Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the original India Pale Ale that made Burton the brewing centre of Britain . |
| 2 | Chapot added that the company is seeing a recovery in its US Pacbase sales since Computerworld printed a test result that rated Pacbase the number one software engineering system in overall functionality and user friendliness . |
| 3 | In the months that followed October the government gradually regained the initiative . |
| 4 | When England threatened to produce the magic that dazzled Scotland the back row stood defiant to a man , covering and tackling with fanatical commitment and dedication . |
| 5 | The armed following that accompanied Robert the Frisian on his Jerusalem pilgrimage so impressed the Emperor of Byzantium , Alexius Comnenus , with its martial bearing that he requested similar assistance from the west . |
| 6 | Fortunately , perfecting her roll was the breakthrough that gave Lesley the confidence to fight for her own to go on the top of the waves and start experimenting with hotdogging tricks . |
| 7 | It was the availability of local steel and the advent of steam power that gave Glasgow the incentive to dredge and widen the river in order to transform its few old boatyards into one of the world 's great shipbuilding centres . |
| 8 | It was this that gave Anselm the hint that peace would not bring him freedom to exercise his episcopal functions . |
| 9 | The odds are favourable enough according to Chelsea 's Mike Hazard , who said of his adversary : ‘ He could cope in Poland , not just because of his ability to close people down and use the ball well , but temperament — you saw that when he scored the goal that won Arsenal the League . ’ |
| 10 | Nor did Boswell the North Briton confine himself to political toadying to London , as he swung from compliments to conveyed slights : ‘ [ Mr Boyd ] entertained us with great civility . |
| 11 | That same Spirit , of course , empowered Jesus for his rich ministry and led John the Baptist to tell others of the One who would baptize people with the Holy Spirit and with ‘ fire ’ . |
| 12 | C. S. Lewis offered the most daring statement in the final volume of the ‘ Narnia ’ series , The Last Battle ( 1956 ) , in which we come across a young ( dead ) virtuous pagan , Emeth , who explains that all his life he has served Tash and scorned Aslan the Lion — earlier on it has been made clear that Tash is a bloody demon , Aslan , one might as well say , the ‘ Narnian ’ Christ . |
| 13 | It was this ‘ nature ’ that caused Nathan to act as the factory supervisor — ‘ a good guy ’ so far as the workers were concerned ; and allowed Horace the seniority , as ‘ a front-office man . ’ |
| 14 | He wrote it down and handed Brownlow the slip of paper . |
| 15 | But she only said , ‘ Have fun then , ’ and showed Oliver the lantern she had finished . |
| 16 | After she had a hot rum toddy in a steaming , warm tub and showed Josh the trap marks on her leg , they all sat around the wooden kitchen table to eat vegetable soup , local Stilton cheese , and a salad of walnuts and chicory , followed by gingerbread that Clare had made with Mrs Gooden 's special recipe . |
| 17 | He narrowed his eyes and saw Hope the Merchant Prince , the aristocrat at large on the Rialtos of the world , feared , admired , dipping silkenly between caskets of treasure , tranches of land , ships , silver mines , paintings , furniture , the collector , the connoisseur , and sending all back to the lonely Scottish estate which burgeoned with those foreign infusions of antique wealth , material goods … |
| 18 | Editor Malcolm Barker agreed to overlook the qualification requirement and offered Clayton the job . |
| 19 | The black-eyebrowed albatross was a frequent visitor to the Parsee , and gave Gould the chance to try out a crude but innovative experiment — one of the first attempts to tag and monitor a live sea bird . |
| 20 | The only classy Lions ' back move of the second half came when Tony Underwood and Gibbs made sharp breaks and gave Clement the chance to burst through tackles for a converted try . |
| 21 | Oxford old boy John Aldridge was looking for his 40th goal of the season … it came just two minutes after Durnin 's … and gave Aldridge the eclub record he was looking for . |
| 22 | Charles resolved to travel to Rome to settle the feud , and gave Leo the protection of Frankish warriors to return home in the meantime . |
| 23 | After Oldsmobile 's factory burned down in 1901 , Ransom E Olds was forced to turn to contractors for the assembly of his single cylinder engine , and gave Leland the opportunity to prove his theory . |
| 24 | Mr McQueen joined them at table , and gave Johnson the kind of local knowledge he loved — the economics , way of life , problems of such an existence . |
| 25 | The 102nd Russian submarine fleet at Petropavlovsk has been alert ever since the international courts overruled the Soviet appeals and gave GenTech the right to conduct its surveys in the area . |
| 26 | That is a matter on which I should be wise to seek the advice of my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney General and the Lord Chancellor . |
| 27 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Solicitor-General will be dealing with the question of contempt . |
| 28 | I look forward to a positive and enthusiastic response from my right hon. and learned Friend the Solicitor-General . |
| 29 | I know that my right hon. and learned Friend the Solicitor-General is giving urgent consideration to the matter . |
| 30 | If future arrangements were inadequate , my right Hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State would undoubtedly use those powers . |