Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] [noun prp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither writer gave McQueen the credit of his own history ; neither enquired into , or assessed , the status he might have had before the ‘ 45 Rebellion , in which he had participated , and by which he had most likely been reduced to keeping this crude but hospitable inn . |
| 2 | This realisation gave Constance the strength she needed . |
| 3 | This French visit gave Webb the idea of growing rape-seed for oil to dress cloth . |
| 4 | On the next day , 16 May , a separate grant gave Buckingham the offices of constable , steward and receiver of the duchy of Lancaster honour of Monmouth . |
| 5 | On the next day , 16 May , a separate grant gave Buckingham the offices of constable , steward and receiver of the duchy of Lancaster honour of Monmouth . |
| 6 | Access to such patronage gave Gloucester the possibility of rewarding his own men from the duchy . |
| 7 | Access to such patronage gave Gloucester the possibility of rewarding his own men from the duchy . |
| 8 | The central sun symbolized God the Father ; the surface of the spherical universe , God the Son ; the intermediate space , God the Holy Spirit . |
| 9 | This , plus a season of consistent driving gave Brabham the world title and Cooper the Constructors ' Championship . |
| 10 | THE IMPORTANCE of Hengist 's Saxon town and the ancient university made Stamford the ideal location for the siting of the Mercian court and government . |
| 11 | Murphy subsequently extended his advantage to 8–1 before there was temporary reprieve for Murphy but a 55 break gave Doherty the title in frame 11 . |
| 12 | As the Clinton cavalcade approached the Old State House , on the steps of which he first announced he intended to run for President , a black choir sang America The Beautiful . |
| 13 | The political and intellectual ‘ zeitgiest ’ of England in the Thirties appears to have suited James ' radical and romantic temperament ; this period of intense political ferment gave James the opportunity to become embroiled in the great political and ideological debates that so dominated the times . |
| 14 | The 1471 grant gave Gloucester the lion 's share of the forfeited property , including all the Cambridgeshire land , all but one of the Suffolk manors and all but four of those in Essex . |
| 15 | The 1471 grant gave Gloucester the lion 's share of the forfeited property , including all the Cambridgeshire land , all but one of the Suffolk manors and all but four of those in Essex . |
| 16 | Only one league defeat and only seven goals conceded by a mean defence gave Ipswich the crown . |
| 17 | One glance told Rachel the pilot had sustained serious chest injuries . |
| 18 | Between 1965 and 1967 the Direction Technique des Engins ( DTEn ) of the Ministry of Defence launched four Diamant A rockets ; one carried the satellite ( 26 November 1965 ) , dubbed Asterix — whose successful launch made France the third country to launch an artificial earth satellite . |
| 19 | In the early 1960s an American writer dubbed Karajan the conductor of ‘ mathematicians [ Bach would probably have been flattered by such an appellation ] and engineers ’ . |
| 20 | The large size of the internal market gave Brazil the power to insist on the transition , despite objections from the firms about the cost of the reinvestment needed . |
| 21 | Instead , his half-brothers ' unfilial behaviour spurred Louis the Pious to change his plans . |
| 22 | However , at Rigby 's instance , the Royal Navy afforded Majid the necessary support and the insurrection failed , Barghash being sent to Bombay where he was compelled to remain for eighteen months . |
| 23 | The Consumers ' Association , which last month gave Airtours the thumbs down in a Holiday Which ? report on tour operators , described the decision as ‘ baffling ’ and ‘ a severe disappointment ’ . |
| 24 | Bitter anger gave Ruth the strength to speak . |