Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not respond to this , but stared at him , until he spoke again , saying , ‘ I 'd have been along before now , but I heard about me father the very day when we last spoke , and so I had to go off straightaway to Newcastle . |
| 2 | Lifting one Pelton ‘ can ’ off my ears the ambient cabin noise was well below even some modern designs . |
| 3 | Going through my files the other day , I vaguely remembered sending you a little effort called Offensive from Quasar 13 — just over seven months ago , it must have been . |
| 4 | Something of that strange that strangeness and that irony lies behind the famous claim ‘ I will try to express myself in some mode of life for art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can , using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence , exile and cunning . |
| 5 | Both the storm and the rarer Leach 's petrel were known to frequent Sula Sgeir , but for my part the all-pervading guano stench made any other odour indistinguishable . |
| 6 | Anne and Sarah were true to their pledge to enjoy every moment of their lives after their fright the previous September . |
| 7 | That William and Mary Prince and Princesse of Orange bee and bee declared , King and Queen of England France and Ireland and the Dominions there unto belonging to hold the Crowne and Roy all Dignity of the said Kingdom 's and Dominions to them the said Prince and Princesss during their lives and the life of the Survivor of them and that the Sole and full exercise of the Regall Power be only in and executed by the said Prince of Orange in the Names of the said Prince and Princesse during their Joynt lives And after their deceases the said Crowne and Roy all Dignity of the said Kingdoms and Dominions to be to the heires of the body of the said Princesse : And for default of such Issue to the Princesse Anne of Denmarke and the heires of her body . |
| 8 | Two weeks after their arrival the Japanese banned the Indonesians ' flag . |
| 9 | After their match the victorious Welsh No.1 , Adrian Davies , and the British under-21 champion , Stephen Meads , complained about their referee , Ed Johnson , and alleged that the financial cutbacks because of sponsorship problems had affected the standard of officiating . |
| 10 | After its withdrawal the Federal Drug Administration in the USA asked for data to substantiate its effectiveness in treatment-resistant patients . |
| 11 | Until about the 32nd week , most babies are breech presentations ( bottom first ) , after which time the great majority somersault round with heads down . |
| 12 | This support was available for up to eighteen months , after which time the local service agency assumed full responsibility for the service . |
| 13 | A few days after his consecration the new Archbishop conducted a formal enquiry and pronounced , as Convocation had already done , that the King 's first marriage was invalid because the Pope had no power to allow him to marry his deceased brother 's wife . |
| 14 | On the day after his inauguration the new President ordered at least 162 people — including his immediate predecessor Ertha Pascal-Trouillot and her entire Cabinet — not to attempt to leave the country for one month . |
| 15 | And on the third day after his death the human body of Jesus , still reposing in the sanctity of the divine presence , was quickened by the Spirit and the person of Jesus of Nazareth was restored to life . |
| 16 | Two days after our arrival the British contingent — John Porter , Neil McAdie , Bill Church , Paul Nunn , Dave Wilkinson and myself — together with Ajay Tambe and Bupesh Ashar , set out for CK5 . |
| 17 | Oh , and anyone with continuing misgivings about their Sid The Sexist humour may be relieved to know that the post-gig conversation is only punctuated by one harmless knob joke , which is — dare I say it — quite funny . |
| 18 | There was never much doubt about which language the colonial rulers would use in local administration . |
| 19 | Agents for the Duchess of York have signed a series of deals which will make her at least £3 million for her Budgie the Little Helicopter books , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 20 | She would apologize for her behaviour the previous evening , and ask her advice on what to do next . |
| 21 | Their wives take as their model the beautiful Eugénie … . |
| 22 | It would be an advantage if Christian writers would take as their example the actual usage of the Christian Scriptures . ’ |
| 23 | This disseminated type of settlement , in hamlets and isolated farms , had as its foundation the ten-acre holding preserved by inheritance laws that kept the farm , with its distinctive name , as a unit within the family . |
| 24 | The goal on each of these three planes is unity , and , appropriately , the novel takes as its framework the multi-layered but harmonious structure of medieval allegory . |
| 25 | Another area of concern for Mrs Whitehouse , which also takes as its focus the young , is sex education . |
| 26 | There was a continuing output of serious social investigation which had as its aim the accurate delineation of social problems and implicitly or explicitly to indicate solutions . |
| 27 | It takes as its basis the British Tourist Authority 's 1977 definition of a conference , i.e. : |
| 28 | ( It took as its model the Chinese treaty port system . ) |
| 29 | During their visit the Irish-American group will meet political leaders in Dublin , including Taoiseach Albert Reynolds , Foreign Affairs Minister Dick Spring . |
| 30 | During their visit the American delegation will meet politicians in Dublin and Belfast , including Taoiseach Albert Reynolds , Foreign Affairs Minister Dick Spring and Stormont Secretary of State Sir Patrick Mayhew . |