Example sentences of "[noun] ahead of [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the event , the decision proved premature and the UK equity market had another 11% appreciation ahead of it to the end of 1992 . |
| 2 | Ramsay was interested to note , in the passing , how as a couple of boats entered the harbour ahead of them from the fishing , under the bridge between the two outermost towers , they each provided a basket of new-caught fish to be hoisted up on ropes to men on the bridge , this seemingly how they paid their rents and harbour dues to their lord . |
| 3 | So , you know we 've got a week now to maybe watch the T V tonight , watch the goals again tomorrow , enjoy what we 've just done , but erm some hard work ahead of it in the next few weeks . |
| 4 | As she turned the corner , about four feet ahead of her at the saloon end of the passage , Nathan was sitting in the well-padded swivel chair bolted to the deck in front of the chart table . |
| 5 | I started sweating when they called out the bloke ahead of me in the high jump . |
| 6 | We sent a small plane load of things ahead of us to the States . |
| 7 | So when he had seen the sign ahead of him in the street , he 'd walked right in and sat down and demanded to be attended to . |
| 8 | BRITAIN closed on the two teams ahead of them in the NorTel Southern Cross Cup series when Juno IV finished fourth , Heaven Can Wait seventh and Canon Express tenth in the fourth race yesterday — and there is a protest to be heard against two of the New South Wales team who lead the series , 11.5 points ahead of Australia and 21.5 ahead of Britain , writes Bob Fisher . |
| 9 | … and he shoved a petrified Gilbert ahead of him towards the stairs . |
| 10 | I used to supervise undergraduates at Cambridge and keep one week ahead of them in the course . |
| 11 | I had run through the ranks of one gang from the rear , and was approaching the other , twenty-five yards ahead of me along the pavement . |
| 12 | Jacob pointed to an elaborate fountain a hundred yards ahead of them in the middle of the road , the distance making the play of water seem frozen in midjet . |
| 13 | The man leans against the gate two hundred yards ahead of us along the muddy path . |
| 14 | Tucked into the shadows ahead of me along the pavement the two blacks had melted out of sight . |
| 15 | There were two sisters ahead of me in the family , and though of course I did not know it , there was heady talk of emigration , possibly to Canada but more usually to England , the land of milk and honey and opportunity . |
| 16 | Markby nodded towards the line of people ahead of them on the flagged pathway to the church door . |
| 17 | He was suddenly tired and the beer was going to his head , making him think of Madra lying in the house they had left , and of the long journey ahead of them through the mountains . |
| 18 | And , once on that tack , she saw Luke everywhere : in the purposeful stride of a man ahead of her in the crowd ; in the dark , white-stranded head of a man bent over his newspaper ; in a rich crimson and grey striped silk tie … |
| 19 | Their victory over Rangers extended their unbeaten run to 11 games and with only Blackburn and Norwich three points ahead of them at the top , their sights are being raised ever higher . |
| 20 | The lieutenant was the first to reach the wire but was immediately ‘ it by several bullets , and there were only two men ahead of me at the time . |
| 21 | Moran was either mowing a new field or tossing the field ahead of them with the tedder but he joined the band of girls under the shade of one of the big beeches when Rose came with the basket and can . |
| 22 | I kicked pebbles ahead of me on the path up from my caravan to my mother 's hotel and , with each ‘ thwok ’ , my terrible adolescent idealism was refuted . |
| 23 | By now the Bonnard Renault must be a good 900 kilometres ahead of them on the road , and somewhere near Budapest . |
| 24 | Mr Parkinson was delayed by a dense bank of fog ahead of him on the line — Nicholas Ridley , the Trade and Industry Secretary , making his statement about the Barlow Clowes affair . |