Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to the services of every kind asked by the voters , effective management would also involve the politician in substantial expenses , for any major political figure owed it to his position in society to give generously for any public concern . |
| 2 | The charge of racism arose after the recent British National Party bye-election victory in East London . |
| 3 | Her long ginger hair tumbled to the floor ; her short white skirt rode up to hint at the delicious curves of her tender derriere . |
| 4 | Long black hair tumbled from the top of the boy 's head . |
| 5 | Stress applied to a migrating epidermal cell at right angles to its direction of movement ( tangential to the leading edge of its lamellipodium ) causes the lamellipodium to retract and brings about a reorganization of the cell 's actin into a cable oriented along the major axis of stress . |
| 6 | They fell victims , along with others , to the belief that if a building complied with the existing building regulations and Codes of Practice it must be deemed to be safe . |
| 7 | In order to be able to cope with the increasing enquiry rate at the bureau , an emergency appeal to NACAB for special funding led to the appointment of a fixed-term welfare rights officer . |
| 8 | Aunt Margaret brushed her hair with the silver-backed brush which , like Winnie the Pooh , had survived the crash ; she brushed and brushed until Melanie 's black hair swirled like the Thames in flood , and then she floated all the daisies on it . |
| 9 | A note of hysteria crept into the voice from the grave . |
| 10 | His enthusiasm led to the formation of a club at his school , Stokesley Primary , and this encouraged other youngsters to learn the game . |
| 11 | Figure 3 shows that , using a linear template , a very reduced amount of transcripts was obtained when the initiating NTPs were omitted , whereas their addition led to the formation of initiated complexes that were resistant to the heparin challenge . |
| 12 | Horowitz , more stoical , was already at the counter while his case passed through the type of machine used at airports . |
| 13 | The gravelled drive split into two ; one branch led to the front door , the other to the back of the house and , according to a finger post , to waiting room and surgery . |
| 14 | This cloak was the principal relic of the west Frankish kings of Neustria , and wherever the Neustrian kings were , it went with them to adorn whatever building became for the time being the royal chapel . |
| 15 | The opportunity arose in the close season when the FA decided to form the Mid-Counties Combination . |
| 16 | In her early thirties , her raven black hair gleamed in the overhead light . |
| 17 | Her rich brown hair gleamed beneath the widow 's veil ; the bone structure of her face was overlaid with a suitable pallor , but no outward sign of grief . |
| 18 | As a result , his skin glowed more healthily and his halo of hair gleamed like the outer circle of the sun . |
| 19 | Committee meetings had taken place at fortnightly intervals ever since early in the nineteenth century , but now , in view of the fact that there was a war on , the local government board asked for the meetings to be held monthly , a suggestion that was accepted with alacrity . |
| 20 | The case arose through the servicing of small Iranian jets at Heathrow airport . |
| 21 | The coast ( or cliff-top ) walk from the hostel in the other direction led to the delightful settlement of Robin Hood 's Bay , where the slipway resembles a drawbridge let down from the towering sea walls . |
| 22 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 23 | The prince limped from the polo field at Smith 's Lawn , Windsor , yesterday and lay in agony on the sidelines after straining his back . |
| 24 | By 1941 Spitfires arrived at Benson and the base became to the top secret photo reconnaissance unit . |
| 25 | His T-shirt clung to the sweat on his back and chest . |
| 26 | Tokyo : The yen 's continued fall after a discount rate rise led to the year 's second biggest drop in the Nikkei average , which plunged 444.73 to 34,795.34 . |
| 27 | When , in March 1858 , the need to cope with the technical questions to which emancipation gave rise led to the creation of two new sections within the ministry — the Land Department and the Statistical Department — it was hardly surprising that Lanskoi and Miliutin staffed them with people who combined specialist knowledge with liberal sympathies . |
| 28 | The controversy and litigation to which this gave rise led to the introduction of special controls over caravan sites ( by Part I of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 ) . |
| 29 | But the new cohorts felt much less keenly the social conditions from which the class alignment arose in the first place . |
| 30 | That violent struggle led to the deaths of six members of the Doyle family whose house in the Ruchazie area of Glasgow was fire-bombed as they slept . |