Example sentences of "[det] [prep] the [num ord] [noun] with " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dickie bored him all through the first course with stories of the Navy in the First World War , and all through the second course with stories of the Navy in the Second World War , and then he got up and said , ‘ I 've got to go now to a meeting of the Chiefs of Staff , but the Prime Minister will keep you amused . ' ’ |
| 2 | Dickie bored him all through the first course with stories of the Navy in the First World War , and all through the second course with stories of the Navy in the Second World War , and then he got up and said , ‘ I 've got to go now to a meeting of the Chiefs of Staff , but the Prime Minister will keep you amused . ' ’ |
| 3 | The conversion into owner-farmers of those who had hitherto been tenants or agricultural labourers provided many for the first time with genuine prospects of making a decent living , unburdened by debts , high rents or heavy taxes . |
| 4 | And then he blew it all at the last minute with that interference . |
| 5 | The drawings in large part complement those in the first catalogue with more examples by Andrea del Sarto , Bernini , Castiglione , Correggio , Giulio Romano , Guercino , Leonardo , Nicolo dell'Abbate , Parmigianino , Peruzzi , Pontormo , Primaticcio , G.C. Procaccini , Raphael , Guido Reni , Savoldo , Titian and Veronese , Ingres , Poussin , Watteau , Jordaens , Rubens , Bloemaert , Goltzius , Rembrandt , C. Saftleven , Cranach , Dürer and Pencz . |
| 6 | Like most of the Leeds fans at Maine Road , I spent most of the second half with my hands on my head groaning in disbelief . |
| 7 | I missed most of the first war with him actually . |
| 8 | She spent most of the next day with her mother , but left before her father was due home , having checked that Ace was at his flat in London . |