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

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1 This rich Lord of the Manor now stood in the middle of the hall revelling in his ostentatious show of wealth whilst servants placed high-backed chairs in front of the fire .
2 As the traditional champion of the small farmer the LDP also benefited from the electoral system 's tendency to give votes in rural constituencies up to three times the value of urban votes .
3 The LDP also suffered from the continuing consequences of the Recruit scandal ( in October Hishashi Shinto , one of the country 's most senior industrialists , was given a suspended two-year sentence for his role in the affair — see p. 37780 ) and the resignation from the party of a former Cabinet Minister , Toshiyuki Inamura , after being charged with large-scale tax evasion [ see p. 37917 ] .
4 The design of the Clio actually began before the launch of the second generation Renault 5 .
5 The BMC immediately leapt on the white chargers they keep permanently tied up outside Crawford House in Manchester and thundered southward to deal with the problem once it arose .
6 The Tudors also turned to the common law courts to enforce their Forest rights .
7 The Ciskei thus appeared on the point of disappearing as a separate state , amid speculation that other homelands might follow suit .
8 Worries in the USA also spread to the London market , where the FT-SE 100 index fell during the month of November from 2,550 to 2,400 on uncertainties about the strength of the UK industrial recovery .
9 THE heartbroken father of a three-year-old boy murdered by the IRA yesterday called on the terrorists to lay down their arms .
10 The Fowlers then appealed to the High Court but lost and earlier this week the council approved a further plan involving the farmhouse as well as the farm .
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