Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [noun prp] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Thankfully the distraction of the door opening gave D'Arcy the opportunity to hide his surprise as Ahn carried in a silver salver and two tulip crystals filled with Bruno Paillard . |
| 32 | Between 1965 and 1967 the Direction Technique des Engins ( DTEn ) of the Ministry of Defence launched four Diamant A rockets ; one carried the satellite ( 26 November 1965 ) , dubbed Asterix — whose successful launch made France the third country to launch an artificial earth satellite . |
| 33 | Not for the first time , the AI recalled Alfonso the Wise ( 1221–1284 CE ) , king of Castile , another forgotten man . |
| 34 | On this occasion Andy , the landscape architect , whom her father nicknamed Adam the gardener , was invited . |
| 35 | Father showed Duncan the path that led to the grassy slopes of the hills . |
| 36 | Then it is time for Frank to give a sample of his act , which is built around a ventriloquist 's dummy called Marvin the Monkey . |
| 37 | When the Dwarf King 's messenger reached Dieter the Emperor reacted immediately , not by sending help ( for the army was so starved of funds there was no help to send ) but by removing his entire court westwards to Altdorf in order to be as far as possible from the threat of Grom 's horde . |
| 38 | The Consumers ' Association , which last month gave Airtours the thumbs down in a Holiday Which ? report on tour operators , described the decision as ‘ baffling ’ and ‘ a severe disappointment ’ . |
| 39 | Eddie Freeman gave Easington the lead , with Graham Curry cancelling that out , but Easington surged into the lead early in the second half with goals by Freeman , Micky Skirving and Allan Martin , and even though Jimmy Lagan pulled one back , Skirving wrapped up the points . |
| 40 | Bitter anger gave Ruth the strength to speak . |
| 41 | And out of the space came Tom the cabin boy . |
| 42 | Kendall , who confirmed that Sunderland had made an inquiry for Tony Cottee , was delighted that his side 's performance spared Everton the potential embarrassment of replacing Forest at the foot of the Premier League table . |
| 43 | Walton describes a dramatic scene at Wilton , the seat of the head of the Herbert family , the Earl of Pembroke , when the King and court were there : the Earl offered George the presentation to the living of Bemerton nearby ; his expressions of unworthiness to undertake a cure of souls were peremptorily overruled as sinful by Bishop Laud ; a tailor was summoned to make his canonical clothes , and he was ordained priest and inducted as Vicar of Bemerton next day . |
| 44 | As the Clinton cavalcade approached the Old State House , on the steps of which he first announced he intended to run for President , a black choir sang America The Beautiful . |
| 45 | ’ Its success gave Hardy the confidence to revive the manuscript of A Pair of Blue Eyes , put aside after the failure of Desperate Remedies , and embark on his first attempt at a serial , the form in which many 19th century novels originally appeared . |
| 46 | The political and intellectual ‘ zeitgiest ’ of England in the Thirties appears to have suited James ' radical and romantic temperament ; this period of intense political ferment gave James the opportunity to become embroiled in the great political and ideological debates that so dominated the times . |
| 47 | ‘ It is a very long way , for a taxi , but your uncle gave Francie the money and insisted , ’ said Finn . |
| 48 | This realisation gave Constance the strength she needed . |
| 49 | Small arms have been a speciality of Birmingham since the seventeenth century , when gunsmiths were already well established in the town , and in 1813 an Act of Parliament gave Birmingham the right to have its own proofing authority . |
| 50 | Neither writer gave McQueen the credit of his own history ; neither enquired into , or assessed , the status he might have had before the ‘ 45 Rebellion , in which he had participated , and by which he had most likely been reduced to keeping this crude but hospitable inn . |
| 51 | Only one league defeat and only seven goals conceded by a mean defence gave Ipswich the crown . |
| 52 | On the next day , 16 May , a separate grant gave Buckingham the offices of constable , steward and receiver of the duchy of Lancaster honour of Monmouth . |
| 53 | On the next day , 16 May , a separate grant gave Buckingham the offices of constable , steward and receiver of the duchy of Lancaster honour of Monmouth . |
| 54 | The 1471 grant gave Gloucester the lion 's share of the forfeited property , including all the Cambridgeshire land , all but one of the Suffolk manors and all but four of those in Essex . |
| 55 | The 1471 grant gave Gloucester the lion 's share of the forfeited property , including all the Cambridgeshire land , all but one of the Suffolk manors and all but four of those in Essex . |
| 56 | Fealy 's try gave Newbridge the lead after Hayward had missed with two earlier attempts . |
| 57 | But , while that event was the climax to date of Richard 's career with the Palace , he has been with us since his schoolboy days , for he is one of the products of the currently highly resourceful youth development programme at Selhurst Park , and his mature performances in defence earned Richard the Palace Young Player of the Year award in 1986 . |
| 58 | Like many readers before and since , the author of The Cloud identified Mary the contemplative with Mary Magdalene and with the woman who had anointed the feet of Christ , washed them with her tears and who was told by Jesus that her sins had been forgiven because of her great love . |
| 59 | The world paid Europe the flattery of imitation because of Europe 's success . |
| 60 | However , in a concession to a veto threat delivered by US President George Bush , Congress allowed Bush the authority to restore the aid programme if he could certify " that the government of Jordan has taken steps to advance the peace process in the Middle East , or that furnishing assistance to Jordan would be beneficial to the peace process in the Middle East " . |