Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might surmise that the separations John experienced between the ages of two and seven years resulted in the development of an internal blueprint predicting that close relationships were unlikely to be sustained , and cautioning against becoming involved with others . |
| 2 | To what extent were politicians responsible for the high unemployment which Britain experienced between the wars ? |
| 3 | In fact , working women were more independent and less likely to marry early ; and the real significance of this controversy was what it revealed about the ideological assumptions of ruling-class men . |
| 4 | On Wednesday 13 February , we met for the second time with pensions as the agenda item . |
| 5 | When he and Adenauer met for the first time , de Gaulle records , ‘ We discussed Europe at length . |
| 6 | In one game , against Nottingham Forest , Stephenson was joined by another player who was to take a leading role in Chapman 's future — Grenadier Guardsman Charlie Buchan of Sunderland , whom Chapman met for the first time . |
| 7 | Why can I read you like a book , when we only met for the first time four days ago ? |
| 8 | It met for the first time on 25 February 1986 and includes representatives from the Departments of Transport , Environment , Employment , and Trade and Industry ; Kent County Council ; the district councils of ; elected members of Kent local authorities and Parliamentary constituencies ; Eurotunnel ; Transmanche Link ; and British Rail . |
| 9 | ‘ Old Mr Misfortune ’ found consolation for his latest failure by marrying his 17-year-old bride , on the very day they met for the first time , 2 September 1719 . |
| 10 | Such is the force of tradition that when the newly instituted Parliament of Northern Ireland met for the first time in 1921 , its first act was to claim these ‘ undoubted and ancient privileges ’ . |
| 11 | They met for the first time at the weekend as their two-week-old girls were swopped and handed back to the right mothers . |
| 12 | I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him . |
| 13 | They all met for the first time on the show . |
| 14 | We met for the first time just two days before departure and accepted a murderous schedule of four games in 10 days , before opening against the New Zealand provincial champions just two days after a 25 hour journey to Dunedin . |
| 15 | They met for the first time on May 13th 1794 , a date which had been specified in the statute . |
| 16 | Tamed native birds flocked on the poolside boardwalk of their rented hideaway , ‘ Hawksnest ’ , as we met for the first time , and Robin encircled his shyness with a stream-of-consciousness banter , made easier by the antics of a visiting cocker spaniel , which bit the head off a parrot . |
| 17 | They all met for the international meeting at Salzburg in 1908 , having corresponded from 1906 onwards . |
| 18 | The Company 's hint was taken , and on 6th July the Charity Commissioners approved the new Board , which met for the first time twelve days later and agreed to advertise for a Headmaster who — after all the fuss and contrary to what may have been expected — was required to be an Anglican clergyman ! |
| 19 | As Brown observes : ‘ 'What does he do ? ’ remains the most illuminating question to ask about someone met for the first time . ’ |
| 20 | They met for the first time at the Liverpool Adult Deaf and Dumb Society in Princes Avenue on the 25 April 1890 . |
| 21 | In 1963 Miles and Haynes met for the first time , in Edinburgh . |
| 22 | Delegates representing the 167 member states of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) met for the 43rd World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 7-18 to consider the biennial report of the Director-General , Hiroshi Nakajima . |
| 23 | Delegates representing 166 member states of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) met for the 44th World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 6-16 . |
| 24 | Earlier , the new Conflict Prevention Centre of the CSCE met for the first time in Vienna on July 1-2 , as requested by Austria , and called for an immediate ceasefire and the return of the JNA to barracks , but failed to reach the necessary unanimity on sending a CSCE observer mission . |
| 25 | On Dec. 29 the HCR met for the first time since the attempted coup and approved the new Cabinet , whose membership was announced the following day . |
| 26 | While in Cartagena , Colombia , on Dec. 2-3 for the " Group of Rio " summit [ see p. 38675 ] , President Fujimori of Peru and President Borja of Ecuador met for the first time to discuss their longstanding border dispute [ see p. 38526 ] . |
| 27 | Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir , in January [ see p. 38710 ] was formed on Feb. 13 under the chairmanship of Col. Mohammed al-Amin Khalifah ; it met for the first time on Feb. 24 in the building which formerly housed the National Assembly — the elected parliament overthrown by Bashir in June 1989 [ see p. 36728 ] . |
| 28 | His remarks , in a Daily Telegraph interview , triggered protests from right-wing Tory MPs and pitched the Cabinet into more controversy as it met for the first time since the summer break . |
| 29 | His remarks , in a Daily Telegraph interview , triggered protests from right-wing Tory MPs and pitched the Cabinet into more controversy as it met for the first time since the summer break . |
| 30 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |