Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He longed for the austerities of the mission field . |
| 2 | We were having a massive a er conversation the other night about smoking , he was going oh well you know , you smoking are you , I went why , he goes oh we found , found a box of matches in your er top I went oh no no no , it 's just for , for the joss sticks , yeah . |
| 3 | Thus 03 ( from Table 1 ) becomes identified with a dictionary or encyclopaedia and recurs in the notation for the Generalia class 030 for general dictionaries and encyclopaedias . |
| 4 | OVERLEAF : The blueprints for the Mechonoids . |
| 5 | to provide computer assistance for the lexicography of the New OED |
| 6 | And the fears were not lessened by comments in recent Hitler speeches hinting at a ‘ hard year of struggle ’ ahead , and promising better weapons for the Wehrmacht ‘ next year ’ . |
| 7 | The contrast between the enthusiasm for the Wehrmacht and the disdain for the Party was striking . |
| 8 | One theory advanced was that Gouzenko had misunderstood his colleague and the other Elli was really an acronym for Guy Liddell who had run MI5 's ‘ B ’ Division in World War II and some people believed had also been a spy for the GRU . |
| 9 | There is a precedent for this : the Marquess of Linlithgow ( a Lowland family and therefore without its own tartan ) introduced a ‘ new ’ tartan for the warders at Hopetoun House , outside Edinburgh . |
| 10 | The earliest fossil evidence for the Homininae is based on fragments of jaw from latest Miocene to Pliocene deposits in Africa . |
| 11 | We got a birdie at the 11th by using the 1-iron when Johnny went for the 3-wood , got on , but not near enough to make the birdie putt . |
| 12 | This is similar with most manufacturers ; 11 degrees for the driver , 16 for the 3-wood , 19 for the 4-wood and 22 for the 5-wood . |
| 13 | At one place they visited , Moccas Court , in Herefordshire , home of the Cornwall family , she was able to tell the curator who formerly worked for the Ropner family at Thorp Perrow , near Bedale all about the people whose impressive portraits hung on the walls . |
| 14 | And you shall not strip your vineyard bare , neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard ; you shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner : I am the Lord your God ’ ( Lev . |
| 15 | ‘ When you reap your harvest in your field , and have forgotten a sheaf in the field , you shall not go back to get it ; it shall be for the sojourner , the fatherless and the widow ; that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands . |
| 16 | When you beat your olive trees , you shall not go over the boughs again ; it shall be for the sojourner , the fatherless and the widow . |
| 17 | When you gather the grapes of your vineyard , you shall not glean it afterward ; it shall be for the sojourner , the fatherless , and the widow ’ ( Deut. 24 : 19–21 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ No , not a bit , thanks , ’ she answered truthfully , for the chill she felt had come from within . |
| 19 | For the chill of divine retribution , listen to Russ Brown 's 1986 track , ‘ Got ta Find A Way ’ : ‘ I must let you know that judgement is here below . |
| 20 | If Bonanza had set Connie Fraser up for the chill , there would n't be anything I could do to stop it . |
| 21 | Too many racecourses offer stale sausage rolls and queues for the Portaloo . |
| 22 | Led by Hepworth Band they march through the village to Scholes , with stops en route for the singing of hymns . |
| 23 | However the mass at Our Lady of Lourdes , Leasowe , on Saturday November 14 , will also be an occasion for the singing of Byrd 's Mass for Four Voices . |
| 24 | Dogs Today 's most talented dog star , Emma , impressed the crowd with her routine of tricks , and as for the singing dogs — read about that elsewhere ! |
| 25 | So we are all set up with booze , sex , unrequited love , thoughts of separation , ambiguous sexual status , a grand piano for the singing of old songs and a sniffy Law dispensing trifle with a gimlet stare . |
| 26 | They came partly for the singing , the people . |
| 27 | The visit to the Palace of the Minorities for the singing and dancing show had some stirring patches , such as some ‘ polovtsian dance ’ type music played with great gusto on strange balalaika-type musical instruments . |
| 28 | Steve McIvor , campaigns director for the anti-vivisection association , said : ‘ The public who support safari parks should be outraged by the shameful sale of monkeys for the lab trade . |
| 29 | It should be possible for the lab to match the ink even if the letters could n't be deciphered . |
| 30 | The proposal for the lab has met with considerable opposition . |