Example sentences of "[noun prp] in [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His contributions included his work with Scripture Union , his long association with Cambridge University Mission , and his leading role with Andy Pierssene in setting up the Oxford Boys ' Club Trust . |
| 2 | Langley was a Household official who had assisted Robert Passelewe in carrying out the great series of Forest Eyres and inquests south of the Trent between 1244 and 1249 . |
| 3 | When they reached the shearers ' quarters she became a bundle of activity , doing all she could to assist Matt in setting up the large barbecue , and then searching for dry wood to boil the water for the billy tea . |
| 4 | Mike went down to assist Dave Lister in sorting out the rope which was still attached to him , and Dave moved along and up the bergschrund to aid Steve in routefinding as he downclimbed , diagonally to the right , towards a narrower slot which he might cross unroped . |
| 5 | To Abbott and Hornsby were added the names of Captain Lawrence , with whom Wilson had been associated in the formation of the Certificated Officers ' Union , Maurice Darby , the originator of the first Glasgow branch who was alleged to have gone over to the Shipping Federation in 1890 , Robert Pleasance , former secretary of the Tower Hill branch who had been expelled from the union in the same year , and a Thomas Carey , an official of the NSFU discharged for unsatisfactory conduct in 1911 who , Wilson claimed , immediately became involved with the Federation and , while still in its pay , assisted Lewis in setting up the British Seafarers ' Union . |
| 6 | Saturday 's goal was the product of some poor defending by Celtic and the alertness of Mason in picking out the ginger nut of Alex McLeish , but , again , they relied on a defender to score . |
| 7 | He also believed , first , that France was unlikely to be able to secure an alliance with Britain ( because of the two countries ' disagreement about the Near East in 1840 ) ; second , that Britain might support Russia in the event of a Russian attack on the Ottoman Empire ( because of the Anglo-Russian discussions which had taken place in London in 1844 ) ; and third , that in any event he could count on the support of Austria ( because of the assistance he had rendered Vienna in putting down the Hungarians in 1849 ) . |
| 8 | The different degrees and sources of political power of the hospital consultants on the one hand and the general practitioners on the other were skilfully exploited by Bevan in setting up the NHS . |