Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun prp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather asked Hussein about the pressures on George Bush and the prospects for any negotiations . |
| 2 | But it was the same friend who eventually led Jean to the dead man 's ‘ passion wagon ’ caravan . |
| 3 | They eventually approached Berwick from the north-west , rounding the skirts of Halidon Hill , and from there able to look down on the grey town at the wide mouth of Tweed , two miles off . |
| 4 | Soon after the liberation of Poland he joined the Polish regular army as a war correspondent and eventually entered Berlin with the First Polish Infantry Division . |
| 5 | Hateley , who virtually single-handedly beat Leeds in the last round , said : ‘ We could have been 4–0 down . |
| 6 | After one year Charles suddenly divorced Desiderata on the grounds that she was barren and weak . |
| 7 | And Allison revealed : ‘ Ekstrom only joined Gothenburg on the understanding that he is allowed to talk to other clubs interested in buying him . |
| 8 | One time , he patiently informed Ira about the Navaho code talkers . |
| 9 | The British became a dominant influence in Persian life during the nineteenth century ; but to this day many Persians believe that Britain merely exploited Persia for the sake of India throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 10 | So Anne stayed at home , and only saw Diana in the evenings . |
| 11 | Uncle Mick stood up ; so did Denis on the altar . |
| 12 | Athelstan gently nudged Philomel through the press around the bridge . |
| 13 | The Helliwell family not only supplied Ethel of the Iron Will but her twin sister Alice , and elder sisters Elsie and Mabel . |
| 14 | Rosa gently teased Erika about the vestigial romance but was serious about the advice she gave , that Erika was not , repeat not , to get involved with a boy-friend , especially with the Indoor Championships drawing nearer , and with the Ministry of Sport keeping an eye on her . |
| 15 | Beador 's own response was reassuring — he thought it a ‘ ripping good idea ’ and gladly added Fontana to the travelling stable of two hunters she had brought down from Yorkshire . |
| 16 | Computer Reseller News and its vendor sources say Intel , which already bumped Pentium into the first quarter , will be delaying it until late next year because of those heat dissipation and manufacturing problems we told you about ( UX No 410 ) . |
| 17 | We just reported Lee about the letter . |
| 18 | The British insisted that it be worked by British operators — reluctantly agreed to — and it finally entered Australia in the Northern Territories . |
| 19 | Bush nevertheless received Prunskiene in the White House on May 3 . |
| 20 | Tall and elegant , her silver-grey hair styled into a smooth bob , she stood in the doorway and coolly surveyed Rachel with the same steady , grey-eyed gaze of her son . |
| 21 | Surprisingly not : New York just pipped Florida in the visitor stakes , though only just . |
| 22 | Consolation came when Ernie Coleman finally joined Arsenal at the end of the season , for a fee of £6,000 . |
| 23 | From a position , parked a few yards down the road from the Stones ' house , Bodie watched as Anne Hanvey finally delivered Nick to the house . |
| 24 | Annie and George meanwhile kept Jonna in the forefront of their conversations with Jonadab , behaving as though the rift had never occurred . |
| 25 | The agricultural and urban prosperity of the county , together with that of the rest of England , received a severe blow in the later 1340s when the Black Death finally reached England from the continent . |
| 26 | Outhalf Michael Barnes finally put Portadown on the scoreboard with a penalty which Barnes he converted with ease bringing the home side more into the picture . |
| 27 | None of it is local stone : there is a tradition , perhaps connected with the Venetians or , later , the Turks , who successively occupied Crete till the late nineteenth century , of importing these stones and making jewellery . |
| 28 | This vista painfully reminded Ruth of the lakeside restaurants at the Seville Expo … |
| 29 | The seventeen-year-old all-round sportsman , who plays his tennis at Matchpoint Bramhall tennis club Stockport , duly faced Carrara in the following day 's final with a great sense of expectation . |
| 30 | yeah no its twenty five to ten though , still got Poirot on the other side |