Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the only occasion when Warnie tried to probe Jack on the origin or true nature of his relationship with Minto he was shut up with great vehemence . |
| 2 | After the overthrow of Mossadeq in 1953 , the United States began to replace Britain as the dominant external power in Iran — through many older Iranians ( like Muhammad Behbehanian ) continued to believes for decades that it was the British who really still called the shots and that the Americans were only British stooges . |
| 3 | Zhou had shielded Deng from the extremists when ‘ class struggle ’ was predominant rather than economic development . |
| 4 | Wright continued to dazzle Ipswich in the second half but it was Campbell who completed a brilliant hat-trick . |
| 5 | Mubarak had returned from a visit to Tripoli the previous day , while Kadhafi had visited Cairo at the beginning of July to conclude the ratification of 10 integration agreements signed by the two countries . |
| 6 | Mountbatten tried to tempt Bogyoke with the post of Deputy Inspector-General and the British rank of Brigadier : he was too shrewd to be side-tracked in that way . |
| 7 | She seemed embarrassed and muttered that her mother had given Terry the photograph , but before she said any more Mrs Redmond began to ask Joe about the war news . |
| 8 | Well , Monty kept punching Clark in the arm out of sheer exuberance . |
| 9 | But at 11am , the Secretary of State for Scotland had congratulated RBS on the hundreds of Direct Line jobs being created in Glasgow . |
| 10 | Here politics and local interest coincided , for the father of the young officer was an important landowner in the area of Scotland in which the Elphinstone interest was being upheld by Lord Keith , and indeed , before acquiring his peerage , Lord Dundas had represented Stirlingshire in the House of Commons . |
| 11 | It was true , then : for reasons of her own , Heather had kept Cunningham in the dark . |
| 12 | Hammond had supplied Hunt with the superficial areas of the rooms he required , but he inexplicably changed these to dimensions , although a note did say that ‘ dimensions of the several rooms may be varied , provided the superficial area of each is not materially altered ’ . |
| 13 | Ronni had followed Guido from the room , running to keep pace with him as he headed across the hall . |
| 14 | Tepilit had asked Claudia in the proper way , to see if her father , wherever his village was , would accept gifts . |
| 15 | Mr Heath had taken Britain into the European Community . |
| 16 | Darwin had favoured Africa as the cradle of humankind , a view that was consistent with the link to the modern great apes . |
| 17 | Half an hour after Rachaela had seen Ruth into the house , Emma 's knock sounded on the door . |
| 18 | Some seven years before the death of King Charles II , Princess Mary of England had married William of the House of Orange , and that gave rise to the English-Dutch alliance in 1678 . |
| 19 | ‘ Tolby said that Newley tried to ring Georgina on the Monday evening . |
| 20 | In Brazil , president Vargas started creating SOEs during the 1930s . |
| 21 | Skelton had partnered Florida in the knockout event and just shaded Whitaker and Fonda in a thrilling dash to the finishing line . |
| 22 | Prior to her appointment Martin had represented Illinois in the House of Representatives for 10 years . |
| 23 | ( After a complex series of name changes , Rover had replaced Leyland as the name of the whole company . ) |
| 24 | After Gerald Williams had caught Pontypool on the hop with a 16th minute try , converted by Mark Wyatt , the Kiwi import changed the whole course of events . |
| 25 | There was a time last season when manager Brian McEniff contemplated playing Murray on the edge of the square , but then along came Matt Gallagher and the rest is history . |
| 26 | Sometimes he had to take ‘ no ’ for an answer ; Jon Vickers declined to sing Tristan at the age of 30 , though he would later sing Tristan for Karajan in Salzburg in 1972 . |
| 27 | Hogan hastened to follow Cowley along the corridor , towards the exit . |
| 28 | Gilbert began helping Eyton in the preparation of specimens for his private museum in his nearby ancestral home at Eyton , and , when Gilbert decided to leave England as Gould 's assistant , Eyton offered to buy Gilbert 's personal , ‘ ready stuffed ’ collection , including 82 birds and an ‘ almost perfect skeleton of an armadillo ( with the exception of the toenails ) ’ . |
| 29 | Quite apart from the fact that Heather 's psychiatrist might know more of what was in her mind than anyone , Kingdom had accompanied Heather to the Skein of Geese on 10 September . |
| 30 | " It might be too late then , " Joseph said slapping Patrick on the shoulder , before turning back into the shop and closing the door . |