Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harpers & Queen met the maestro in his own home , a chic but highly individual apartment in the smart seizième district of Paris . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Then we met the officer in charge , a most interesting man . |
| 5 | Jimmy last met the Queen in 1979 when she presented him with the OBE. |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And y that was the year I met d th I met the wife in that In June of that year . |
| 8 | Her smouldering eyes met the apology in his . |
| 9 | She tipped back her head , exulting as she met the blaze in his eyes . |
| 10 | Andy Nicol and Derek Turnbull , who met the party in Sydney , took part in the training , but did a minimum of work because of jet lag . |
| 11 | The latest addition to the Lemonheads , replacing Juliana Hatfield , who played bass on the album , he met the band in his native Sydney last year . |
| 12 | This time Theda met the demand in her eyes without flinching away . |
| 13 | We met the steward in his small chamber off the buttery near the Great Hall , a nervous , beanpole of a man with greasy , grey hair and a hare-lip which fascinated me . |
| 14 | The explanation given for the importation of two comparatively low-rank police officers was that the RUC lacked the expertise in accountancy needed for an investigation of that kind . |
| 15 | It was more a case of realising that Celtic 's squad lacked the strength in depth required for a successful European campaign and to mount a sustainable challenge on the domestic front . |
| 16 | In late 1976 , Radio Telefis Eireann , the Irish state television service , decided to produce a documentary on Lebanon and asked me if I could locate any films that depicted the country in the days of peace . |
| 17 | Hunting for some writing paper he emptied the drawer in his wardrobe out onto the floor . |
| 18 | Of course , David 's bodyguards were guarding the door and I went to see what they wanted and this guy , who said he was the night detective , announced that unless we emptied the room in five minutes , he was going to close the party down . |
| 19 | Finally we breasted the saddle in the lower ridge , what in the Welsh mountains , and latterly in the Himalayas , we would call the cwm . |
| 20 | The former Start-forward pounced the ball in the net and Norway was ahead on the Sun Devil Stadium . |
| 21 | Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 . |
| 22 | Divided the change in Y |
| 23 | They divided the territory in two , though it was reunited thirty years later . |
| 24 | Cnut divided the country in four in 1017 , keeping Wessex for himself and giving East Anglia to Thorkell , Mercia to Eadric , and Northumbria to Eric . |
| 25 | Half a dozen men lay behind an overturned banqueting table which effectively divided the room in two . |
| 26 | Four years later Andronikos unearthed the theatre in which Philip was assassinated in 336BC ; and five years later the tomb of Queen Eurydice , the grandmother of Alexander . |
| 27 | Thus , although the British hoped that not all of Indo-China would fall to the communists , the scenario which haunted the government in London throughout the spring and summer of 1954 was of some reckless American action which might bring disaster throughout Eurasia . |
| 28 | Indebted countries ' options depend on the magnitude of the debt , who lent the money in the first place , and on what terms . |
| 29 | Whirling her long , powerful arms , with the last of her strength , she flung the gun in a great arc , so that it sailed up , high above Doyle 's head . |
| 30 | Frankie dashed into the main kitchen and passed the window in a stoop to avoid being seen by the men outside . |