Example sentences of "[noun] [det] [noun sg] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferranti this week received the report it commissioned from accountants Coopers & Lybrand on the alleged fraud . |
| 2 | Upon baptism this king took the Christian name of Abraham — perhaps because he hoped to be the father of a long line of kings associated with Frankish power . |
| 3 | At times this anti-realism took the form of an extreme nominalism , according to which the words ‘ man ’ and ‘ triangle ’ are general only in that they are used of a number of different things . |
| 4 | The still dark that night had the effect of making everything heavy with meaning . |
| 5 | John 's roles that night included the pas de trois of Florestan and his sisters , the Chinese dance and the cavalier in the pas de six , all in Aurora 's Wedding . |
| 6 | Coupled with the almost equally difficult situation in Hungary this resistance disrupted the fragile unity of the Habsburg dominions . |
| 7 | 12 October : The Prince Edward this evening presented the Historical Association 's Young Historian prizes on the First National History Day at the Imperial War Museum , London SE1 . |
| 8 | And news of the DoT decision to look at the interchange this week raised the hopes of green campaigners opposed to the cross-town route . |
| 9 | He also found that sitting a person inside for a period each day helped the processes of healing . |
| 10 | ‘ You were so horrible all of a sudden that formality seemed the order of the day . ’ |
| 11 | The conference this year took the same theme and posed the question has anything really changed ? |
| 12 | Computer Bookshops this week celebrated the conclusion of its most successful promotion . |
| 13 | After the Second World War this countryside witnessed the struggle between the priests and embryo commissars described in Guareschi 's Don Camillo , a struggle which continued , in a more mild form , until comparatively recently . |
| 14 | For forty years this village suffered the injustice of a 99% échelle de cru . |
| 15 | On April 23rd , the day that parliament endorsed the anti-crisis programme , Mr Gorbachev met leaders of nine republics ( excluding the six refuseniks — the three Baltic states plus Georgia , Armenia and Moldavia ) . |
| 16 | I was there the night that Madame made the first move in what I now see was a careful campaign to prepare Boy for this romance or meeting . |
| 17 | Thus it was that the idea of pictures as mere contributions to the decor was happily turned on its head the minute this visitor entered the darkened room and was greeted by a series of large colour photos of what could be described as ‘ Still-life with Penis ’ . |
| 18 | It seems the parish priest at Upton has a servant who visits his brother 's family in Preston once a week , and that night this fellow walked the road from Upton to Preston along with Aldhelm , who works at the demesne , and lives in the neighbouring village . |
| 19 | It was his management at the end of last season that cost United the First Division title . |
| 20 | The mechanic this time replaced the water temperature sender unit on the engine block — it has a black top with a long stem . |
| 21 | Early yesterday morning this arrow shattered the window of a house on Oxford 's Barton estate . |
| 22 | Sefton councillors this week stripped the club of its entertainments licence after being handed a police dossier detailing violent and rowdy incidents . |
| 23 | DARLINGTON 'S doctors this week gave the thumbs down to Conservative MP Michael Fallon . |
| 24 | . The Nuclear Installations Inspectorate this week told the inquiry that it has identified 82 unresolved safety issues affecting the design for Britain 's first PWR station at Sizewell . |
| 25 | The annual conference competition to win the George Wood Cup this year took the format of target shooting ( with tennis balls ) and the Welsh dexterity of earned him the honour of collecting the cup at the conference Installation Ceremony . |
| 26 | The sheer strength of feeling across the nation this afternoon forced the President of Trade and Industry to backtrack on the pit closures . |
| 27 | The Duchess of York this evening attended the opening performance by The Spanish Riding School of Vienna at Wembley Arena . |
| 28 | YORK HOUSE 9 October : The Duchess of Kent this morning attended the launch of Tears and Smiles — The Hospice Handbook by Martyn Lewis at British Telecom Tower , London W1 . |
| 29 | The disgraceful way ordinary , moderate men and women have been sacked at Timex and the way this government cheapened the working man and woman in this country by rejecting the Social Charter and by portraying Britain as a low wage economy . |
| 30 | Her Royal Highness this afternoon attended the Annual General Meeting of the National Association of Victim Support Schemes at Central Hall , Westminster , and was received by the Lord Mayor of Westminster ( Councillor Simon Mabey ) and the Archbishop of Canterbury . |