Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grimsby frustrated Middlesbrough in the early stages with their sweeper system and repeated back passes to their goalkeeper . |
| 2 | The brilliant incandescence of heated lime led Welsbach in the 1880s to experiment with fabrics impregnated with nitrates of the lanthanides and actinides ; on ignition a fragile skeleton of oxides was left . |
| 3 | Unfortunately having the son of the most powerful man in the world did n't seem to do the Eagles much good — they stumbled against Argentina and finally fell flat on their faces when they met Tonga in the Plate quarter-final . |
| 4 | When Arsenal met Hull in the Cup semi-final in 1930 , and were 2–0 down with ten minutes to go , Chapman 's ordeal on the bench grew to a fever-pitch of intensity . |
| 5 | On Friday at school he passed Nutty in the corridor and gave her a fierce stare to remind her about their appointment and she said , ‘ I have n't forgotten , ’ in an aggrieved voice . |
| 6 | " Can I top you up , Mr Willoughby ? " asked Lucy in the most polished social manner that anyone could desire , and soon the Magistrate was drinking his third cup of hot water , and still gazing at her in fascination , or to be more precise , at the back of her neck , which was the part of her which most interested him . |
| 7 | Mary Finnigan : ‘ I first met David in the summer of 1968 when I was living with my two children in a ground floor flat in an old house in Beckenham . |
| 8 | They met Colebrooke in the passageway outside , thanked him for his attentions and went down the outside steps into the Tower bailey . |
| 9 | It was there that he rode Evichstar in the Lincoln Handicap in 1990 — and notched his first big race victory . |
| 10 | Her name was Penelope but she quickly became Penny in the factory . |
| 11 | Sally left her bag in the cloakroom and met Edward in the balcony milk bar where he had a strawberry milk shake waiting for her . |
| 12 | He fixed Warton in the unrelenting stare of his cold green eyes . |
| 13 | One such was the Duke of Richmond who found Sussex in the 1740s in the midst of what a number of local historians have rightly described as a ‘ guerilla war ’ . |
| 14 | And the ice men from Milton keynes are through to the final of the Autumn trophy they beat Swindon in the semi-final |
| 15 | When agricultural improvers visited Sussex in the war years they had little favourable to say about the situation in general and the Weald came in for wholesale condemnation , although there was some disagreement about the details . |
| 16 | When Hari returned home , she found William in the workshop hammering leather soles on to a pair of small boots . |
| 17 | Without him Arsenal beat Chelsea in the opening round , but then faced a crisis when Birmingham forced a draw at Highbury in the next round . |
| 18 | I entered Whacker in the book and |
| 19 | ‘ But I 'll never forget his face when I collected a winners ’ medal after West Ham beat Arsenal in the 1980 Cup final ! ’ |
| 20 | Once again she found Toby in the Mess late on a Wednesday afternoon . |
| 21 | Robert caught , caught Barney in the end . |
| 22 | The Shirleys built Wiston in the 1570s , worked effectively in raising money to support the Armada and then went broke , as did one branch of the Pelhams at Buckstepe . |
| 23 | In England in 1987 and at home immediately after the 1987 World Cup , Pakistan defeated England in the Test series by a 1–0 margin . |
| 24 | What did Drew do when he found Karen in the street ? |
| 25 | We visited Anguilla in the winter season which runs from December 15 to March 31 and were blessed with beautiful sunshine and very few tourists . |
| 26 | Connell beat Gustafsson in the opener . |
| 27 | That ai n't terrible they mentioned Swansea in the early sixties , but eh |
| 28 | That ai n't terrible they mentioned Swansea in the early sixties , but eh |
| 29 | Three weeks before his death he received the Church Times Cup when Oxford beat Rochester in the Final . |
| 30 | Todd did appear in the Raiders side who beat Balmain in the Sydney Grand Final , but was replaced in extra time by Peter Jackson , who went on to score the winning try . |