Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun prp] [noun] [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 He was at the garden party on Guy Fawkes Night in 1938 when the honourable member for Stockton , Harold Macmillan , burnt Chamberlain in effigy , and he earned the thanks of Bob Boothby later the same evening when he happened upon him making love to Macmillan 's wife against a turkey-oak tree — and went deaf and blind .
2 He gave Taylor a positive report in the small hours of Wednesday night when the England manager returned from Oslo — where he watched Norway beat Holland 2-1 — and McMenemy returned from Rome .
3 Then onto the bright lights of Las Vegas where the glittering shows , the gambling and the fun continues 24 hours a day .
4 The five committee members of the Literary Lionisers were subdued ; they had talked about the horrors of Saturday night incessantly the day before .
5 After the death of Lucius Titius , Publius Maevius again demanded from the heirs of Lucius Titius either the office or its price .
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