Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rohmer tried to hit Cardiff in the face with his other free fist , but Cardiff was expecting it . |
| 2 | The closest moral and practical precedent for what is needed is the Marshall Plan by which the US helped to restore Europe in the years after the Second World War . |
| 3 | Mountbatten tried to tempt Bogyoke with the post of Deputy Inspector-General and the British rank of Brigadier : he was too shrewd to be side-tracked in that way . |
| 4 | Ruth Rolph has now re-introduced a recreational class to Cromer and numbers amongst her class members two of the original teachers who helped to put Cromer on the Medau map — Jackie Horner and Sheila Viles . |
| 5 | On the only occasion when Warnie tried to probe Jack on the origin or true nature of his relationship with Minto he was shut up with great vehemence . |
| 6 | Mrs Hitchcock 's other daughter Stella watched in horror as her mother was slashed on the arms and face as she tried to protect Kelly from the attack . |
| 7 | A room which served Coleridge in a different way stood at the back of the house on the first floor : this was Tom Poole 's vaulted bookroom , created by him early in 1795 and filled with a wide-ranging library which helped to reconcile Coleridge to the loss of his frequent visits to the City Library in Bristol . |
| 8 | ‘ Tolby said that Newley tried to ring Georgina on the Monday evening . |
| 9 | First he would have pushed a strong diversionary force at Charleroi , then , when the allies moved to defend Brussels from the south , he would have launched the real attack to the west . |
| 10 | The bitter attacks on Germany by the fledgling but rapidly developing Russian press , after the Berlin settlement of 1878 had so disappointed Russian hopes in the Balkans , helped to push Bismarck towards the alliance with the Habsburg empire which took shape in 1879 . |
| 11 | This formed part of a defence line erected to defend Britain in the event of a German establishment of a beach head in Cornwall . |
| 12 | ‘ She has to consider her schooling you know , ’ he tried to tell Noreen above the noise of a roomful of O'Neils . |
| 13 | Ken said — he came for Sunday lunch now , often with his stepdaughter but without his wife , who felt awkward in Ellen 's presence — that it reminded him of a kitten he 'd given Wendy on the day she gave birth to Apricot . |
| 14 | When we broke for coffee I asked him whether he 'd consulted Laura about the references I 'd turned up . |
| 15 | Suddenly he thumped the arm of his chair with his fist , remembering all the times he 'd caught Stella on the stairs in the middle of the night , staring at the telephone . |
| 16 | I 'd parked Armstrong around the side of Sedgeley House in one of the diagonal streets that run off to the Edgware Road . |
| 17 | He said he 'd met Oliver in the florist 's round the corner on his way to the station . |
| 18 | When Kirk Douglas became a target for a drunkard in a bar who 'd seen Douglas as the boxer in Champion , Kirk merely slammed his hand on the bar and shouted , ‘ Anyone in this bar can lick me in a fight , ’ and the drunkard backed off . |
| 19 | Connections : I 'd seen Nevil at Sedgeley House ; I 'd seen Jo at the Mimosa Club where Nevil was supposed to work , or at least beat up barmen . |
| 20 | And I heard Monks say that he 'd seen Oliver in the street , and that he knew at once Oliver was the child he was looking for , although I could n't hear why . |
| 21 | Perdita remembered Sukey being just as deferential to Grace Alderton three years ago , the first time she 'd seen Ricky in the flesh . |
| 22 | When he 'd said he 'd seen Stephen at the funeral she 'd felt afraid of him for a moment . |
| 23 | It revolves around a single simple question : how many men came to arrest Jesus in the Garden ? |
| 24 | This demonstrated expertise in dealing with nationalists seemed to mark Mountbatten for the job , and when Attlee offered it to him he was sufficiently aware of how much he , and no other , was wanted to attach extraordinary conditions to his acceptance . |
| 25 | Perhaps lent the final impetus necessary for successful reception by the proximity of the area of stimulus to that of cognition , this hair-pulling signal finally seemed to awaken Gavin to the perception that there might be something else going on in his immediate area other than the video , undeniably captivating though it was . |
| 26 | She was n't even sure just why he was there — they 'd left Marianne in the hotel lounge downstairs with some of the other actors , but that did n't mean she would n't be joining him in his room later . |
| 27 | ‘ Because , three months ago , Heather telephoned me and asked if I 'd taken Clare to the Skein of Geese a couple of weeks before her death . |
| 28 | Hogan hastened to follow Cowley along the corridor , towards the exit . |
| 29 | Now , I 'd mentioned Benjamin to the Ralembergs but told them nothing about his near kinsman , the great cardinal . |
| 30 | She turned to catch Archie in the act of trying to vanish upstairs . |