Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It follows the success of the film Hear my song which features the recordings of Josef Locke made during the 1940s and 1950s . |
| 2 | However disagreements arose between the two parties and after taking legal advice Mr Manners challenged the terms of the Licence and argued that his occupation had all the rights of a protected tenancy . ’ |
| 3 | Brian Lara ( 86 off 91 balls with two sixes and 13 fours ) and Desmond Haynes ( 59 off 71 balls , a six and seven fours ) wiped off the 153 needed to win the second match from just 25.5 overs . |
| 4 | Under the new arrangements there would be an ‘ intermediaries offer ’ to increase the distribution of new shares by giving private clients priority when they applied for the 25 per cent of the issue that is not distributed by the sponsor in a placing . |
| 5 | ‘ They 'd care as little about him as they cared about the two bombers who died in the van . ’ |
| 6 | In anticipation of his major 1993 exhibition at the Jeu de Paume , which concentrates on the work he produced during the Eighties , until the end of this month Martin Barré is presenting a new series of twelve paintings at the Laage-Salomon gallery . |
| 7 | A list of deadlines and responsibilities was drawn up and agreed between the two departments and this has led to a better understanding of each others tasks and the benefits of compliance . |
| 8 | ‘ A son , ’ he announced as the four young ones ran to his open arms . |
| 9 | On even days he whispered about the five different meanings of how 's your father and the etymology of knackered , Bob 's your uncles , and taking the piss out of X or Y . |
| 10 | Hyman got between the two of them , begging , ‘ Do n't hit him , Charlie . ’ |
| 11 | As well as the doubling of chlorophyll in the central North Pacific gyre between 1965 and 1985 ( ref. 4 ) mentioned by Falkowski and Wilson , zooplankton biomass in the Gulf of Alaska also doubled between the 1950s and 1980s ( ref. 5 ) . |
| 12 | I lived for the six weeks almost as one of the Community except that I did not sleep at the Manor . |
| 13 | As they passed between the two pillars along the path by which they had entered , the Wheel cleared with plenty of room to spare . |
| 14 | She cruised through the 1930s ' red brick semis and the 1950s ' concrete estates on the east of the town . |
| 15 | The display will also be seen in Shetland , where MacDiarmid lived during the thirties . |
| 16 | On the right is the entrance to Newington Crescent where Nicholson and Maule lived during the 1850s . |
| 17 | And Stevens understood why , when he read about the 1986 food riots in Zambia . |
| 18 | Acclaimed as a Pre-Raphaelite painter by this school 's chief commentator W. M. Rossetti [ q.v. ] in 1871 , she became during the 1870s a recognized member of that group of artists seen by critics to be following in the footsteps of Dante Gabriel Rossetti [ q.v. ] and Burne-Jones . |
| 19 | Numerous problems arose after the 1980 election to ensure the demise of Schmidt and the SPD . |
| 20 | The research now available shows that crime tripled between the two world wars , particularly at the time of the great depression . |
| 21 | If I do , I may find myself kebabed between the two . |
| 22 | Whatever transpired between the two long-time friends must be really serious . |
| 23 | The incidence of rent and labour strikes and land seizures from private landowners rose during the 1890s . |
| 24 | The US engine was initially designated as GE 's model l–A ( later improved and redesignated as the 1–14 for use in the three XP aircraft ) and with continued improvements , evolved into the l–16/J–31 series turbojets . |
| 25 | The crowd , jubilant at President Fidel Ramos ' decision to allow the body 's return , pushed and shouted as the 727 jet , which bore an image of Marcos and the words ‘ I am a Filipino , ’ taxied to the terminal . |
| 26 | ‘ He saw a number of them in America when he visited during the Thirties . |
| 27 | Grouped by region , date and school , the casts were displayed in the palais du Trocadero built for the 1878 Exposition Universelle and expanded in the 1930s as part of a constantly evolving display . |
| 28 | The net result was that the United States moved during the 1970s from being 90 per cent self-sufficient in energy to importing 50 per cent of its needs . |
| 29 | This of course is what inspired Thor Heyerdahl 's dramatic Kon-Tiki expedition in which he sailed on a raft from South America to Polynesia , thus hoping to prove that he was following in the wake of ancient migration routes which could explain the cultural similarities he found between the two culture areas . |
| 30 | There 's also a general view in the community that community care itself is not necessarily really working very well , there 's some fears about it , some uncertainties and a member did mention , it may have been Jim you know or somebody mentioned about the seven hours domiciliary , from my experience as a councillor I am not sure that simply because that figure exists that that means that that is satisfying the need of those people and in any case the sort of people who need to go into residential care , who can no longer be maintained in their home , with whatever help we give them or with whatever help their family have to give them they 're not necessarily the sort of people who we 're talking about need to go in a home . |