Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 31 | Inevitably , er that has not been entirely acceded to , and indeed to some extent er I can hardly be surprised as events move on during the course of the enquiry . |
| 32 | Part of the panel members is might be classed as partly walking wounded but endeavour to carry on during the course of the day , you will find out who 's the walking wounded . |
| 33 | People are still wondering exactly what went on during the filming of the notorious orgy scene in Erich von Stroheim 's The Wedding March in 1928 . |
| 34 | This coalification pattern is a consequence of the pre-orogenic coalification , a coalification which obviously did not proceed later on during the subsidence of the Ruhr Basin and the Münsterland in Cretaceous times , — at least not at the surface of the Carboniferous . |
| 35 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
| 36 | Usually , a band or artist will have only a short working life in which to earn sufficient money to live on for the rest of their lives . |
| 37 | Eight cars were illuminated , including car 3 of 1885 ( see p. 37 ) , and the lights were kept on for the rest of the season to enhance the scene . |
| 38 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 39 | It rumbled on for the rest of the week . |
| 40 | There seemed only one answer , for India had seldom boasted fast bowlers of sufficient quality to operate much beyond the first half-dozen shine-removing overs before the spinners came on for the rest of the innings . |
| 41 | How she missed that time — those few weeks , which now she would have to live on for the rest of her life . |
| 42 | This tragic game can go on for the rest of their lives or one of them can decide enough is enough and withdraw . |
| 43 | On Sunday they went up to the common , a performance ; lifting the pram , Emma still insisted on for the sake of Ruth 's spine , into and off the tube , the escalators . |
| 44 | yes it 'd been about well on for the end of the war she got married . |
| 45 | One joke had a candidate for the Waffen-SS being asked at the muster whether he was willing to sign on for the duration of the war ; to which , he replied : ‘ No , at first only for twelve years . ’ |
| 46 | The High Sheriff of Cornwall , Sir John Trelawney , opened an ornamental gate with a silver key and a free tea was laid on for the children of the surrounding parishes . |
| 47 | Put all that on for the attention of Mr Ray |
| 48 | Prague was chosen on as the site of the permanent secretariat of the CSCE . |
| 49 | But it 's strange to think that the day 's not so far away when players like Robert Cray , Bonnie Raitt and Jimmie Vaughan , for so long representatives of the new American blues generation , will themselves be looked on as the elders of the blues . |
| 50 | In an important sense , Hugh may almost be looked on as the instigator of the Investiture decree of 1078 , for he had gone to Rome for his episcopal consecration four years earlier in order to avoid contact with a secular ruler , who claimed the right both to nominate and to invest his nominee in his episcopal office . |
| 51 | we look on as the fictions of our lives |
| 52 | Striped deck chairs had gone from the long , grey stretch of shingle below the Promenade , and the fairy-lights that spiralled around the white lampposts were never turned on after the beginning of October for reasons of economy . |
| 53 | Matches and trophies carried on after the outbreak of war in August 1914 , although the Autumn Meeting in October was almost cancelled . |
| 54 | Suspicion of the king lingered on after the conclusion of the parliament of 1341 , and was probably intensified by his solemn revocation of the concessions he had made in that parliament at a council attended by all the magnates in early October 1341 . |
| 55 | In the 1988 General Election in Sweden the Social Democrats had a huge sympathy vote lingering on after the murder of Olaf Palme while he had been Prime Minister some years before . |
| 56 | You may smile , but does freedom of the press mean freedom to choose its own standards ? … down , as I would have been obliged to do had it not been burned down during the state of emergency which followed independence . |
| 57 | Titles which are identified as possible purchases need to be noted down during the course of the stock revision . |
| 58 | After being shot down during the Battle of Britain , Stienhilper became a PoW and after a short period in a British camp was transferred to Canada . |
| 59 | I do n't know how many breweries or pubs were knocked down during the redevelopment of Docklands . |
| 60 | These ghastly memorials were frequently laid down during the lifetime of the persons they were intended to commemorate , in order that they might constantly be reminded that they were but mortal . |