Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [noun prp] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few players do n't even know what is the capital of France when they 're in Paris playing the French Open . |
| 2 | Sir Robert Carey , Warden of the English Middle March , had been in London visiting the queen , but had prudently arranged for relays of horses to be ready for him between the capital and Edinburgh , so that he could ingratiate himself with the King of Scots by being the first to arrive with the news that he was now King of England also . |
| 3 | Mr. Chaudoir has been in England to attend the contemporary music festival Tempo ‘ 92 , at which he was the featured composer . |
| 4 | Dicey thus identifies the growth in power of the party machine as the source of the problem : ‘ Coalitions , log-rolling , and parliamentary intrigue are in England diminishing the moral and political faith in the House of Commons . ’ |
| 5 | A more realistic solution might be for Jordan to give the Palestinians some of its land — especially as a large number of Palestinians already live there . |
| 6 | But constitutional expert Michael Nash , who is soon to bring out a book , A Royal Divorce , about the history of the British monarchy , said last night : ‘ The best thing to happen would be for William to become the next in line to the throne . |
| 7 | If it had n't been for your shiftless nephew , Suzie would be back in England by now , my mother would n't be having sleepless nights and I could be in London doing the job for which I 'm paid ! ’ |
| 8 | Mr Ayckbourn , who is currently writing a new musical which will receive its world premiere at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough , will be in Leeds to launch the National Bibliographic Service 's computer software system which will make its records available on CD-ROM . |
| 9 | Saskia Reeves , Syd McCartney and David O'Hara will be in Belfast to discuss the film after the performance . |
| 10 | No time for slip-ups , but the odds must now be on Oxford avoiding the drop . |
| 11 | Is it not supposed to be pussy cat , pussy cat where have you been , I 've been to London to see the queen ? |
| 12 | Pussy cat , pussy cat where have you been , I 've been to London to visit the king , pussy cat , pussy cat what were you there , I frightened a little mouse under the chair |
| 13 | He 's been to Mongolia to hunt the long-eared hedgehog . |
| 14 | He 's been to Mongolia to hunt the long-eared hedgehog . |
| 15 | Serbian delegates were in Istanbul discussing the implementation of the Convention when British , French and Russian ships blasted the Turkish fleet out of the water as it lay at anchor in the enclosed natural harbour at Navarino ( Pylos ) in the southern Morea on 20 October 1827 . |
| 16 | ‘ We were at Desnogorsk to start the first phase of an 18-month partnership programme between the Smolensk station and ourselves under the TACIS 92 programme ’ , said Arthur . |
| 17 | ‘ Anyway , Fagin , I know your idea is for Oliver to do the job . ’ |
| 18 | The only way for it to look any different is for Michael to learn the bloody lines . |
| 19 | At the end , Slim is the only one who understands how difficult it is for George to take the action that he did , and also why he did it . |
| 20 | Thus the line of control in the present case is for Lautro to control the operations of Norwich Union , and Norwich Union in turn , by virtue of its contractual relationship , to control Winchester . |
| 21 | ANDREW Lloyd Webber paid a record £10,120,000 for a Canaletto yesterday when he bought The Old Horse Guards at Christie 's in London to ensure the painting remains in Britain . |
| 22 | He 's in Banbury to spread the word of Habitat for Humanity . |
| 23 | Oliver Stone is in Thailand shooting the final instalment in his Vietnam trilogy Heaven And Earth . |
| 24 | The narrator of Flann O'Brien 's At Swim-Two-Birds expresses the view that ‘ Characters should be interchangeable as between one book and another … . |
| 25 | Today 's card at Sandown and tomorrow 's at Towcester became the latest victims . |
| 26 | A UK Foreign Ministry spokesperson responded on the same day by saying that it was for Iran to make the first gesture and that the UK would " not accept Iranian intervention in [ its ] internal affairs " . |
| 27 | When one turns from internal to external trade , one sees that some men at any rate recognized how important it was for England to control the sea . |
| 28 | Part of the ‘ deal ’ struck in the course of his recent marital separation was for Polly to keep the family car . |
| 29 | The trend of the three elections that took place between 1978 and 1982 was for UGT to narrow the gap between itself and CCOO . |
| 30 | My plan was for Rick to open the mouth while I would use the forceps to retrieve the hook , this seeming to be the most sensible approach ( from my point of view anyway ) . |