Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cited a Daily Mail article , rather curiously signed Editor , which had attacked him for presiding over the disappearance of ‘ an immense fortune ’ left hint by his father , and had concluded : ‘ It is difficult to see how the leader of a party who has lost his own fortune can hope to restore those of anyone else , or his country . |
| 2 | Oh , he had told lies and they had trapped him by asking for the names of other English agents in Paris . |
| 3 | The onus of proving that sufficient disclosure was made rests on the firm and it is not a defence to show that a legal or financial impediment on the part of the customer would have prevented him from proceeding with the relevant transaction , or that disclosure would not have affected the customer 's decision whether or not to proceed . |
| 4 | Bernice had tried to explain to her android companion about the man who had saved her from drowning in the quicksand . |
| 5 | She would get to work on Maxie just as soon as his presence at home should coincide with hers ; she had not seen him since returning from the tea , except when crawling wearily into bed . |
| 6 | She had never even met him until coming to the club . |
| 7 | We must eliminate any previous conditioning that has prevented us from winning in the past . |
| 8 | He said he had fooled you into going to the museum . |
| 9 | Agnes Jones 's intense religious fervour , which had led her into nursing in the first place , caused Florence Nightingale some anxiety . |
| 10 | Cambridge players were angry but could not express their views because manager John Beck has banned them from talking to the Press . |
| 11 | Souness has just heard that the SFA have banned him from sitting at the touchline for the remainder of the season , and yet again the tabloid press has pushed his tolerance beyond the limit . |