Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [adv] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheap air time was the key to the decision to run both the Hilary Norman campaign and a more conventional one in June for the new Jeffrey Archer . |
| 2 | The ordeal is over : the Namibians show off the Sicily Trophy after beating Hong Kong 26–12 in the catania final . |
| 3 | When Insurers settle a total loss they acquire two types of rights — the entitlement to take over the Policyholder 's interest in the subject matter insured , and all the Policyholder 's rights and remedies in respect of the casualty which caused the loss . |
| 4 | While the fireman attended to a brew , the driver sought out the R.S.F. in his lair , and enquired the loco number ‘ 4913 ’ came the reply . |
| 5 | He 's just adjusting his outfit as he 's in the car driving up the Tadcaster road and he looks with horror . |
| 6 | We were leaving England and as the boat sailed down the Solent past the Needles everyone was mustered on deck to be informed that the King had died . |
| 7 | But the dictator needed British craftsmanship for the fine tools required to operate missiles , so the Iraqis checked out the Midlands engineering firm Matrix Churchill . |
| 8 | The Croats drove out the Serbs from Kupres this week and , according to eye-witnesses , wished them well with a few genocidal strokes . |
| 9 | The companies set up the Volta Aluminium Company ( VALCO ) in 1959 . |
| 10 | The Committee set up the Roberts Working Party on Long Fraud Trials . |
| 11 | The Gestapo took over the Lichtenstein Palace during the war and it is now being refurbished for the federal government . |
| 12 | The crawl went down the Strand , past St James 's , Belgravia and Mayfair , calling at the embassies of Australia , Canada , India , Bolivia , Peru , Columbia , Ecuador , Mexico , Myanmar , the USA and Brazil . |
| 13 | Everyone made it back to the rendezvous where they laid up for the day , returning in the evening to pick up the SBS group which had managed to deal with the radio station . |
| 14 | This latter influence became more pronounced when the Britons took over the George Shanks version of the Protocols , entitled The Jewish Peril , in 1920 , and published the Victor Marsden version , World Conquest through World Government , in 1921 . |
| 15 | They were the stars of the show and this was reflected in the excellent coverage which the BBC gave both the Essex team and in turn Complete , on the Crufts programmes . |
| 16 | The ball went down the Leeds left wing and was turned onto Deanes outstretching head . |
| 17 | To begin with , the Gnomes thought it a fine idea to be part of the traditional Fidchell and Bith of the Bog-Hat told how the Wolfkings had played it during the Winter Solstice with solid gold figures studded with ivory and pearl , which the Gnomes always had the supplying of . |
| 18 | This had been provoked in part by uncertainty following the suspension of the IMF standby agreement of September 1988 [ see p. 36279 ] when the economy failed both the June and September 1989 tests [ for waiver of December 1988 test following hurricane see p. 36930 ] . |
| 19 | Un the side of the road climbing up the Oa , at Cragabus , a much disturbed cist of three chambers contained unburnt human bones and a few pot sherds . |
| 20 | There was a coal fire in the sitting room and when Ianthe had drawn the curtains to shut out the November evening everybody agreed with John when he exclaimed how ‘ cosy ’ it was . |
| 21 | During one of the psychological talks , delivered to an audience of eleven , the members filled in the Wilson-Patterson Scale of Conservatism ( Wilson and Patterson , 1968 ) . |
| 22 | For a moment Masklin thought the nome was laughing , and then he saw the tears rolling down the Abbot 's face . |
| 23 | But first let's go out onto the river to see how the Oxford Blue boat has been shaping . |
| 24 | The official figures were revealed yesterday in the bill setting out the NHS proposals and the legislative changes for the community care white paper proposals , published last week . |
| 25 | The BUF set up the January Club , a social and intellectual front whose members did not have to be Fascist and who were addressed by Joyce in his calmer tones . |
| 26 | STUART PEARCE is the man to take over the Nottingham Forest hot seat from Brian Clough . |
| 27 | In the effort to spice up the Enya alliance , some journalists have made a meal out of ‘ menage a trois ’ speculation . |
| 28 | However this resource can not last for ever , and when the oil runs out the UK could well be faced with similar problems again . |
| 29 | Encapsulated in their nose-to-tail cars , stranded drivers read papers , picked their noses and talked to themselves , resigned to the rush-hour wait along the Chiswick High Road . |
| 30 | GGT 's string of new business wins continued this week with the agency picking up the Cussons personal care account . |