Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | It is not difficult to tell from casual chat at court who does what and after dealing with a few claims you soon get to know who is on the other side acting for the insurance companies . |
| 4 | Spokesmen for the insurance companies seeking to justify this practice have wheeled out a few explanations which include ‘ the client understood that by settling for a poor return on death his ultimate retirement fund would be higher . ’ |
| 5 | Tudor and Stuart travellers wrote their well-known complaints about the Sussex mud , and the late Caroline and Jacobean judges refused to travel south of Horsham for the winter assizes . |
| 6 | She was accepted for the Winter Gardens show , immediately struck up a great friendship with Edith Whalley and they became inseparable . |
| 7 | Whilst resident at the Palace , their conductor was Herman Finck , a composer who collaborated with John for the Winter Gardens seasons . |
| 8 | We use a proprietary autumn fertiliser to encourage strong roots and stiffer growth , which is beneficial for the winter conditions ahead . |
| 9 | The other part of the problem is that I do not plan the talks for the winter meetings and the excursions very far ahead . |
| 10 | David Burns , who heads a service in Chicago that matches athletes and advertisers , told Associated Press he had not had a single inquiry about Yamaguchi since her Olympic win , watched by one of the biggest television audiences for the Winter Games . |
| 11 | Security officials concede the enormity of their task as there are around 4,000 militants in the Valley trained in the use of arms and explosives by Pakistan while another 3,000 are waiting for the winter snows to melt so they can cross over into India from Pakistan . |
| 12 | Here , everyone was ready for the winter storms , but not for what they got . |
| 13 | Kasper was just back from an hour-long agonising on Swiss television about the disaster in store for the winter sports industry . |
| 14 | They come for the winter sports and the spectacular scenery . |
| 15 | — Nearly 50 awards were handed out at the Erimus Quoit and Rifle Social Club , Middlesbrough for the Winter Handicaps 1991–92 . |
| 16 | There 's plenty in store for the winter months in Harry Dodson 's century-old fruit house . |
| 17 | The serial , about an English couple who quit the rat race to live the good and simple life in sunny France , is expected to be one of the highlights of BBC1 's £80 million schedule for the winter months . |
| 18 | As salt would have been a precious commodity , all their meat had to be air-dried in order to preserve it for the winter months , and this was done by the use of cleits . |
| 19 | 5–12–1891 The Moderator intimated that he intended for the winter months , instead of the ordinary Sabbath evening services , to devote that time as usual to the teaching of a Bible class . |
| 20 | All desirable free-floating aquatic plants disappear for the winter months , forming turions , or winter buds , which fall to the bottom of the pool until the warm spring sunshine stirs them into growth once again . |
| 21 | Bright stockings , and long hair , and trousers in untrouserlike colours like pink and lemon yellow , velvet jackets , loud voices and laughter , warned the staider citizens of Shorehaven that actors had arrived in their midst , an exotic flock of migrant birds whose fine plumage mocked the grey and tan and black that they had adopted as camouflage for the winter months . |
| 22 | A programme of events for the winter months is being drawn up and details of these will be forwarded to you in due course by the Social Secretary . |
| 23 | Other fund raising activities are being planned for the winter months . |
| 24 | Kodak has announced a new ‘ Ektachrome ’ 400X Professional Film which combines a warm colour balance , ideal for cool scenes and white backgrounds , with high speed action shots just in time for the Winter Olympics in Albertville . |
| 25 | Kodak has announced a new ‘ Ektachrome ’ 400X Professional Film which combines a warm colour balance , ideal for cool scenes and white backgrounds , with high speed action shots — just in time for the Winter Olympics in Albertville . |
| 26 | This department will have responsibilities for the Office of Arts & Libraries ( OAL ) , in particular for the Arts Council and the national museums , adding to them the Home Office responsibilities for the broadcasting services ' legislative framework and the BBC in particular . |
| 27 | A meticulously restored 10th century farmhouse situated near Sevenoaks is the nerve centre for the broadcasting exploits of Kent 's favourite gardening expert , Harry Smith . |
| 28 | That was the damning view of child psychologist Anne Sheppard when she researched the question of children , television and morality for the Broadcasting Standards Council two years ago . |
| 29 | Bloody well done , the S.A.S. Bissett , along with almost everyone else at A.W.E. , had a profound disrespect for the Ministry police . |
| 30 | The first two impressions of the report sell out before publication , and there is fierce competition for the paperback rights . |