Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the 18th century [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AFIRM of auctioneers which sold two oil paintings for £840 five months before the works fetched £88,000 at Sotheby 's after being attributed to the 18th century master , George Stubbs , won its appeal yesterday against a judge 's ruling that it had been negligent . |
| 2 | Several hundred have been produced since the 18th century explorers brought more foreign languages into contact — and friction . |
| 3 | Their revolutions based on the 18th century economics of Jean-Baptiste Say and Adam Smith , paved the way for the most profligate age since the 1920s . |
| 4 | Until this time , any bidder may retract his bid , and this was settled in the 18th century case of Payne v Cave ( 1789 ) 3 TR 148 . |
| 5 | Meanwhile inside the court , 9 travellers were charged under the 18th century law of causing a public nuisance . |