Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [noun prp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The new ruck-maul law , rather than resulting in quicker and cleaner ball , could end up with the sort of pile-up seen here when New South Wales took on Fiji in the recent Super Six Series as defending players desperately try to stop the ball coming out of the rucks or mauls .
2 The week before England took on Scotland for the Grand Slam , Harlequins travelled to Gloucester for a league match .
3 ‘ So you brought in Gerald on the open side .
4 The deeply unpopular Somerset was overthrown in October , and power passed to those who had opposed the war ; his successor , John Dudley , earl of Warwick , was only recognizing the inevitable when he gave up Boulogne at the same time as peace was made with Scotland in March 1550 , when the last stronghold held by the English , Lauder , capitulated .
5 The DPR directors had worked at LHW and set up DPR along the same principles .
6 Then it was Irons who set up Aldridge for the third with a superb pass form inside his own half .
7 Weir looked sharp and eager as Jackson 's partner in attack and set up Lennon for the best early chance of the game .
8 Weir looked sharp and eager as Jackson 's partner in attack and set up Lennon for the best early chance of the game .
  Next page