Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One ex-sailor whom Minton met at the Mandrake was Joshua ( ‘ Mike ’ ) Avery , then just embarking on his discovery of Soho and sharing a room with Daniel Farson . |
| 2 | The headmen councilled , and on 19th June the Nez Perce re-crossed to the Salmon River 's west bank . |
| 3 | ‘ La toilette d'une jeune mariée dans le costume antique ’ , dated ‘ Roma 1777 ’ , is one of five large paintings by Joseph-Marie Vien commissioned by the Comte d'Angiviller and is offered at this auction of Old Master paintings with the estimate of FFr2–3m ( £200–300,000 ; $350–530,000 ) . |
| 4 | The 25-year-old QPR striker , who once had the blood of a slaughtered sheep smothered on his forehead and boots in Turkey , was the only new name Graham Taylor announced for the November 18 game . |
| 5 | With twenty five minutes into the half Wassall made a smother tackle as Armstrong charged towards the Derby box . |
| 6 | In 1988 , Oulton moved to the Marlborough Gallery , which was busy assembling a stable of the best of the new painters . |
| 7 | Milligan moved to the Sussex hills because he could n't find anywhere close to London ‘ which did n't involve living on a motorway ’ , but XR3 prosperity has pursued him . |
| 8 | The prince was so impressed that he had a Polish translation made , brought a scenic engineer from Mantua for a ‘ fisher idyll ’ Galatea produced at the Warsaw court , and on his accession to the throne in 1632 built a theatre in his palace where a whole series of Italian operas specially composed by members of the Royal Chapel was given . |
| 9 | These men and women will become household names around the world , as James Baker and Dick Cheney became in the Bush White House . |
| 10 | The effect of Macmillan 's encouragement was that Quintin Hailsham announced to the C.P.C. meeting on the Thursday night his determination to renounce his title . |
| 11 | Gorbachev announced at the RSFSR Supreme Soviet on Aug. 23 that he and Yeltsin had each agreed to take over the other 's functions if an emergency so demanded . |
| 12 | Bravd winked at the Weasel and went to investigate the shape that they assumed was a pack animal . |
| 13 | When David revealed to the Melody Maker that he was gay , Mick Ronson remembers his parents ' house being daubed with paint and his car being damaged — the reaction was not all good . |
| 14 | Foreign Affairs Minister David Levi announced in the Knesset on Dec . |
| 15 | The only substantial aid received by the government so far had been $300,000,000 from the United States agreed by the US Congress in May 1990 [ see p. 37450 ] , which had been gradually disbursed , except for $50,000,000 which had been set aside for clearing debt arrears . |
| 16 | While they paused on Once Hill , Mr Blakey approached in the Wolseley , on his way to Dynmouth Junction to fetch their parents from the station . |
| 17 | A dynastic struggle between Jagellonians and Habsburgs drew in the Croat magnates , who generally supported the Habsburg cause . |
| 18 | Ann Marie moved from the Holgate End to propose before the 19,000 crowd . |
| 19 | As acting President Frederick Gilby presided over the BDDA 's first post-war Congress , held in Glasgow in 1920 , where Ernest Ayliffe was elected as the next President of the Association . |
| 20 | In 1914 Nicaragua entered into the Bryan-Chamorro Treaty with the United States , whereby the latter acquired rights for the construction of a canal . |
| 21 | Basingstoke moved from the Beazer to the Premier Division of the Vauxhall League in 1987 . |
| 22 | Basingstoke moved from the Beazer to the Premier Division of the Vauxhall League in 1987 . |
| 23 | When Millie came to the UK in 1964 on the strength of her huge hit ‘ My Boy Lollipop ’ , Edwards also arrived , and recorded under the tutelage of Chris Blackwell , Island 's Jamaican-born boss . |
| 24 | Compania de Telefonos de Chile SA filed with the US Securities & Exchange Commission for up to $182.6m of convertible subordinated debentures due 2003 . |
| 25 | Almodovar arrived for the Madrid premiere of TIE ME UP ! in a dustcart , proclaiming his solidarity with the gypsies who daily collect cardboard and wastepaper in such vehicles to earn a living . |
| 26 | Born Michael Igor Peschowsky in Berlin in 1931 , Nichols arrived in the USA at the age of seven with his family after fleeing the Nazis . |
| 27 | When Arab governments refused to provide the subsidies promised to the late government Husayn turned to the United States , which provided a $10 million emergency grant , and a further $30 million during the course of the year . |
| 28 | Last week Sylvestra opened at the Barbican as Kate to Owen Teale 's Hotspur in Henry IV Part 1 . |
| 29 | During May-June 1990 FAPLA withdrew from the Mavinga region , UNITA describing the withdrawal as a " resounding defeat " for the government . |
| 30 | Halema turned to the Sheikha who said that I had known her well . |