Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the [noun] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a quarter past seven she got off the bus in Bath worrying that he might stand her up . |
| 2 | It got off the ground in Berlin in 1982 despite an atmosphere of increasing pressure on funds for all forms of higher education in Berlin as elsewhere in West Germany . |
| 3 | This clash between the old rivals seldom got off the ground in terms of entertainment value , but the more adventurous team won the day . |
| 4 | The Prussians were horrified to learn that in Pomerania and Danzig the surviving Polish nobility were reluctant to work for the new authorities and much preferred to lease out their estates to tenant farmers while they lived off the income in Warsaw . |
| 5 | John was full of invention , always making up steps and sequences which he called by odd names : for instance a stamping step he called ‘ Sherman tanks ’ , which he devised for the zephyrs in Primavera and used again for the unicorns in Harlequin in April . |
| 6 | But while Francis and Mary fussed about the situation in Edinburgh , setting up an enquiry into what had happened to the burgh council , in February 1560 the Protestant lords did something ideologically much less courageous than their deposition of the regent , but in practical terms infinitely more crucial : they made the Treaty of Berwick with England , and were assured of English help . |
| 7 | Is he aware that , when I asked about the growth in employment in south Derbyshire recently , I was told that figures were available only until 1989 , that they are collected only once every six years and that figures for self-employment are collected only once every 10 years ? |
| 8 | She expressed her wonder at this and asked for the name in Italian . |
| 9 | Pete says he just wanted to get in the air so he read about the sport in magazines and then got in touch with the association … he says the sport is easy if you know what you are doing but you can pay dearly for your mistakes |
| 10 | Before the Soviet revolution of 1917 , one approached and rode through the groves in silence lest the gods and spirits of the woods be offended . |
| 11 | Former Defence Minister Ariel Sharon discredited during the war in Lebanon , possibly back in a prominent post . |
| 12 | The challenge was accepted and amidst cheers from a group of semi-inebriated local husbands , the offended owner headed out the door in search of a couple of friendly Gardai . |
| 13 | This contributed towards the shift in policies of the late 1970s and early 1980s . |
| 14 | There was consistent growth over this period and it is notable that this occurred despite the collapse in demand during the 1970s . |
| 15 | Lancaster moved towards the Loire in August , but he found his advance blocked by the French , who destroyed the bridge at Angers . |
| 16 | And if one moved like the wind in branches , the other 's motion was a tower falling , a frightening , uncoordinated progression in which he seemed to crash forward uncontrollably at each stride , jerking himself stiffly upright and swaying for a moment on his heels before the next toppling step . |
| 17 | He noted gloomily that when he dined with the King in May the Simpsons were both present , and that when another semi-political dinner party was given in July Mrs Simpson was announced in the Court Circular as being present alone without her husband . |
| 18 | The time taken to become acquainted with the software will , of course , need to be taken into account so , to make the exercise worthwhile , the software operations should designed with the musician in mind . |
| 19 | On July 25-26 they moved into the building in Karantina , Beirut , which had formerly housed the Health Ministry but which during the civil war had become the headquarters of the LF . |
| 20 | For instance , landfill sites engineered into raised marine deposits could become waterlogged if groundwater levels rose with the rise in sea level : the resulting pollution of groundwater could be severe . |
| 21 | For instance , landfill sites engineered into raised marine deposits could become waterlogged as groundwater levels rose with the rise in sea level : the resulting pollution of groundwater could be severe . |
| 22 | Like other wild creatures , he moved with the seasons in search of food and made little impression on the countryside . |
| 23 | On Thursday morning , Lorton mingled with the crowds in Regent Street . |
| 24 | Reds boss Frankie Parkes made no secret of the fact that he disagreed with the man in black . |
| 25 | In the context of a demonstration or industrial dispute , participants may well shout slogans which are abusive and are likely to cause distress to those who disagreed with the cause in question . |
| 26 | She moved along the rows in delight : a Bugatti , a Jensen , a Bristol , one of the great Mulliner Bentleys , the legendary Porsche 356 , a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost , with running-boards . |
| 27 | Part of Franco 's concern , in assuring himself of the backing of his staunchest allies , stemmed from the resurgence in support for Don Juan visible in the 1950s . |
| 28 | The foreign exchange crisis , the country 's second in three months , stemmed from the delay in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) over a US$2,000 million standby credit [ see p. 38006 ] . |
| 29 | She fled from the bathroom in Stockton , Cleveland , unhurt . |
| 30 | During the whole of the 1980s , refugees fled from the wars in Chad and in Ethiopia . |