Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning through Brotton I looked across the valley and wondered why a huge Union Jack was flying half-mast on the top of the Zetland Hotel at Saltburn . |
| 2 | When he took classes for McWhirter he stuck to the Romantics , or things that one could get a good adolescent wallow out of : Housman , say , or The Ballad of Reading Gaol . |
| 3 | Unfortunately for Dundee it went past the wrong side of the post . |
| 4 | A couple of weeks after Brighton she came into the shop , presuming we were going out together that evening — without having told me what she intended , I 'd arranged to go and see a band with a mate from art college . |
| 5 | After Nairobi we moved to the south of Kenya to Mombasa on the coast , a predominantly Muslim area . |
| 6 | The constituency takes in much of the older heart of Swindon which contrasts with the newer expansion . |
| 7 | And so to pastures new … and the small town of Gresford which lies near the Welsh border close to Wrexham . |
| 8 | Discover the Yukon with a visit to the fascinating old mining town of Whitehouse which flourished in the '90s during the Gold Rush . |
| 9 | The high quality of the Gulf pearls and the fact that the fisheries were controlled by Arabs ensured that from the market at Bandar e Lengeh on the Iranian coast not far west of the Gulf of Hormuz they entered into the trade network of the Indian Ocean and adjacent areas . |
| 10 | The Roll of Honour , dedicated to the men of Patrington who served in the First World War , stands in the middle of the village . |
| 11 | Davies was also skilled at constructing local earthworks to prevent flooding by the Severn and his earned him his first big contract from the Montgomeryshire Public Works Engineer , Thomas Penson ( presumably the same Penson of Oswestry who worked with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway and was responsible for the design of stations including the recently refurbished Gobowen station and Shrewsbury 's joint station ) . |
| 12 | The most notable capture was that of Caen which fell at the end of July , and which , according to the chronicler Froissart , was the source of much material gain which was taken down the river Orne to the coast for shipment back to England . |
| 13 | And I 'm no good at tying laces so she got me a pair of Adidas you know with the velcro , |
| 14 | On a stormy night at the beginning of May he watched by the bedside of his brother-in-law , Robert Lovell , as he lay dying from a putrid fever , and tried to comfort Lovell 's young wife Mary , who was listening frantically to her husband 's ‘ loud , deep , unintermitted groans ’ during his final hours . |
| 15 | The new government of Russia which negotiated with the brother of Nicholas II with a view to restoring the monarchy in Russia , and in which the leading monarchists Lvov and Guchkov occupy leading positions , this government is trying to represent as a defensive war … its imperialist war with Germany , to represent as a defence of the Russian republic … the defence of the predatory imperialist bandit-like aims of Russian , English , and other capital . |
| 16 | On the other hand it was the submission of Mr. Collins for Wickes that the function of the undertaking in damages required of the council by the Court of Appeal was to protect the right of Wickes which flowed from the direct effect of article 30 , in the event of the European Court of Justice holding , on the reference to it of the Stoke-on-Trent case [ 1991 ] Ch. 48 , that section 47 of the Shops Act 1950 was invalid because it was inconsistent with article 30 . |
| 17 | Goes in high towards Collimore who turns to the referee and claims that he was pushed as the corner came over . |
| 18 | In the sea off Gabicce are the vestiges of the ancient city of Valbruna which testify to the existence of a seaside civilisation here more than 3,000 years ago . |
| 19 | Having been wintered out on the heterosexual plains of Ipswich I longed for the company of other dykes . |
| 20 | Because when I was thinking about trying to talking to you today , I thought although we 've worked quite a lot with people along this group , you might be sitting here and thinking well you do n't seem to be doing any specific work for and with old people erm , well I think your quite independent and can work out your right that , but one of the things this front line review erm it erm , it 's considering Council front line services under various headings , one of which is Retired Services that the Council provide as a group , now the leader of the Council wants to erm , get public views on how we look at these services , so , and that 's , that 's individuals and groups and one of the things that you might like to think about and I 'm that we as a local government unit who are servicing this review can help you with , is to consider how you might want to fee in for that review , erm and , and consider this , that the re-services for retired people , that the Council provides that you use and basically whether you use that , or service , we want to hear that , the Council would need to know that cos were gon na be making decisions about whether or not they should continue in this front line review erm , and erm , you know , or what things you would , what , what are your questions on about those services , what other things you would like to see provided , things like that and I thing this group could quite easily make a collective representation , a collective submission to that process then you could do it as individual 's as well , so that , that exercise it , it should be over by the eleventh of October it starts on the sixth of September . |
| 21 | In the final collected edn. of SB it appears as the last of the seven items grouped under the title ‘ Our Parish ’ to form the first section of the book . |
| 22 | A lively indication of the ways in which ivory could minister to the complex life-style of a young Egyptian ruler is provided by finds from the tomb of Tutankhamun who reigned during the mid-fourteenth century B.C. Apart from furnishing armlets and bracelets ivory was used for the handles of the king 's walking-stick , ostrich feather fan and whip . |
| 23 | All this Tallis expressed to the shaman , Wyn-rajathuk , who listened in silence , his hand on her arm , his eye on the face of Harry which watched from the pieces of dead wood . |
| 24 | Each girl lit a candle and placed it at the altar , symbolic of the light of Christ which burns throughout the world . |
| 25 | As director of social services for the London borough of Hillingdon I knew of the work with refugees in my role in Hillingdon I was responsible for services for child arrivals at Heathrow airport and I worked closely with Save The Children on the successful effort to get specific recognition for asylum seeking children in the asylum and immigration appeals act . |
| 26 | It was , for example , the House of Lords which insisted upon the institution of conciliation machinery in the Race Relations Act 1965 , which experience elsewhere strongly suggested was the key to success but which the Commons had , strangely , omitted . |
| 27 | ‘ No , you see , Lady Woodleigh , it was not Miss Abernethie who was responsible for the death of Jack who went up the hill . |
| 28 | To the south-east of Stalham you arrive at the Hickling Broad Nature Reserve — an important site for breeding and over-wintering birds . |
| 29 | The case arose out of the Executive Agreement concluded between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran which led to the eventual release of the hostages detained in Tehran from November 1979 to January 1981 . |
| 30 | the South of France they said in the paper they eat a lot of butter or cook a lot |