Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When Scotland met Germany in Norkopping during the European Championship last summer , we had 14 corner kicks and they had two . |
| 2 | Only its large size and large stock of FDI inhibited creditors from over-reacting to the crises . |
| 3 | However , at a recent service I found signs of burning on the spark plugs and I have reverted to leaded . |
| 4 | When Geoffrey son of Sarah of Empingham resisted this illegal demand , the forester raised the hue and cry upon him , and distrained him until he gave him two shillings and found sureties for appearing at the attachment court . |
| 5 | I was learning German and found pleasure in talking to the guards on any subject . |
| 6 | Umpires Barry Dudleston and John Holder — the man who reported England for tampering with the ball on the same ground against West Indies last year — changed the ball because it had been suspiciously scuffed . |
| 7 | When they arrived in Aswan , they found problems in getting to the Oberoi ; the river was patrolled and few people were allowed across . |
| 8 | Others described problems in dealing with the influences of culture and the ingrained systems of status attributed to ‘ real police work ’ . |
| 9 | The government , while praised by local politicians for letting Mr Yang travel to the US , was criticised after police on Tuesday raided two television stations to seize films of a clash between police and demonstrators last Friday Police stopped protesters from marching to the World Trade Centre , where Xinhua was hosting a celebration to mark Communist China 's 40th anniversary . |
| 10 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 11 | The charges had been finally brought following the public campaign of Glen Kealey , himself an Ottawa developer , who became the country 's most celebrated protestor and suffered ridicule for standing outside the parliament building in Ottawa for over two years in a crusade against alleged federal government corruption . |
| 12 | However , the government 's implementation of strict price controls and a rigid quota system hindered farmers from benefiting from the shortage or from the black market sales . |
| 13 | The original plan did not envisage a commercial use , he told Reuter after speaking at the conference . |
| 14 | When the chairman seemed intent on remaining in the post , White House Chief of Staff Samuel Skinner fired him . |
| 15 | In 1894 he became teacher of singing at the Royal Academy of Music , and many famous singers were his pupils . |
| 16 | But , as the great loyalist protest rallies faded out and a section of the Official Unionist Party showed signs of succumbing to the bait of office in a new Northern Ireland Assembly , he became confident that the main danger was past and that there would be no ‘ loyalist backlash ’ . |
| 17 | I also pay tribute to the professionalism of the emergency services , who naturally faced difficulties in getting to the injured and in getting them out of the tunnel for treatment . |
| 18 | The mice showed symptoms of poisoning by the Alexandrium toxins produced by phytoplankton , but comparisons with known Alexandrium toxins proved negative . |
| 19 | ( i mean the way he have sticked with specially dino shows us that — dino himself who expressed wishes for playing at the international level himself when he joined leeds — i guess he is a farther away now : the likes of Shearer , Wright ( a flop in the internationals ) , Cole ( hey there is one that puts them in the net ) and Ferdinand will have no problems keeping him out … ) |
| 20 | It was reported that immediately after the close of the congress around 120 of these delegates began discussions on splitting from the Estonian CP and setting up a rival communist party in Estonia which would be subordinate to the CPSU . |
| 21 | While the area had been designated a National Archaeological Reserve , he expressed fear of looting from the site . |
| 22 | The pace of change was desultory , and the district only began work on contracting under the impetus of the neighbouring district it provided acute services for . |
| 23 | After the broadcast finished Mary and I thanked Joelle for coming on the programme and being a target for all the anti-French feeling flying around at the time . |
| 24 | Concern for the role of the environment came from those naturalists who followed Humboldt in searching for the interactions between the physical and the organic realms . |
| 25 | Lord 's secretly warned Surrey in writing at the end of the 1991 season . |
| 26 | It hid for a moment behind a large , domed mausoleum before running past the gates of the Covenanter 's prison and through the archway leading to the rear of the graveyard . |
| 27 | Again and again , Tracy upstaged Gable by returning from the point of death with a weak smile until Gable finally dropped Tracy and yelled , ‘ Die , goddammit , Spence ! |
| 28 | Parties losing ground in the elections were the Social Democrats , the Liberals , the Centre Party , and most dramatically the environmentalist Green Party ( MpG ) , which lost representation after falling below the minimum 4 per cent threshold . |
| 29 | York and Exeter have been mentioned as areas where traffic-calming schemes have reduced speeding and deterred motorists from coming into the city centres . |
| 30 | Blackwell Retail , which used to produce its own catalogue , broke with tradition this year and took Books for Giving for the first time . |