Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was watching Charles closely , as if afraid that he would not be believed , when he came to describe the meeting with Maureen O'Duffy and what she had told them during the drive down the mountain . |
| 2 | The point in both appeals was whether the jury should have been allowed to hear the tape recording of the appellant 's interview with the police when they requested it after retirement , it not having been played to them during the course of the trial . |
| 3 | The children must be quite clear from the outset about the task in hand ; what is going to be expected from them during the course of the lesson ? |
| 4 | Few words passed between them during the remainder of the horse trek , and even during lunch Silas appeared to be more silent than usual , a fact which drew a comment from Matt . |
| 5 | Well the honourable gentleman for Great Brimsea is quite right to say that these matters er had some consideration given to them during the passage of the the legislation er but it is also true to say that er er th in the Bingham report there was a broad acceptance that the present s system of supervision of banks should continue . |
| 6 | Then begin the real gaieties of Harrogate , then the money flies , and what the landlords of those two establishments take in six weeks keeps them during the rest of the year . ’ |
| 7 | Join everyone for the party of the year in the Daten Sports and Social Club on Wednesday , 31st March . |
| 8 | It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water . |
| 9 | Her apparent cry of anguish last week that John Major has treated her legacy without due reverence is not convincing ; the old bat cares nothing for the well-being of the Conservative Party or indeed Conservative government . |
| 10 | She really was more than half-minded to take them downstairs again and post them through the hole in the mahogany skirting board of the dining-room where they could lie in wait for crumbs of bread and cheese and apple peels that she would be careful to drop … |
| 11 | Neighbourhood watch schemes are by their nature genuine voluntary organisations , although they receive Government support , in that substantial resources are devoted to them through the funding of the police , who themselves assist neighbourhood watch schemes . |
| 12 | Valdo and Romario soon defied the squelching conditions with a double exchange of passes that took them through the middle of the Dutch defence before the ball rolled across a gaping goalmouth with no one to apply a finishing touch . |
| 13 | ‘ Saturday promises to be a great day for the public and will give children a chance to see the cars which were made famous for them through the Back to the Future film . ’ |
| 14 | The canons erected this burly structure at the close of the 12th century , and gained isolation both to recite their offices and perhaps to escape from damp and cold below ; a wide staircase and a gentle gradient took them through the thickness of the N wall . |
| 15 | The assistant then ushered them through the doorway behind the counter , removed a sonic transmitter from his pocket and pointed it at the empty bookcase against the opposite wall . |
| 16 | He 'd washed his hair and piled all his plastic carrier bags into a corner instead of strewing them through the house like the clues of a treasure-hunt . |
| 17 | Nowadays , increasingly , we try to listen to such works as Acis and Galatea and the Cecilian Ode in the form in which Handel composed them ; to hear them through the prism of the classical musical consciousness is disconcerting . |
| 18 | Henry Higgs noticed these stones too and how they ‘ used to take them off the windowsill on the way back one by one ’ . |
| 19 | Hibs face a real test of character at Firhill tomorrow after Hearts knocked them off the top of the table . |
| 20 | Down below the bridge , he knew , about eight or nine shambling street people would be setting up the plastic pallets and bakers ' trays that would keep them off the floor for the night . |
| 21 | Allison , who took over Rovers four games ago after the sacking of Dennis Rofe , has already hauled them off the bottom of the table and claims they are going to be a force to be reckoned with . |
| 22 | This win over their local rivals now means Rovers ' record under Big Mal 's vibrant leadership is one defeat followed by a run of one draw and three victories which have lifted them off the bottom of the table . |
| 23 | the goal of the week … has to be the United winner against Stoke … it lifted them off the bottom of the table … |
| 24 | And it could take more than a change of luck to lift them off the bottom of the table . |
| 25 | ‘ We played them off the park for the first 25 minutes of the second half . ’ |
| 26 | Characters , drawings , etc , that can be transferred to the artwork by rubbing them off the back of the transfer sheet . |
| 27 | If , or , you , I think he buys them off the man in the market . |
| 28 | To create icon movies , you can pull icons in from the clip-art library , capture them off the desktop with the built-in capture program or create your own with the Frame Editor . |
| 29 | D' you wan na pick them off the front at the end ? |
| 30 | ‘ I know that if someone is sent up to Leeds to interview them , the band will meet them off the train at the right time . |