Example sentences of "pushed [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little doubt that she pushed for the creation of the Zollverein , imposing trade boycotts if states were unwilling to join . |
| 2 | In seminars held there last Thursday and Friday two groups of scientists announced what may turn out to be the first evidence of CERN 's greatest discovery yet , a particle known simply by the letter W. If proven the discovery will vindicate all those who pushed for the means to make it possible . |
| 3 | They pushed for the statement to be brought forward to clear the air before their sons came home for the Christmas holidays at the weekend , palace sources claimed . |
| 4 | It was the UN commander-in-chief in Bosnia & Hercegovina , General Philippe Morillon , who pushed for the idea of ‘ safe areas ’ to save lives . |
| 5 | He was the accomplice of those who pushed for the 20 per cent . |
| 6 | He pushed for the formation of the government-funded Teesside Development Corporation and pours cold water on critics ' suggestions that he has failed the region over the relocation of the Ministry of Defence quality assurance unit . |
| 7 | She pushed through the cordon anyway , and stayed in church until 3am , through all the worst of the police violence . |
| 8 | She had been crying , McLeish observed resignedly , as he pushed through the door . |
| 9 | Lord Young , a former trade secretary , deliberately and seriously misled both Parliament and the European Commission when he pushed through the 1988 sale of Rover to British Aerospace , concluded an inquiry by a Commons select committee . |
| 10 | They pushed through the door , and found themselves in a big general office . |
| 11 | He pushed through the door of the Deputy Chief of Staff , who at that time was General Neil Ritchie , and handed him his pencil-written memorandum . |
| 12 | Corbett pushed through the crowd to get away and stood with his back to a pillar . |
| 13 | Corbett did not stay but pushed through the throng of people and walked on . |
| 14 | Slowly , as quietly as he could , Jack pushed through the undergrowth , trembling slightly in anticipation of what might happen . |
| 15 | We pushed through the throng . |
| 16 | There was no way of escaping Mrs Stych , so Mrs Frizzell waited while her neighbour pushed through the swing door . |
| 17 | That night in my areesh , wrapped warmly in my blankets , the wind rose again and began to make odd wind sounds as it pushed through the fencing . |
| 18 | They pushed through the end doors , and trotted quickly down the stairs to Bodie 's car . |
| 19 | Together they wrote a short grant application , which Hayling pushed through the committees . |
| 20 | At the end of the first session of the 97th Congress , Helen Dewar reported in the Washington Post : Even one of Reagan 's severest critics , Tip O'Neill , the former Speaker of the House of Representatives , does not underestimate Reagan 's early achievements : ‘ ( He ) pushed through the greatest increase in defense spending in American history together with the greatest cutbacks in domestic programs and the largest tax cuts the country has ever seen . ’ |
| 21 | Everywhere they came upon beetles , spiders and small lizards which scurried away as they pushed through the fibrous , resistant heather . |
| 22 | He pushed through the tent flap . |
| 23 | They pushed through the padded door , back towards the dining room , and Miranda confided , ‘ When I 'm really on the breadline and someone 's taking me out , I sometimes tell them I have n't any change for Madame Pipi — they give me something . |
| 24 | Chickweed pushed through the pavements . |
| 25 | ‘ You must be getting awful cabin-fever stuck in all day , ’ said Emma , as they pushed through the lancing wind . |
| 26 | The clock in the hotel foyer showed the time as nine-fifteen as she pushed through the doors and walked through the patio . |
| 27 | Wherever they were , they could n't help sensing the presence of the man with the tent at the far end of the bank ; it was there with them as they crossed the field and pushed through the hedge , in the musty smell of nettles and the white lumps raised on their skin , in the bramble scratches , and the brown fungus that hung from dead trees Libby felt it but she was also attracted by the thought of someone who was ill , someone she could help or look after , like the white mice or the jackdaw with the damaged wing . |
| 28 | Robyn pushed through the stuffy , claustrophobic room , weaving her way with difficulty through the couples who always seem to be dancing , always clinging together . |
| 29 | Theda pushed through the trees and found she was coming out into the road that ran through Switham Thicket . |
| 30 | He pushed through the swing doors and was gone , leaving her close to tears and frantically worried that she had upset him for ever . |