Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb past] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the crowds stormed the Palaţul Primaverii on 22 December , they were astonished by what they found : The lavish — if ugly — real and imitation Louis-Quinze furniture ; the use of marble and gold for everyday objects ; and , most striking of all , was the presence of a large Philips colour television and videotape recorder in every room . |
| 2 | The futures led the cash market below the 2400 level first thing and the FT-SE 100 index proceeded to drift lower throughout the day . |
| 3 | A judicial review by the Canadians dismissed the ice theory and , prompted by angry relatives of the dead soldiers , Representative Robert Tallon of South Carolina and 10 other congressmen have requested an investigation into the crash . |
| 4 | Usually , on reconnaissance escort , the Germans drove the camera plane home within ten minutes , and often they got it before it recrossed the Line . |
| 5 | Previously , the Bank had been willing to lend to the houses , leaving their bill holdings intact ; also , of course , the houses knew the lending rate they would have to pay . |
| 6 | However , when the researchers reached the shop floor they discovered that robots were far too expensive for management to waste them on unskilled jobs . |
| 7 | A West Ham fan since 1966 ( ‘ when the Hammers won the World Cup under the pseudonym of England ’ ) he now lives 30 seconds from York City 's ground and nurtures a neighbourly allegiance . |
| 8 | Although the High Stewards still had the surname Fitzallan , they had become known as The Stewards and over the generations adopted the name Steward , and later Stewart . |
| 9 | One of the secretaries entered the conference room with a message to ring the Plant Manager urgently . |
| 10 | they mentioned he had an excellent game — and from the goals showed the scot goalkeeper could have done much better on two of the italian goals … specially the first one — a flat shot from far out and at an angle too . |
| 11 | The cars left the starting grid at Edinburgh Castle at 10.30am and most had reached Scotch Corner by 3pm . |
| 12 | His wife and daughter starred with him so the wholesomeness of the Tillers suited the family image he was anxious to present . |
| 13 | In the time when the dinosaurs dominated the daytime economy , our mammalian ancestors probably only managed to survive at all because they found ways of scraping a living at night . |
| 14 | In the cottage on the other side of the stables lived the village shoemaker . |
| 15 | ‘ The guards opened the passageway door and locked it behind me as Sir Ralph had ordered . |
| 16 | This makes it clear that the subjects found the recognition task difficult . |
| 17 | The winners received the Banking Game Cup and a cheque for £500 . |
| 18 | The mid-1960s saw the mill part of BP Chemicals , raw materials for the site being stored in a number of locations including old mills at Dudbridge and Eastington . |
| 19 | According to Wine & Spirit magazine , the supermarkets overtook the specialist wine retailers ( which include pubs and independent wine merchants ) for the first time in 1987 , increasing their slice of the table-wine market since 1984 from 47 to 53 per cent . |
| 20 | In his chairman 's statement , David Morris reveals that ‘ at the year end the directors considered the market value of the portfolio with vacant possession and in our opinion this has increased by £7,832 ’ . |
| 21 | The judges awarded the Home Office costs , but granted leave to appeal to the House of Lords . |
| 22 | The judges handed the Tobacco Institute of Australia something of a pyrrhic victory when they said they would set aside Justice Morling 's injunction on the further publication of the advertisement on the legalistic basis that the Tobacco Institute of Australia had previously indicated to the Australian Federation of Consumer Organisations that it would not republish the advertisement anyway . |
| 23 | On Forbes 's ‘ throne ’ by the VDUs sat the queen bee of admin , weaving order out of the potential chaos of paperwork . |
| 24 | These referrals became the focus of national attention when some of the parents fought the court decision for the removal of their children to a place of safety . |
| 25 | The waits performed the bull tune in the period surrounding the bull festival and were closely associated with the bellman , who would walk around the town between midnight and two in the morning on the days when the waits were not playing . |
| 26 | The Conservatives introduced the poll tax and made a mess of implementing it . |
| 27 | In spite of this , the Court of Appeal held that the parties intended risk to pass when the buyers accepted the delivery note . |
| 28 | In 1987 , the Gunners won the League Cup , followed by the Championship in 1989 and then a second title in 1991 . |
| 29 | The back scooped down to 4 inches below my waist , but the weight of the beads stretched the base fabric and on the dress rehearsal , much to my embarrassment , the backless gown inched its way over my buttocks until it became not only backless but bottomless . |
| 30 | At the end of May 1969 the Bank curtly announced that the banks had not complied with the earlier request for the attainment of the lower lending ceiling and that therefore the Bank intended to halve the rate of interest payable on special deposits for as long as the banks exceeded the lending ceiling . |