Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ingledew mansion was going up across the creek on the other side , above the grove where the saman stood and facing west ; Tom had sited his Great House further up the slope , by a magnificent specimen of an Indian fig tree with aerial roots falling like stilts and snaking over the ground below , and had designed a belvedere in the roof to give views to the four quarters . |
| 2 | Both have won a contract with the International Model Agency of London . |
| 3 | Toronto-based CAE Industries Ltd reports that its CAE-Link Corp unit has won a contract from the UK Ministry of Defence for a higher formation battle trainer for the British Army : terms were not disclosed , but CAE-Link will develop , install and maintain a command-and-control trainer to simulate a round-the-clock battle in real time for up to six weeks , creating the battlefield communications flow between the staff being trained , higher headquarters and subordinate unit headquarters ; it will consist of a central server networked to 170 controller and operator stations at two sites in the UK and Germany ; it has to be transportable for use at other training sites . |
| 4 | Compiler house Lucid Inc , Menlo Park , California , has won a contract from the US defence agency , DARPA , to integrate Lisp , C and C++ environments for various image-understanding projects currently underway . |
| 5 | ‘ The UK may have won a battle at the Maastricht summit , but not the ‘ war ’ , says David Lomax , Group Economic Adviser at National Westminster Bank , in his January economic review . |
| 6 | In those at Hebron and Nablus in mid-1981 the Fatah/Islamic Bloc coalition actually won a majority over the NGC supporters . |
| 7 | But the Republicans also won a majority in the Senate and gained seats in the House . |
| 8 | Rachel Karafistan , now 18 , who co-founded the Bare Essentials Youth Theatre , will know soon whether she has won a day at the Olivier theatre , working with actors and directors including Anthony Hopkins , Ian McKellen and Richard Eyre , as part of the Lloyds Bank Theatre Challenge . |
| 9 | I have today won a concession from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , in as much as he is going to give a delegation from the Southampton and district licensed victuallers an opportunity to see him at the Department to talk over some of these matters . |
| 10 | I could have won a couple of the frames but he just played too well for me . |
| 11 | The pulpit had won a victory over the theatre , and the stage was thought by many to be a thing of the devil . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's incredible that a little league like ours has won a victory at the highest level in the world , ’ says Kip . |
| 13 | Jones had won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London . |
| 14 | The confidence was knocked out of me after I had won a scholarship at the age of eleven and was sent to a school in Hampshire . |
| 15 | Horsham soon found themselves a goal behind as Abingdon made a tremendous start ; Town won a corner on the left wing in the second minute and Keith Appleton killed the ball into the area . |
| 16 | Town won a corner on the left , there was cross to Campbell , who hit a superb volley against the far upright , and Steve Aries took the rebound well to score . |
| 17 | In the 1120s Étienne overreached himself by combining the offices of chancellor and steward , and the pent-up jealousy of his rivals in the court at last won a hearing from the king . |
| 18 | The former Soviet leader has won a role in the latest Wim Wenders film Far Away So Close . |
| 19 | BR bicycle ban to be lifted PROTESTS against a bicycle ban on peak time trains have won a relaxation on the ruling . |
| 20 | Lisa Keenan , 17 , from Oxton has won a place at the University of Northumbria , while Lisa Hudson , 18 , from Claughton will study at the Preston-based University of Central Lancashire . |
| 21 | A TALENTED North-East teenager has won a place at the prestigious National Youth Theatre . |
| 22 | As well as £2,000 , and a trophy presented by the Duchess of Kent , he has won a place in the Eurovision Young Musician of the Year heats in Brussels in June . |
| 23 | Wells done BOWLS : John Wells , of Hartlepool , has won a place in the prestigious under-25s national indoor bowls championships to be held at Nottingham on February 22–23 . |
| 24 | Among those who received awards yesterday was Claire Metcalfe , 15 , of Thornaby , who has been practicing judo since she was five and has now won a place in the national team . |
| 25 | Keith Bailey , 18 , from Oxton , Birkenhead , has won a place in the national final of the Rotary Club Inventor of the Year competition at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre on November 14 . |
| 26 | Oxfordshire , who have n't won a game in the history of the competition , faced the might of Lancashire , who 've won the trophy five times . |
| 27 | Critical respect is no problem — and the innovative video for his last album , Infected , even won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival , despite the troubling sexism of a couple of its sequences . |
| 28 | One of them kisses me as if I had won a prize for the most amusing and far-fetched story of the evening . |
| 29 | They ploughed cash into marketing attempts and even won a prize from the local council . |
| 30 | Several women friends of Waddell said that he had given them within days of the murder large sums of money ; and a barman to whom Waddell had given £1000 for safe keeping said Waddell had told him he had won a packet on the horses . |