Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My paternal grandfather was a petty officer who , after keeping Edward the Seventh 's Royal Yacht spick and span — his trade was painter — died early from an illness acquired at the Defence of Ladysmith . |
| 2 | He agreed to the clause allowing them to release records elsewhere , after giving RCA the first option , because he say it as common sense . |
| 3 | I was full of joy at the prospect of meeting Agnes the next day . |
| 4 | We need only recognize that history is a method with no distinct object corresponding to it to reject the equivalence between the notion of history and the notion of humanity which some have tried to foist on us with the unavowed aim of making historicity the last refuge of a transcendental humanism : as if men could regain the illusion of liberty on the plane of the ‘ we ’ merely by giving up the ‘ I 's that are too obviously wanting in consistency . |
| 5 | The evidence is clear , too , that in mining districts the first part of the nineteenth century saw a serious erosion of holidays . |
| 6 | All the major companies have commission schemes of one kind or another — English National Opera is committed to presenting one new commissioned work each season , while still nourishing a younger generation with workshops and studio productions , and the Royal Opera has its Garden Venture , dedicated to offering composers a first taste of music theatre on an affordable and manageable scale . |
| 7 | So Patrick had no use for Edward Balliol ; but , by aiding Edward the Third , almost certainly saw himself as in a position to displace the unsuccessful Balliol and himself take over as King of Scots , with English support . |
| 8 | Melchizedek 's authority ( the " tithe " was God 's portion , so by giving Melchizedek a tenth of everything Abram recognized him as God 's representative ) , his lack of any named ancestors and descendants ( extremely important for any man claiming kingship or priesthood ) , and his dual role as priest and king , led later writers to see in him a foreshadowing of the Messiah ( see Psalm 110:4 ; Hebrews 7:1–10 ) . |