Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might conceive of the aside as occupying a zone midway between the play and the audience ; we continue to experience the play , but we do so via the new information or attitudes given us by the character or characters speaking the asides . |
| 2 | During the two shorts months that it took to draft the White Paper , opposition could be quelled , using the new powers and wholehearted support given him by the Prime Minister . |
| 3 | The Minotaur was finally slain by Theseus , who found his way out of the labyrinth by trailing a skein of thread given him by the king 's daughter , ARIADNE . |
| 4 | WITH the forthcoming visit by the South Africans looming large , the RFU have taken the opportunity given them by the All Black and Wallaby tours to South Africa to get in some early homework on the Boks . |
| 5 | On 26 March , back in Chicago , Coleman applied for a US passport in the name of Thomas J. Leavy , using the birth certificate given him by the CIA in 1982 and the documents issued in Washington . |
| 6 | The Germans occupied them in the second world war , the Americans rebuilt them afterwards , and then the north-west Europeans came back in the shape of the European Community and its powerful money . |
| 7 | Part of the confusion came from the unworthy pleasure given him by the prospect of holding onto his ward a little longer . |
| 8 | This teacher 's view that the Afro-Caribbean pupils felt obliged to live up to the labels given them by the school was reiterated by other teachers . |
| 9 | The blue eyes regarded her across the stretch of mahogany desk . |
| 10 | The letter asked whether there could remain within CPSU ranks people who encouraged splits , engaged in factionalism and who " by their views and conduct have in effect placed themselves outside the party " . |
| 11 | There was one vital breakthrough for the nationalist consciousness , though there still remains some doubt as to how deep this was for the Fianna Fáil party : all the parties committed themselves to the recognition of the protestant — loyalist group as having legitimate aspirations and affirmed the need for the recognition of ‘ two sets of legitimate rights ’ coexisting in the island as a whole : ‘ Constitutional nationalists are determined to secure justice for all traditions … |
| 12 | Deep-set eyes quizzed her in the candlelight . |
| 13 | I called for the last time at the first house in the village and pressed the buzzer , but on getting no reply resigned myself to the long walk down the mountain . |
| 14 | ‘ Has n't Mr Trelawney told you about the pirates ? |
| 15 | The President called him into the room . |
| 16 | The barman fixed me with the kind of stare you could roast weenies on . |
| 17 | His unflappability deserted him in the face of by-election reverses . |
| 18 | He commented : ‘ The promotion was a tremendous success thanks to the wholehearted manner in which the branches promoted it to the public . ’ |
| 19 | People whose parents baptised them into the Roman Catholic Church will probably be counted as Catholics all their lives — even if they never go to church ; for people to be counted as Baptists , however , they will have to have expressed a strong commitment to their faith and to have undergone adult baptism . |
| 20 | His sad tones prepared them for the news as he announced that German troops had not withdrawn from Poland and consequently Britain was now at war with Germany . |
| 21 | When my young cousin 's pet budgie died , her parents buried it in the garden while she was asleep to avoid her being upset . |
| 22 | And while they played in the barn and while their mother sang the girl found something behind the haystack . |
| 23 | Information is conveyed in an entertaining fashion , with brush strokes projected one after the other onto easels dotted about the technological countryside , as a way of illustrating the impressionist technique . |
| 24 | They 've had er enormous difficulties and er the honourable gentleman will er know that the South Wales police authority committee , its officers and its Chief Constable have er visited parliament er to put their case to members representing the South Wales police authority area and indeed to er Earl Ferrers the minister er responsible for the police and they certainly have n't had any er criticism made of them by his own government and if er he believes that there is a criticism I would suggest that he takes a leaf out of the book of his er , his right honourable friend the Secretary of State and refers the matter so that it can be properly audited and er I think the honourable gentleman knows that when that is done he will see that there is no blame attached whatsoever to the members or the officers of the police authority . |
| 25 | Historically there seems to be no doubt that the English Common Law required nothing for the celebration of a marriage beyond the declared agreement of the parties , which might take the form either of a declaration of present intention , or of a promise to marry followed by actual union . |
| 26 | My mum washed mine at the weekend and they 're in a pile on my floor and I have n't been arsed so I 'm just sleeping on the mattress with the bare duvet . |
| 27 | Their enemies equipped themselves in the same fashion . |
| 28 | David looked down at her as she lay against the white pillows , pale and thinner than ever , and thought how much easier it would be to keep himself in check if her husband treated her with the gentleness she deserved . |
| 29 | However , for the third time this season , Wantage could not hold on to a lead given them in the last five minutes , and allowed Andy Martin to shoot home for the equaliser for Bicester . |
| 30 | She recovered the parish file given her by the diocesan office and spread the meagre contents out on Bishop Julian 's desk . |