Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a video presentation at the Visitor Centre , we cross Culloden Moor , seeing points of interest including the Graves of the Clans and the Well of the Dead on the way . |
| 2 | After a telephone call to the senior medical officer in charge of part time training schemes at the Department of Health , who agreed that my application would be allowed , I successfully jumped all the hurdles . |
| 3 | St Giles 's cathedral nearby is more properly known as the High Kirk , having been formally designated a cathedral for only a brief period during the reign of Charles I. It was here that Charles attempted to impose a High Anglican liturgy , virtually a Mass , upon a Presbyterian society which responded with brawls in the church and outside , still remembered as the Jenny Geddes Riots after a vegetable seller from the market who was reported to have thrown her stool at the Dean 's head . |
| 4 | A MOTORIST who went out for a drive in his new car ended up at death 's door after a knife attack in the street . |
| 5 | Ashe , now 48 , underwent a quadruple bypass operation after a heart attack at the age of 35 . |
| 6 | Tragedy marred the opening race at Folkestone this afternoon , when runner-up Diddy Seat , collapsed and died after a heart attack in the winners enclosure . |
| 7 | After a synod debate on the issue , Dr Bennett had felt ‘ quite panic-stricken . |
| 8 | The Marchioness of Blandford is still seriously ill from head injuries after a hunting accident at the weekend . |
| 9 | The story was that the two men , who shared living quarters in the barn of their farmer-employer , had quarrelled after a drinking bout during the night . |
| 10 | Cook revelled in their spirit and tenacity and after a camping tour to the Holy Land in 1869 he wrote : |
| 11 | After a warm-up climb on the interesting granite cliffs of Basher 's Harbour near Pra Sands , and fortified by a cream tea , we hastened , for it was now after 7pm , across the moorland from the car-park south of Mullion Cove , to Vellan Head . |
| 12 | I 've got it — Frank gives a lift to Bev who gets a timeshare in Spain off Ron after a blackmail job with the naughty snaps . |
| 13 | Adrian was sent home from school after a school outing to the zoo with a note for his father asking poor old dad to go to see the Headmaster immediately . |
| 14 | Britain 's first world heavyweight boxing champion this century got a standing ovation after a knock-out performance at the Oxford Union . |
| 15 | Rising from the saddle , cycling en danseuse as the French call it and in the less elegant English term ‘ honking ’ , the coureurs change their position , holding the brake levers in this sort of effort , then after a while return to the saddle . |
| 16 | Disturbances began on May 16 in a village about 250 km from Kaduna , the state capital , after a land dispute between the minority Christian Katafs and the mainly Moslem Hausa people . |
| 17 | After a service lifetime in the Royal Navy , the Commodore quickly established the essential liaison with the Chiefs-of-Staff , ministries , and others whom the Commandos depended on for weapons as well as shoestrings . |
| 18 | After a home game in the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn Stadium im Prenzlauer Berg , they distinguished themselves by forming a 200-strong human swastika around the statues of Marx and Engels in front of the Volkskammer ( the old GDR parliament ) . |
| 19 | The Allies saved the situation in the " Battle of the Bulge " ; in particular , the rapid advance of the Germans to the Meuse was halted by the heroic resistance of the American 8th Army Corps at Bastogne , reinforced after a 160-kilometre dash by the 101st Airborne Division . |
| 20 | Sadly , pregnant girls were not yet flocking to this club , even after a launch day at the civic centre , and radio advertising . |
| 21 | A TOY company 's plans to invest £30 million in four Scottish superstores have been mothballed after a planning application by the American firm Toys R Us was thrown out by Renfrew District Council . |
| 22 | Ms Jackson , a sales representative , alleged she had been assaulted by a man after a motoring incident on the A74 southbound carriageway . |
| 23 | After a record rise in the spring , the price reaching £800 ( $1,300 ) a tonne for the first time , lead prices fell in early December to around £340 ( $660 ) a tonne as stocks built up in the face of sluggish demand from battery manufacturers . |
| 24 | After a morning visit to the market , we repaired to the tranquility of a nearby cafe — The Lotus Cafe , where we were treated to the sight of enormous lotuses , entirely covering a large pond . |
| 25 | On entering this small village follow the Rue du Castellas for a short distance until , just after a gravel pit on the left , a track bears off left . |
| 26 | He signed off after a fighting display at the famous Daytona racetrack in America two years ago . |
| 27 | But he said they went back up after a picture request from the Bootle Times , and were not removed again till the next day . |
| 28 | After a rule change in the March budget , sales of gilts to banks count towards PSBR financing . |
| 29 | She was buried after a requiem mass in the Irish Republic yesterday . |
| 30 | Two workmen were taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary this afternoon suffering from serious injuries after a scaffolding collapse in the City Centre . |