Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Cook , the new Professional , joined in April 1986 coming from South Africa where he partnered Gary Player at the Sun City Golf Club . |
| 2 | Peter Simpson , who must rank as one of the best centre-forwards in the history of the club , first came to the notice of Crystal Palace patrons when Palace met Kettering Town in the 1st Round of the FA Cup on 24 November 1928 . |
| 3 | We applied Fourier analysis of the putative transmembrane region to identify residues likely to be located at the centre of the human NK-1R near the top of the transmembrane domain . |
| 4 | Germany and Austria-Hungary promised to help Italy against a French attack , and Italy promised Germany help against the same danger . |
| 5 | Edward turned up late for their rendezvous , and found Foley standing at the bar with a much younger man who had a long , intelligent face and a quiet manner , whom he introduced as Harold Philby , known as Kim . |
| 6 | When she got back , she found William standing by the open door of the fire escape . |
| 7 | Roderick et al report that both the study of the Joint Matriculation Board ( JMB ) candidates who entered Sheffield University in the three years between 1975 to 1977 , and the study involving 17 English Universities , demonstrate that there is an exceptionally high dropout rate and failure rate in relation to unqualified mature students . |
| 8 | As Sabine emerged from the bedroom , she found Marie-Christine standing in the empty salon , staring round her . |
| 9 | In a separate presidential election Momir Bulatovic of the Montenegrin LC defeated Ljubisa Stankovic of the Alliance of Reform Forces in a second-round run off on Dec. 23 , having failed to win an absolute majority in a three-candidate first round contest on Dec. 9 . |
| 10 | They beat Swansea City in the new-look Coca Cola cup by three goals to nil.There to enjoy the party were some of the early pioneers of local football . |
| 11 | When he came upstairs to the bedroom he found Lily standing by the bed , and Eileen clutching her hand and moaning . |
| 12 | Dashing into the kitchen now , she found Jessie standing at the table and squeezing a lemon into a glass and she had almost pulled her from the table towards the door before she managed to say to her , ‘ He 's … he 's downstairs in the yard . |
| 13 | ‘ I found Tobermory sleeping in the smoking-room , and called out to him to come for his tea . |
| 14 | Prean defeated Danny Heister in the opening game and Chen Xinhua forged a 2–0 lead by crushing Paul Haldan 21–15 , 21–5 . |
| 15 | Albert Dawes signed for Crystal Palace FC from Northampton Town on the Wednesday before Christmas 1933 and , in two periods with the Palace before the war ( interrupted only by a fifteen month spell when he helped Luton Town to the 3rd Division South championship in 1937 ) , he became Palace 's third highest goalscorer of all time in the Football League — only Peter Simpson and George Clarke have improved upon Albert 's total of 91 League goals . |
| 16 | She found Wynne-Jones resting in the overhang of a rocky outcrop , exhausted , wretched , starving . |
| 17 | It was the home side who took the lead in the twenty sixth minute when Doug Taylor beat Brian House on the right wing , put in a low cross and Pedro Herbert crept in behind the defence to score . |
| 18 | Above left a relaxed Andrew Motion visited Dillons bookstore at the fair to sign copies of his forthcoming biography of Philip Larkin . |
| 19 | They broke into a trot and found Mary standing in the middle of a thicket . |
| 20 | Belgian hotshot Florence Descampe tasted US victory for the first time when she defied the cream of the LPGA Tour to win the Stratton Mountain Classic in Vermont . |
| 21 | She is blind herself yet she was not allowed to take her guide dog with her when she visited Buckingham Palace for the ceremony . |
| 22 | One evening Marilla found Anne crying in the kitchen . |
| 23 | John Greame built Sewerby Hall on the site of the old manor house in 1715 and the property was gradually extended over the years , being completed by the adding of the conservatory in Victorian times . |
| 24 | In recompense Anthemius created Sidonius prefect of the city of Rome . |
| 25 | However , her feet dragged as she went towards the office , where she found Silas listening to the answering machine while Doreen recorded the messages . |
| 26 | Carl Brownlow , John Williams and Joe Fenlon were on target as Bradewell Clock beat Grange Cavalier by the same scoreline . |
| 27 | Still , it cost Ursula control of the Hair House , did n't it ? |
| 28 | The bell rang as she reached the bottom of the stairs , and she hurried to answer the door , feeling her pulse skip a beat when she found Luke standing on the step . |
| 29 | Fran turned off the shower and wrapped a huge fluffy towel around her to walk back into the bedroom — then came to an abrupt halt when she found Luke standing by the door . |
| 30 | On arrival at Machynlleth I found Tony standing on the down platform with train on the up line and distinguished passengers posing for official photographs . |