Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adv] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He came from behind in both races to beat New Zealander Robert Holden .
2 He came from behind in both races to beat New Zealander Robert Holden .
3 Its basis appears to have been that , although himself a master of one building trade only , like other leading master builders of the period he was prepared to build a whole house ‘ by the great ’ , performing the masonry himself and subcontracting the work of the other trades ; and he evidently built up a team of craftsman associates — joiners , carpenters , painters , plasterers — whom he called upon regularly in these circumstances .
4 Well I , I worked in Johnny Walkers , and when I worked in there at that time when you get married you had to leave , that was their policy ,
5 Why are they so special to me , these two , why do I remember that one kiss out of all the other romances I knew about there in that place on that particular Friday evening , why do I remember it , do I actually remember it all or just want to ?
6 The second one shows it in the condition in which her parents found it when they went in there on that morning a few days ago ’ ( p. 156–7 ) .
7 not uncalled for though in many respects .
8 He realized how far behind we lagged over here in this sort of Child Art Education .
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