Example sentences of "[adv] of [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And think better of me in the future ! ’ |
| 2 | On the other hand , what Alcuin has to say must be set beside the respect accorded Aelfwald 's memory at Hexham where the king was buried ( ASC D , s.a. 788 ) , which shows that the community at Hexham thought highly of him in the twelfth century and probably earlier . |
| 3 | The Emma was just astern of us in the convoy and keepin' station fine , even though she was a coal-burner . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ So why not bring a little of it into the office ? ’ |
| 5 | Now hear this : I will take provisions only if you take me to Elaine and provide both of us with the things I ask for . ’ |
| 6 | About the year 944/1537–8 , the two kazaskers , Ebussu'ud Efendi and Civizade , the latter a teacher of Molla Bostan 's , spoke well of him in the presence of Sultan Suleyman ; and as a result of their intercession , and of the sultan 's interest in a monograph that Molla Bostan had recently written , it was decreed that he should be appointed to a medrese . |
| 7 | When Eliot had spoken well of me in the reply to John Garrett , to which I have referred , the latter was slightly miffed , I could tell ; for although he showed it me with some pride as being a favourable reply to his request , he countered the praise it contained by saying that Eliot was being far too kind to an absolute novice . |
| 8 | The county of Gloucestershire has seen some turbulent times over the centuries , not least of them in the present one . |
| 9 | Alternate benches were so made that the back could be swung over so that by a simple movement you had two benches facing each other instead of one behind the other and back-to-back with the adjoining classes , the teacher sitting on a chair between the ends of the benches . |
| 10 | The afternoons were also good for going to the cinema ; they had all of the stuff that would take about six months to make a brief appearance in her home town and she could see it on decent-sized screens instead of one like the end of a shoebox . |
| 11 | Innocent was the first pope to proclaim publicly that he was the vicar of Christ — a title that had been used previously of themselves by the Byzantine emperors and by the Emperor Henry III ( d. 1056 ) . |
| 12 | At no time had she addressed herself to the credibility or otherwise of anything in the report . |
| 13 | She went ahead of him up the narrow stairs , which twisted round . |
| 14 | Louise walked ahead of him up the path carrying the pie in a wicker basket . |
| 15 | But when he put his hand lightly on her shoulder to steer her ahead of him through the door she jumped involuntarily , powerless to control the response . |
| 16 | And , as he finished pouring their brandies , she walked ahead of him through the open doorway and stood for a moment before the huge window , listening to the music , gazing out to sea , aware of a sense of peace and deep contentment . |
| 17 | … and he shoved a petrified Gilbert ahead of him towards the stairs . |
| 18 | With her mind reeling , Merrill walked ahead of him down the stairs and out into the windy street . |
| 19 | There was no sign of them in the next field , but ahead of him at the top of the hill he saw the young dog , looking black against the morning sky . |
| 20 | Standing on that base , felt as solid but as yet unexamined , he can look ahead of him at the task , which is writing , in possession of the means to carry out that task , which is his language , but suddenly that vision is revealed as fantasy . |
| 21 | She went ahead of him into the living room . |
| 22 | He stopped walking , staring straight ahead of him into the forest . |
| 23 | She pulled away and walked ahead of him along the corridor , hearing the measured tread of his footsteps as he followed , and to her over-sensitive ears they seemed to match exactly the pounding , thudding beat of her heart . |
| 24 | Mr Parkinson was delayed by a dense bank of fog ahead of him on the line — Nicholas Ridley , the Trade and Industry Secretary , making his statement about the Barlow Clowes affair . |
| 25 | At 26 , he is at the height of his powers and ranked fourth in the world , holds the unofficial title of ‘ best in the west ’ since only three former Soviets ; Kasparov , Karpov and Vassily Ivanchuk are ahead of him in the rankings . |
| 26 | And on the subject of conspiracies , what future does Swedish winger Anders Limpar have at Highbury if a 20-year-old from up the Piccadilly Line at Wood Green is now ahead of him in the pecking order ? |
| 27 | So when he had seen the sign ahead of him in the street , he 'd walked right in and sat down and demanded to be attended to . |
| 28 | Ahead of them on the stretcher was Eve , her face white . |
| 29 | Markby nodded towards the line of people ahead of them on the flagged pathway to the church door . |
| 30 | By now the Bonnard Renault must be a good 900 kilometres ahead of them on the road , and somewhere near Budapest . |