Example sentences of "[vb -s] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 This is the only Gospel where Jesus proclaims Peter as the rock on which the Church is to be built ( Matt.
32 If not a thoroughly convincing victory it further establishes Mason in the heavyweight division and his career will now take definite shape .
33 This influence is acknowledged when Dustin meets Mia at the bar and overhears her discussing what is obviously ( though it is coyly not named ) , Jean-Luc Godard 's Weekend of 1967 .
34 It uses Postscript as the transfer format , thus providing hardware independence .
35 It adds that a tender and documents given by LCH to a buying member are deemed to comply with the contract terms unless the buyer notifies LCH to the contrary by 10 am the next day , in default of which he must pay for them .
36 ‘ I 'll ask the woman from Ty Fach , ’ says Elizabeth in the voice that she uses to make promises , ‘ and the girl who is staying with her . ’
37 This month 's Saga Magazine features Alice at the age of 17 when she won the title .
38 ‘ Well , ’ says Harriet in the darkness .
39 Paula is back in top gear Shape-up on the beach says Rosemary Off the booze : model Paula Hamilton Liverpool visitor …
40 Well it says Leslie at the top .
41 Derek Aldrich , who represents Walton on the district council , said he thought the project was an extremely good idea .
42 The photo shows Ken at the finish at Robin Hood Bay .
43 Indeed , Tan not only confirms Corbett at the level of the Court of Appeal , but extends it beyond marriage into , it appears , a case of general application , an outcome which Ormrod J. may not have intended or desired .
44 Although she fancies Belville from the start and repulses his sexual advances , this is not because she feels that marriage must be the outcome of such a strategy .
45 In Russian , both Ivan videl Borisa and Borisa videl Ivan mean ‘ John saw Boris ’ , because -a marks Boris as the object , regardless of its position with respect to the subject and verb .
46 He sees Jerusalem in the context of the struggle between Syria and Egypt and more generally within the framework of the kingdoms originating from the conquests of Alexander .
47 [ This observation is in accord with the classic theological understanding of creation , which sees God as the ground and support of all that is ( in our terms , the guarantor of the Schrödinger equation ) but not as an object among objects ( no collapser of wavepackets ) . ]
48 But a serious point can be made with dignity by thousands of spectators simply standing to applaud Lamb when , as the toss dictates , he either leads Northants down the pavilion steps or walks out to face the Leicestershire attack .
49 In his prejudiced but occasionally interesting Labour and the Benn Factor ( Macdonald £12.95 ) , Michael Cocks recalls Benn on the train after a party conference wandering up and down the carriage saying : ‘ Has anybody seen a pair of National Health Service glasses ? ’
50 Charles J. Sisson praises Chambers for the comprehensiveness of his collection of " instances " , but also for his " notable unwillingness to hasten to theory "
51 Obviously , he sees Britain as the sweatshop of the world — he almost said as much — and , if we are unlucky enough to find him in office for more than a few more months , we may find ourselves taking the place previously occupied by the Soviet Union , as Upper Volta with rockets .
52 He had studied and pondered the case , and was immersed in it ; he tried talking to both Marco and Eddie , and pursues Marco for the promise that could save Eddie 's life .
53 Jean Baudrillard , one of the leading commentators on postmodernist culture , sees America as the society where postmodernism has most fully developed .
54 He leads Mark into the bathroom .
55 He apparently sees Novell as the Grinch who will steal open systems .
56 Harsnett 's Declaration only formally supplies Lear with the model for Edgar 's histrionic disguise as Poor Tom .
57 Sarah plays Cecily in The Importance of Being Ernest .
58 ‘ I kicked him up the backside , ’ smiles Gray at the memory of their clash on a London soccer pitch when they were both 13-year-old ragamuffins .
59 What the miracle is really saying is that the blind man recognises Jesus as the Messiah .
60 It is this kind of attention to detail that keeps Wimpey in the forefront of the fight to reduce injury and damage accidents on construction sites . ’
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