Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Revolving light carousels played on the compartment side of a Mk. 1 coach while wind and rain machines battered the corridor side from which David Boyce had to fall and , later Alfred Molina had to dive , to their ‘ deaths ’ . |
| 2 | Pollution and weathering battered the surface of the glass . |
| 3 | Holden battered the free-kick against the wall and after a scramble the ball fell to Henry , who struck a low shot from more than 30 yards past Lukic . |
| 4 | She cast a malevolent eye at the window as a squall of rain battered the glass , then began an inspection of supplies . |
| 5 | Spence shot 69 in the near-gale that battered the morning starters to stand on 136 , eight under par . |
| 6 | Orc war machines battered the city 's gates and broke its walls , and soon the Waaagh was inside the city itself , burning and destroying while the helpless citizens fled to the hills . |
| 7 | I watched as the rain battered the grass and the wind pummelled it , quick gusts flattening patches of the field like sudden bruises beneath the dull sky . |
| 8 | As they began to climb , Jinny looked back towards the sofa and met the boy 's eyes again . |
| 9 | ‘ Then one day a learned educationist visited the island and met the boy and was astonished at his understanding of many things and at the knowledge which he had developed round these things , and the educationist said to himself how wonderful it would be if every child in the land had the learning which this boy had built around the simple experiences which he had had with the bees , pigeons , flowers , vegetables , forestry and visits to York and Malham . |
| 10 | Today I met the faith healer Ronnie Hazlehurst recommended . |
| 11 | I was in the Bohemian quarter , where cobbled alleys full of bars and bookshops met the quayside . |
| 12 | Nicholas stood , watching the place where the walls met the sky , and the towers , and the galleries , and unslung his bow and bent it . |
| 13 | Before her a green sea rippled , melting into azure where it met the sky . |
| 14 | We met the sea again at Gurnard 's Head . |
| 15 | A storm forced her boat into Dublin , where she met the deputy , Henry Cromwell [ q.v. ] , and cautioned him about his treatment of Quakers . |
| 16 | Biggart says : ‘ The Northwest promotion , which offered two for the price of one tickets to 74 international destinations , met the prerequisite for a successful sales promotion . |
| 17 | On the first visit the social worker met the son-in-law as she arrived , rushing out of the flat , with the door slammed . |
| 18 | The social worker did not get very far , but having decided to leave , met the son-in-law returning , outside the flat . |
| 19 | Representatives of colleges met the NDO and SCOTVEC staff and had the opportunity to raise issues with the unit writers . |
| 20 | The hon. Member for Gordon ( Mr. Bruce ) said that he met the consortium today . |
| 21 | Harpers & Queen met the maestro in his own home , a chic but highly individual apartment in the smart seizième district of Paris . |
| 22 | In December 1895 , they met the Company at Euston with a list of objections and suggestions in lieu of the Company 's offer . |
| 23 | Grand Metropolitan , which wants tenants to sign binding 20-year leases , agreed to send a representative from London to the town after Mr Michael Fallon , MP for Darlington , and two licensees met the company chairman . |
| 24 | I met the company commander ; I told him I had brought up some grenades and barbed-wire ; I asked where I was to put them . |
| 25 | All met in the we met the school . |
| 26 | She comfortably made her semi-final , where she met the Canadian , Nathalie Gosselin . |
| 27 | We last met the Secretary of State in May 1991 . |
| 28 | If she met the girl Marie on the way back there would be even more for her to tell Mademoiselle Rabier ! |
| 29 | During his convalescence he met the girl who was to become his wife at the local hunt ball and married her before returning to France . |
| 30 | Now I do n't know if you remember English Whites but Danny Baker once had a caller to 606 who claimed to have been setup for a blind date a few years ago , and when he met the girl in question , one of his mates says ‘ Bloody hell she does n't half look like that player ( Kenny ) who 's in the Blues ’ ( Brum City where he built his stout reputation ) . |