Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first round of voting 19 of the 28 seats were decided , with the remainder going to a second round ; 82 per cent of the 8,592-strong electorate went to the polls ( most of Andorra 's population of 60,000 being foreigners and not entitled to vote ) . |
| 2 | I like you because by extended repetition in these verses extended repetition in these verses This my commentary , John assures his readers that in spite of the ra the regulatio test contained in the letter . |
| 3 | The follow-the-fireworks-code warning came in the light of this week 's report from trading standards officers in Liverpool claiming casualties are 100 times worse than officially estimated . |
| 4 | In the words of the Easter gospel according to John , when that other disci disciple went into the tomb , after Peter , he saw and believed . |
| 5 | I i if Labour ca party came in the unemployment would be , unemployment , homelessness would be |
| 6 | Now , despite what er councillor said in the paper the other day , there are no real surprises in this , no rabbits to come out of our hats . |
| 7 | You 'll recall that the er , Regional reports in the Regional , in the General Secretary 's , er report fell off the agenda yesterday and there are a number of resolutions which have fell off , at this morning . |
| 8 | I think that feeling has got to be dispelled and it 's for these points that the , for these reasons the government needs to turn its attention a little bit more er to the issues that I that I have raised and I would refer in conclusion Madam de deputy speaker , the minister to the Bank of England 's er memorandum submitted to the treasury and civil service er select committee in its report published on eighth of December last year when at page a hundred and eighty five they draw attention to the European directives that the minister himself referred to . |
| 9 | Try to er Dad went to the Donnington Thistle Hotel ! |
| 10 | Initially all Gehlen 's funding came from the CIA but later , in 1954 when the German Federal Republic was established as a sovereign state , Gehlen took over the running of the Federal German Intelligence Service . |
| 11 | Twenty years ago more than three quarters of the College 's income came in the form of a government grant . |
| 12 | In 1991 , only 50 per cent of the SCO 's income came from the box office , compared to an average of 69 per cent . |
| 13 | Bissett 's difficulty lay in the time he had been allocated for his paper on the theoretical dimensions of the device . |
| 14 | On the far side of Farringdon Road , Graham passed Easton Street where another painter 's or window-cleaner 's cradle lay on the pavement , up-ended for some reason , neat coils of rope around it . |
| 15 | As Seawitch rolled heavily Polly 's foot slipped on the wet deck and she stumbled backwards , pulling Nathan with her . |
| 16 | But the SSD claimed this week that the Appeal Court 's judgement flew in the face of earlier court decisions . |
| 17 | Even if Dr Courtney 's case went to the Court of Appeal , it would be unlikely to impose the stiffest jail term of life imprisonment . |
| 18 | In the evenings I taught my son , Branwell , and my wife 's sister looked after the youngest child , Anne . |
| 19 | Shakespear 's Sister took to the stage to what must be the worst intro tape I 've ever heard . |
| 20 | Meanwhile C. and Miss T. 's sister arrived at the hospital , as did Miss T. 's mother . |
| 21 | Flack 's skin glistened in the white , gritty light , his thin face tight with fatigue . |
| 22 | The snake 's skin trembled at the movement in the air . |
| 23 | Yoshida 's decision resulted from the deductions he had drawn from Acheson 's major speech on 12 January 1950 in which he had indicated the principles of American policy in East Asia . |
| 24 | In the wake of the F-111s that had flown out from their British bases to bomb targets in Tripoli and Benghazi , Mutual Radio 's correspondent arrived on the scene on 17 April with a laissez passer from the Libyan Consulate in Zurich . |
| 25 | I am dying , Egypt , dying , her mind gabbled when Dotty Blundell 's brassière fell to the dusty floor . |
| 26 | Haughey 's resignation came after the speaker of the Senate and former Justice Minister , Sean Doherty , revealed that Haughey had been fully informed of the tapping of two journalists ' telephones by police in 1982 in an effort to trace Cabinet leaks . |
| 27 | Only the nucleus of Jacob Brailey 's gang remained at the camp on the fringe of the Wychwood Forest . |
| 28 | As the day of ‘ our final hour ’ approached our publicity releases continued to whip up public opinion , and I carefully planned the last programme for broadcast from 9pm on the last evening until the station 's license expired with the stroke of midnight . |
| 29 | Kelly 's mum came to the school and took her away . |
| 30 | But when Angela 's mum complained about the feast she started a family feud . |