Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | I started sweating when they called out the bloke ahead of me in the high jump . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I used to supervise undergraduates at Cambridge and keep one week ahead of them in the course . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 … |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |