Example sentences of "ran the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He now had to think of a decisive way of finishing what he had tentatively started or he too ran the risk of losing face . |
| 2 | ‘ They fired every house and they ran the men down like deer . |
| 3 | Rosengarten was at McGill for Leonard 's first two years or so , and they ran the Fraternity together . |
| 4 | I saw Margaret talking to Saniyya , the daughter of the woman who ran the bathhouse . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , essentially the regions ran the show . |
| 6 | If the move up-market started anywhere , it was on Saturday 4 July 1981 , when SLOA ran the first PSLC over the Settle & Carlisle and down the Appleby-Warcop branch , for what now seems a very modest fare of £15 first class , £12 second class from London ( Euston ) , together with a tray meal at £2 ! |
| 7 | Among the blest , ‘ Lady Aberconway was put in to please me ’ , and ‘ Madame Strindberg , who ran the Club of the Golden Calf for the sake of the set , could hardly escape a favourable mention . … ’ |
| 8 | According to Sir Claus , who ran the services from 1967 to 1978 : ‘ Before the Rayner Review the purpose of the government statistical services was to serve several masters , first and foremost — and this was never in doubt - the Government ; but also industry , academics the public , indeed the whole nation … |
| 9 | This kind of treatment caused resentment among the petty-minded officialdom which ran the British professional game , and when Boomer was chosen for the 1927 Ryder Cup team he was picked up at Cherbourg en route to America and made to wear what every Frenchman was supposed to wear — a beret . |
| 10 | Unable to kick the point , the Bucs ran the ball in . |
| 11 | The second thing was that almost never did it matter since the whips ran the show . |
| 12 | The prime ministers between the World Wars , who were mostly Conservative , ran the system with sense and responsibility . |
| 13 | Admirers claim that the Thatcher governments have vanquished much conventional wisdom of the 1970s , such as the idea that the British were ‘ ungovernable ’ , that the unions ran the country , or that there was a ‘ British disease ’ . |
| 14 | For it was the English élite , formed in those new institutions of national culture , the public schools , who ran the show . |
| 15 | Following only a little chaos , much speedy uncoupling and in-ramping , and a very occasional one-sided angry conversation between ‘ Staff ’ and a couple of luckless young sappers , the aim was achieved , and shortly after the break of a glorious dawn , each rig ran the Union Flag up its mast in honour of a very rare occasion . |
| 16 | A long red carpet ran the entire length of the complex , adding a touch of regal splendour to the facility . |
| 17 | The field ambulance minibus ran the boys down into town , and brought them back to camp in hourly shuttles until 0300 hours . |
| 18 | The who was a Herr Hocher who , with a dedicated voluntary worker , Fräulein Renn , ran the Youth Club . |
| 19 | It already ran the staff restaurant at Heal 's when retail conglomerate Storehouse occupied the entire building , but the opportunity to introduce the multi-tenant system presented itself following the departure of Conran Design . |
| 20 | The man who ran the office was Michael Colborne , a chief petty officer whom Charles had become friendly with aboard HMS Norfolk , during his early days at sea . |
| 21 | She ran the Royal Society for Nature Conservation , founded by her father in 1912 , of which the Prince is patron . |
| 22 | They designed the agenda , ran the conference , and for twenty-four hours the white chairmen were their guests . |
| 23 | At least two-thirds of Americans have never had any reason to think of the British as their Anglo-Saxon cousins ; the East European émigrés who ran the studios were no more likely than their successors to look upon British producers as partners , and nobody would queue to see a film just because it was British . |
| 24 | English Drama Again Takes Premier Position ’ ran the hopeful headline over a piece that described Hepworth 's Rachel 's Sin ( 1911 ) as ‘ a great triumph in film production ’ which was ‘ all ENGLISH ’ . |
| 25 | He also ran the medical dispensary at General MacArthur headquarters in Tokio during the US occupation of Japan . |
| 26 | ALWAYS known by his initials , J.P.M.Millar for more than 40 years ran the National Council of Labour Colleges ; an organisation which through classes , lectures , weekend and summer schools , and the massive number of correspondent courses organised by his wife Christine , provided shots and shell for the emerging Labour movement . |
| 27 | ALWAYS known by his initials , JPM Millar ran the National Council of Labour Colleges for over 40 years ; an organisation which through classes , lectures , weekend and summer schools , and the massive number of correspondent courses organised by his wife Christine , provided shots and shell for the emerging Labour Movement . |
| 28 | The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas . |
| 29 | The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas . |
| 30 | Teachers ran the risk of looking like idiots or liars . |