest while staring unseeingly at the hills and at the Esk River winding its way through the valley . |