Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can now consider that the new system of sponsoring foreseen by the Lawn Tennis Association no longer contains appreciable restrictions of competition and therefore the file will be closed . ’ |
| 2 | But ever since the Government became embroiled in the row over the plan to close 31 pits , local beer lovers have veered away from the pub with the Prime Ministerial name . |
| 3 | If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested . |
| 4 | Er I will have explained er er I certainly would 've explained on the phone that er part of the contract requires them to give us a list of prospective advertisers . |
| 5 | It is the latter view which at first sight seems to challenge Tormey 's theory , for any ‘ expression ’ by the actor implies a subjective/objective relationship , the inner meanings of which remain hidden from the audience . |
| 6 | It seemed somehow deeper , as if its roots lay hidden in the past . |
| 7 | A small white plastic bag containing various packets of waxed paper marked ‘ For Foodstuffs ’ lay propped against the gear-lever of the little Fiat . |
| 8 | From this first experiment , I became fascinated with the problem of including lights in paintings . |
| 9 | From this first experiment , I became fascinated with the problem of including lights in paintings . |
| 10 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 11 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 12 | Though lithographs by Minton are few in number , he became fascinated by the medium , and on 24 November 1948 took part in a Third Programme broadcast on the subject , timed to coincide with the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition , ‘ 150 Years of Lithography ’ . |
| 13 | As a boy , encouraged by my mother , I became fascinated by the mass of mostly unsorted papers lying in the cellars at Plas Newydd . |
| 14 | We did n't see any whales , sharks , or polar bears underwater , but I became fascinated by the cast of characters which made up the food chain in these waters . |
| 15 | Became fascinated by the pattern as they wheeled and changed direction . |
| 16 | All biological life thus adapted its metabolism to the level of solar warmth , and became adjusted to the strength of solar radiation prevailing at the time . |
| 17 | The first time I ever got bashed around the earhole was when I put my dirty fingers on that cigarette case . |
| 18 | The amount of pamidronate given depended on the pretreatment corrected serum calcium ( CCa ) . |
| 19 | And I reckoned that if a star got stopped at the edge , I 'd be safe , what with my rocket and all . ’ |
| 20 | And I even , you know , got stopped in the station itself before I started . |
| 21 | Detailed information on company operations is found to be available only from the individual concerns , and in order to determine the types of materials handling undertaken in the region , a detailed questionnaire has been distributed to over 350 companies , and over 150 replies received . |
| 22 | Or is it , is it that they 've become a sort of exclusive club , arising al almost always through the ranks of the of the law , and gradually , gradually got withdrawn from the way that ordinary people think and feel . |
| 23 | And then , you see , it halted where it did because there were some petals and fragments from the blackthorn I had been handling fallen into the spine there , shaken out of my sleeve or my hair when I closed the book . |
| 24 | That was when , without awaiting Rogation Week , the air over Alba became filled with the smell of split wood and turned earth and the dank odour of freshly laid mortar as men carried out the King 's orders and places of refuge and defence were repaired and strengthened from the west side of the kingdom to the east . |
| 25 | Debate in Curry Rivel became heated on the issue ; so much so , that a committee of villagers , including Benjamin James Titford himself , was appointed to decide what to do . |
| 26 | The transactional desktop element allows networked personal computers running MS-DOS or Windows to run the client portions of Open/OLTP downloaded from the server . |
| 27 | Now you can quit the heat of the kitchen and swan around on those yachts of yours you got stashed around the world . ’ |
| 28 | Intramural physician monitors adjusted the cyclosporin doses to maintain cyclosporin trough levels between 80 and 120 ng/ml thus allowing the investigators to remain blinded to the study treatment . |
| 29 | Those condemned to lose soon became irritated by the game ; and to the extent that the winners enjoyed the game , they ceased acting in a comradely spirit . |
| 30 | The Artificer commonly goes clad like the Yeoman : the Yeoman like the Gentleman : the Gentleman as the Nobleman : the Nobleman as the Prince : which bringeth great confusion , and utterly overturneth the order which God hath set in the states and conditions of men . |