Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might surmise that the separations John experienced between the ages of two and seven years resulted in the development of an internal blueprint predicting that close relationships were unlikely to be sustained , and cautioning against becoming involved with others . |
| 2 | To what extent were politicians responsible for the high unemployment which Britain experienced between the wars ? |
| 3 | As they tottered through the trees this Wednesday morning , she felt herself shaking from somewhere deep inside . |
| 4 | JOHN PERKINS , the Pontypool coach , got off the players ' bench at Rodney Parade to have a ‘ quiet word ’ with some rowdy fans during his side 's 10–10 draw with Newport . |
| 5 | The moon was low now and the light , wherever it slanted through the trees , seemed thicker , older and more yellow . |
| 6 | Closing on the same day is the confrontation between the work of Carmelo Arden and Roger Desserprit made during the years of the association with the Madi group in the 1950s . |
| 7 | The Macedonian royal house was deeply involved with Persia : Gygaia , the sister of Alexander I , was given in marriage to a Persian called Boubares , and they lived off the revenues of a Phrygian city given them by the Persian king ( Hdt. viii . |
| 8 | pecked about the paving-stones , |
| 9 | A few hens pecked between the cobbles and rabbits scuffled in hutches along one of the dry-stone walls . |
| 10 | Another dispute in 1335 , during the time of John Champneys , Vicar 1330–38 , arose between the parishioners of Halling and the churchwarden John Heryng , this dispute again being taken before the Bishop of Rochester by the then church-warden , John le Baker . |
| 11 | In Allen v. Flood a dispute arose between the ironworkers ' union and woodworkers , the former objecting to certain work being done by the latter . |
| 12 | The head also emptied through the eye-sockets , |
| 13 | The sheep gazed through the bars at the departing train with a look of woolly innocence . |
| 14 | Benny sprinted for the doors she had come in by , but already more guards were arriving from their stations , and the first few shots buzzed past her . |
| 15 | Clutching the hot loaf to her chest she fled , expecting every minute to hear shouts of : ‘ Thief … thief … ’ as she threaded between the wharves arriving at a narrow lane not far from Marsh Street where the press gangs roamed . |
| 16 | The Indians , who qualified for the finals after a last-gasp win over West Indies in the final qualifying match , were never on course to match Australia 's 233 for 5 , the feature of which was an innings of 73 from Dean Jones , recalled after surprisingly being omitted from the previous match . |
| 17 | ‘ I knew I could beat Robin Reid , who qualified for the Olympics , and I just hope that winning the title will show the selectors they have made a big mistake . ’ |
| 18 | CARL PREAN , the English No 1 , secured four wins as England qualified for the semi-finals of the men 's team event with a 4–1 defeat of Holland at the European Championships in Stuttgart last night . |
| 19 | However , assuming that it is and that Winchester became for the purposes of the Act of 1986 a member of Lautro , then the assumption does not lead to any relevant conclusion . |
| 20 | I tramped through the ruins of Tughlukabad trying in my mind to fill the deserted barracks with Turkish mameluks and Persian cavalry officers . |
| 21 | ’ He checked off the targets as they flared . |
| 22 | Woolley checked off the names all the way down her spine . |
| 23 | So when , when they sold off the buildings , they made us no inclination that the was gon na farm it , he was in another job ? |
| 24 | John was full of invention , always making up steps and sequences which he called by odd names : for instance a stamping step he called ‘ Sherman tanks ’ , which he devised for the zephyrs in Primavera and used again for the unicorns in Harlequin in April . |
| 25 | From the vibration of air , they lived through the eyes , |
| 26 | More than twenty years ago , the archivist Emmison tried to convey to teachers what he felt to be the special qualities of an original document : The original document is in a sense more real than any text book can hope to be ; for the writer , though he may have been misguided , biased or mistaken , at least lived through the events of which he speaks ; and whatever his shortcomings , he was in certain respects better informed about the times and conditions in which he lived than is the interpreter writing two or three hundred years afterwards . |
| 27 | Everything was covered in fine , red dust that gritted between the teeth . |
| 28 | Rex mooched about the graves wondering when we were going to have lunch . |
| 29 | A timetable covering the completion of our work and of the transaction under the terms of the engagement will be drawn up and agreed between the directors and us by [ date ] . |
| 30 | The book is not confined to the needs of the conveyancing practitioner , however ; it is thought that the divorce practitioner should also have knowledge of the different types of conveyance which may be ordered by the court or agreed between the parties and the points which should be taken into account at that time , the protective measures that might be taken before the conveyance is concluded and the documentation that may be required in dealing with life policies . |