Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were disappointed when Sheffield Wednesday turned down our bid for David Hirst so we looked at the situation again and decided that Cantona was the best . |
| 2 | As the familiar words passed through her memory again Louisa was gazing at Edwin Frere where he stood on the ice , warming his hands on the glass of mulled wine , smiling in chatter with Tom Horrocks . |
| 3 | I had met Richard when he came into the estate agent 's where I was working during the university vacation . |
| 4 | After Angola he went to Nicaragua where he fought with the Sandanistas until the downfall of Somoza in I980 . |
| 5 | Burglers struck at a house in Portland Place , Darlington , on Saturday when they pushed past the occupant and grabbed £90 from a handbag . |
| 6 | I asked Gennaro how he came by the letter and he merely said that he knew the right people to approach . |
| 7 | BENGALI beauty Rupa Ganguli first came to the notice of the celebrated film-maker B R Chopra when she appeared in the TV serial Ganadevta. v She was sensational as a peasant girl in a blouseless sari . |
| 8 | The berries grow on low vines in damp , marshy ground , but they also thrive in the sandy hills along the coastline of New England where they benefit from the salty spray of the sea . |
| 9 | Derek Thompson , who plays nurse Charlie , met his partner Dee Sadler when she came on the show to play an injured potholer . |
| 10 | ‘ I left on Monday morning from Amsterdam , where I met my brother and his girlfriend , and we continued to Miami , and from Miami to St Maarten , from St Maarten to Anguilla where we arrived in the middle of the night . |
| 11 | THE spontaneous and knowledgeable applause which greeted Charlie Swan when he rode into the winners enclosure at Navan in December 1992 said it all . |
| 12 | The profits grew and the bank manager began to smile at Carrie whenever she paid in the weekly takings . |
| 13 | Seb did not want a light to show Carrie how he got down the stairs . |
| 14 | I first met Alan Sugar back in 1980 at Hulton House on Fleet Street when he floated off the company at an effective price of just under 2p a share , adjusting for scrips and the like which came later . |
| 15 | I shall certainly put that point to my right hon. Friend the Lord President when he comes to the Chamber a little later to answer questions . |
| 16 | We then all got into taxis and we went off to the Coconut Grove at the top half of Regent Street where we spent until the small hours of the morning . |
| 17 | Not that I ever went into the house , for the doctor 's surgery , which he shared with one other , stood in Witney High Street where it widened into the market place . |
| 18 | It will probably haunt me like it did Walter Winterbottom when he lost to the States in 1950 . |
| 19 | Apart from in scene nine , where Anderson displays occasional discomfort through his hesitations ( 4 instances , most notably when explaining to Sacha why he came to the Hollars ' apartment ( p. 81 ) , and when giving assurances of what he will do to help Pavel ( p. 83 ) ) , we find very few instances of hesitations or unfinished turns ( no more than one instance of each in scenes seven , eight , ten and sixteen ) . |
| 20 | This was nothing new , as movie stars had supported John F. Kennedy when he ran for the White House . |
| 21 | During these weeks Seb rarely saw Carrie , except for a few hours each Sunday when they worked on the farm ledgers together at the Hankses ' cottage , and even here they were rarely alone . |
| 22 | I use the excellent Marshall bass combo , rated at 30 watts , every Sunday when I play in the music group that leads the worship in Staines Congregational Church . |
| 23 | The house move necessitated my moving school , to Brackenbury in Hammersmith where I began in the third year . |
| 24 | STEVE LLOYD , Moseley 's giant Uruguayan-born second row forward , is to be watched by Wales rugby union scout Terry Cobner when he plays for the Barbarians against Leicester on Boxing Day . |
| 25 | Leaving Harry briefly I went to the dinghy and heaved it over right side up . |
| 26 | When the rains come in May , there 's work sowing maize , fertilizing the coffee plants or making irrigation ditches ; you do this until October when you start with the coffee crop again . |
| 27 | Please pray for these dear brothers and sisters in Christ , and try very hard to hear Theo Angelov when he speaks at the Scottish Baptist Assembly in Edinburgh at the end of October . |
| 28 | In February 1687 , Richard Baxter went to live in Charterhouse Yard in Clerkenwell where he assisted in the ministry of Matthew Sylvester as much as his health allowed . |
| 29 | She said I must mention I 've had a few more deliveries from Ercol So we walked into the living room . |
| 30 | And in Britain today it comes from the Press . |