Example sentences of "[noun prp] the [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , as the winter darkness descended , the fighting ceased , both sides boasting of a victory , though as Argyll re-occupied Sheriffmuir the following morning he had the better claim to have won . |
| 2 | In France the system was much more centralized , and it might be that the stiffness of the Napoleonic system was one reason why France had lost to Germany the prominent place she had had at the beginning of the century when that system was set up . |
| 3 | And of course , being Daisy , she was quite unable to resist telling Perdita the thrilling news which she must n't tell anyone , that she 'd got the scholarship . |
| 4 | When the House of Lords reconsidered Lord Rawdon 's bill in March the next year they were told that , if they would assent to it , in a short time all debtors ' prisons would become the residence of swindlers only . |
| 5 | She showed Newman the visiting card she 'd kept . |
| 6 | I actually hear Lisa the other night she was coming out of the bath , oh she said , the bath 's cold . |
| 7 | When you saw Kenneth the real person he was very wonderful . |
| 8 | This Act of 1806 may well have given young Ben the final push he needed : in that or the following year he packed his bags for good , waved his loving sisters a fond farewell , and set off for London , fame and fortune . |
| 9 | After finishing second to Jackie Stewart the following year he was crowned " king " for a second time twelve months later . |
| 10 | When he had come back from Grasmere the first thing he had done — despite George Wood 's vehement protests — was to pay back the loan and bring his hotel bill up to the mark . |
| 11 | He should make that point forcefully to Mr Adams the next time they meet . |
| 12 | You know , Shelley , I suspected there was something between you and Rafaelo the first time I talked to him . |
| 13 | Well it 's funny because erm , when we saw Ken the other day he was saying that erm his niece rang him up and erm she 's er she 's gon na be in Crewe this weekend for a friend 's wedding and , I think she must be coming up with some , some other girl as well , because the two of them , he said , I 'm taking two young ladies out on Sunday for lunch where 's a good place for a Sunday lunch you see ? |
| 14 | When I spoke to Travis the other day I understood he 'd had a change of heart . ’ |
| 15 | But one also sees in the adoption of Havard the vivid contrast which existed between the clubbable Lewis liked by his friends and the figure he presented on the domestic scene . |
| 16 | In February the following year he wrote : |
| 17 | Born at the start of the twentieth Century , to Sukarno the Russo-Japanese war which signalled the reawakening of Asia can have meant nothing : neither did other political events before 1914 . |
| 18 | with a s as we were picking up from last week , a c a c in , in a sense that land reform is , is already taking place , there is this sort of groundswell from the masses that to move beyond the , the moderate policy and that is then formalized in the May the fourth directive which marks like the return to land reform going back to and then y y y y you 've got the implementation of that May the fourth directive and then out of a very difficult position in nineteen forty seven when they , they are under attack from the Kuomintang and i in the spring of nineteen forty seven is actually taken by Kuomintang . |
| 19 | Gary Wolstenholme drew on his wealth of experience over the Hoylake course to give England the all-important point which keeps them on course for a fifth title in a decade . |
| 20 | I fell madly in love with this area of Scotland the first time I set eyes on it , and subsequently crawled all over it for years , marvelling at how many caves Bonnie Prince Charlie managed to occupy in his escape from the Redcoats . |
| 21 | T. D. The first time I saw a football was when a caseball hit a horse in the face , and the horse reared up . |
| 22 | Annabel had said as much to Father Ross the last time he had come to tea , and Father Ross had looked at her sternly over his glasses , saying that if we all understood the way the Universe was run what would there be left for God to tell us on the Last Day . |
| 23 | During that first weekend Prince Charles showed Diana around Highgrove , the 353-acre Gloucestershire home he had bought in July the same month he had started to woo her . |
| 24 | It is Mr Mayor it is Mr Mayor the Labour group who should lead the Victorian era and entertain the of the twentieth century . |
| 25 | but you 're on about something else , you said the first thing I 'd do , that 's got nothing to do with Harold Wilson the first thing I if I were in power |
| 26 | When Sarah got back to the attic bedroom in Newcastle Place the first thing she did was open the window , letting in damp , wintry air . |
| 27 | I mean I give Bruce the biggest bit you know |
| 28 | Now Durham County Council has told the group 's chairwoman Liz Walsh the 30-year-old building which is suffering serious subsidence problems is beyond repair and must be demolished . |
| 29 | DONOVAN the legendary singer-songwriter who will support Happy Mondays on their UK dates , releases a new LP on November 19 . |
| 30 | DONOVAN the legendary singer-songwriter who will support Happy Mondays on their UK dates , releases a new LP on November 19 . |