Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pollution and weathering battered the surface of the glass . |
| 2 | Holden battered the free-kick against the wall and after a scramble the ball fell to Henry , who struck a low shot from more than 30 yards past Lukic . |
| 3 | Biggart says : ‘ The Northwest promotion , which offered two for the price of one tickets to 74 international destinations , met the prerequisite for a successful sales promotion . |
| 4 | Harpers & Queen met the maestro in his own home , a chic but highly individual apartment in the smart seizième district of Paris . |
| 5 | In December 1895 , they met the Company at Euston with a list of objections and suggestions in lieu of the Company 's offer . |
| 6 | We last met the Secretary of State in May 1991 . |
| 7 | Now I do n't know if you remember English Whites but Danny Baker once had a caller to 606 who claimed to have been setup for a blind date a few years ago , and when he met the girl in question , one of his mates says ‘ Bloody hell she does n't half look like that player ( Kenny ) who 's in the Blues ’ ( Brum City where he built his stout reputation ) . |
| 8 | Elizabeth Groves , as a young girl , had been befriended by the Queen who met the cost of her education at the London Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb . |
| 9 | When the county council were given permission to station the mobile library on the car park , they met the cost of re-surfacing . |
| 10 | Before the collapse of the Soviet Union , the central Soviet budget met the cost of the decontamination , medical treatment and checkups of the several hundred thousand victims and liquidators , as well as the compensation payments to those still living in contaminated areas . |
| 11 | David and Linda Leeder , of Wayside , Shalford , near Braintree met the archdeacon of Colchester , the Very Reverend Ernest Stroud in a bid to get the church to change its mind over the refusal . |
| 12 | I met the rest of the family , had a fine meal and then at the end Gennaro , who is the head of the whole household , gave me your letter ! |
| 13 | Mountfield , prising himself away momentarily from the Tipton Terror , met the ball at the far post to score the kind of goal that was his trademark at Everton . |
| 14 | Without a second thought the 30-year-old former England centre forward met the ball on the full , unleashing a powerful left-foot drive . |
| 15 | Accomplished headers of the ball were less likely to suffer injury than those who were not as proficient , because they met the ball in a way which which imparted less strain . |
| 16 | I met the promoter at a party and he was looking for an opening act and I said that I had this dance band which would be a perfect opener for Gary Glitter and he took us on . |
| 17 | The path turned inland and met the road to Sandweg which cut through arable land , punctuated by low , brooding barns . |
| 18 | Gwendolen , thoroughly upset by the morning 's events but mindful of her appointment for dinner that evening , decided to slip into Mr Horrell 's , in order to purchase some of his advertised Special Skin Soap , In the doorway she met the subject of her dinner appointment himself . |
| 19 | Both the proposals and the practice met the spirit of the age : new cities planned to be environmentally attractive , socially acceptable and economically viable gained support from both public opinion and commercial interests . |
| 20 | Then we met the officer in charge , a most interesting man . |
| 21 | The merchant then met the Queen of Pleasures . |
| 22 | The mega-rich sheik , who met the Queen at Claridges in July 1989 , has spared no expense on the island , 11 miles long and five miles wide . |
| 23 | Jimmy last met the Queen in 1979 when she presented him with the OBE. |
| 24 | Chuck Sloat examines the role of the Air Transport Auxiliary , and in particular James McGuinness , when they met the call in 1942 to move Spitfires to the aid of the Island . |
| 25 | Mr Brownlow came in , took off his gloves and met the Minister for Trade and Industry , the Rt . |
| 26 | Before she met the Minister at a party , through her Private Eye journalist friend Paul Halloran , the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate was leading an uncertain lifestyle bouncing from one boyfriend to the next and one downmarket job to another . |
| 27 | The mayor and the chairman of the rural district council met the Minister of Health and Local Government on the issue , and Eddie McAteer also raised with the minister the additional problem of thirty-one subtenants , mostly the sons and daughters of Springtown residents , who had not been mentioned in the statement issued following his meeting with the two local authority leaders . |
| 28 | We met the equivalent of this knife-edge , you will remember , in the story of the Grudgers and Cheats in Chapter 10 . |
| 29 | But I honestly do n't think she would unless she met the man of her dreams . |
| 30 | At this time Moggach met the man on whom the character of Mac in the book is based , and as she recalls it : ‘ I became very rebellious and sort of opted out . ’ |