Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iain Banks is a thoroughly Scottish writer , and The Crow Road has already been identified as his ‘ crisis ’ novel : a notable softening of the baroque violence and elaboration of the earlier books and the sideline science fiction ( where Banks hides under the minimal false moustache and wig of a middle initial ) . |
| 2 | Seeing Nicandra flinching on the cut grass verge of the avenue , he took the long , supple driving whip out of its case and flicked his horse into a more dashing trot . |
| 3 | It belongs to a journalist absent in Eastern Europe , and is really just a large closet with a marble fireplace and a tiny bedroom and a bathroom where Candice sits across the bidet unembarrassed , much as she sits across his body . |
| 4 | No trace of the plage de l'Arsenal , where Camus glimpsed for the first time the beauty of the Mediterranean . |
| 5 | They reached Cannes , where Ken got into the spirit of things again much to Paddick 's embarrassment . |
| 6 | It is only in this particular section , where Reger resorts to the use of low tremolandi on a pedal point , that the orchestral provenance of the music is in any evidence . |
| 7 | He stopped where Tallis stood on the wall . |
| 8 | Where Einstein broke through the previously accepted notions of space and time and re-ordered the fundamental concepts of established physics around the single constant of the velocity of light , Barth undertook a comparable reorientation of theology around the single centre of Jesus Christ . |
| 9 | It is set in the Lime Street parlour , where Coleridge sits by the ‘ low-burnt ’ parlour fire , and Hartley , his ‘ cradled infant ’ , sleeps beside him . |
| 10 | Seeing Joseph staring at the women , Paul walked over to him and put an arm around his shoulder . |
| 11 | Where Amanda discovered in the world divine intent , benevolent order and rigorous justice , her father had seen only chaos , hazard and malice . |
| 12 | Where Lewis looked at the world around him , even when he was writing autobiography , Leavis looked ever more attentively at himself . |
| 13 | Where Leila groped in the dark , this man emanated light . |
| 14 | Later , under cover of darkness , they crept into the house , where Charles hid for the night in the attic . |
| 15 | The Forum , she thought longingly , where Caesar spoke to the Senate . |
| 16 | William Connors had briefed him many times in the past , yet Delaney even now , was unsure of just where Connors fitted into the scheme of things . |
| 17 | The headquarters of the League became a club where members could go for a drink and where Joyce served behind the bar . |
| 18 | In terms of engineering , the BRMs were behind their time ; the cars gave endless trouble ; Jackie 's dissatisfactions grew ; accidents intervened , especially at a rain-soaked Spa where Jackie went off the track at high speed and lay trapped in his car , his shoulder broken , his ribs cracked and petrol from his ruptured tanks soaking through his overalls , burning his skin . |
| 19 | It just got too obvious that nobody bought the magazine so Moscow hauled in the chain . |
| 20 | But erm oh they 're a great family they really are but I think George and J Joy 's having Edmund because although Dan lives in the town er what 's it called , New Haven ? |
| 21 | Boyd believed firmly that all women were incurably avaricious and was certain that , once Olga knew about the book , she would try to squeeze most of the proceeds of it out of Hank ; and , to his credit , he was determined that this should not happen . |
| 22 | The Wallabies had an early morning departure so Ofahengaue returned to the hotel at 4.30a.m. — only to find St George officials waiting in a car in the hotel car park looking for Ofahengaue to return . |
| 23 | This was not totally without justification : there were signs of tension between Aung San and Than Tun supported by the Communists . |
| 24 | Silas had said he wished to leave for Hastings immediately after the meal , so Lucy came to the table ready to leave at a moment 's notice . |
| 25 | These illustrations show slightly more freedom in architectural treatment than Scott used in the competition , as The Civil Engineer and Architects ' Journal said , although he adhered to the general principle of uniformity , |
| 26 | Just as PageMaker provides almost infinite control over each element of each page so Ventura looks after the complete document . |
| 27 | In the output equation the unpredictable monetary growth variables do have a significant , positive effect on real output , although the impacts of and are less significant than Barro found for the US . |
| 28 | The arrival of Keown at Arsenal would put a question mark over the future of Steve Bould , although Graham has in the past employed a three-man system at the heart of the Highbury defence to great effect . |
| 29 | All of the eruptions except Krakatoa happened in the northern hemisphere , and together they show a clear pattern of behaviour . |
| 30 | Anyway , as most of the kids were from poor families , such a toy was a great attraction , so Sam went into the ‘ hiring ’ business . |