Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun prp] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The economy failed the March test under the IMF agreement by failing to reach the target for foreign reserves . |
| 2 | ‘ In his letter of July 6 following the meeting , the BAe chairman , Professor Roland Smith , called for the removal of the ring fence around Rover capital allowances , capital losses , and trading losses , and asked the DTI to intervene with the Inland Revenue for ‘ written rulings in advance to certain proposals to be made by BAe with a view to optimising the tax benefits ’ , ’ Mr Brown said . |
| 3 | Russian objections led the Dreikaiserbund to ask for a conference of ambassadors at Constantinople to summon the prince to withdraw . |
| 4 | Others , who caught the February increase in mortgage rates , will be giving their borrowers an unpleasant start to the new year . |
| 5 | Once or twice I caught the N.C.O. staring at me with an expression of hate and disgust but he never maintained it when I stared back , and would look suddenly out of the window or at the papers in the portfolio he was carrying . |
| 6 | Zahedi advised the Shah to stay in Morocco . |
| 7 | In November 1991 the conflict between Laurel , Eduardo Cojuangco and Juan Ponce Enrile caused the NP to disintegrate into competing factions amidst a series of coups and mutual expulsions . |
| 8 | Wiomad cunningly stirred the Franks up against their new ruler , the Roman Aegidius , and then equally cunningly tricked the emperor Maurice into giving Childeric a vast treasure for his return to Francia . |
| 9 | Next V-1 sortie was a daylight one at Beauvoir on June 29 , R5868 's first daylight sortie since its fourth operation with 83 Squadron on July 18 , 1942 , when it bombed the Krupps works at Essen . |
| 10 | Although there was opposition to the Fiat-Alfa deal from some trade unionists who were concerned at the possible job losses caused by rationalisation after a merger , the Italian government was subjected to considerable political pressure of a nationalistic nature to support the Fiat bid — pressure similar to that which forced the British government to cancel the talks between Ford and Austin Rover — and eventually rejected the Ford overtures in favour of an ‘ all Italian solution ’ . |
| 11 | This refers to the decision of the NATO countries in December 1979 , when Europe more or less begged the US to act as its protector . |
| 12 | Before relations deteriorated the USA announced in September 1989 that it was seeking an agreement with Israel not to oppose the sale of 315 US battle tanks to Saudi Arabia . |
| 13 | From the yard where the cart was kept , Rosa heard the Small splosh in the bucket after Sabina had placed the bird between her legs and slitted it to pull the guts . |
| 14 | He heard the Rover roar around the corner , accelerate past , then squeal to a stop and whine back in reverse . |
| 15 | Newman 's anger eventually subsided , mollified in the main by the overwhelming hit the Daleks made with the public that so proved Verity Lambert and David Whitaker 's instincts correct again . |
| 16 | Sighing , I watched the Youngs walk past the window en route , I supposed , to the horse car . |
| 17 | The Doctor looked back from the short flight of steps leading down to the entry hall , and watched the TARDIS dematerialize with a feeling of pain at seeing his ship go without him . |
| 18 | ‘ I watched the Kempton race on SIS , and was shattered by the way Her Honour ran . |
| 19 | , Ernest William ( 1864–1919 ) , craftsman and architect , was born in Leicester , 21 December 1864 , the fourth child and second son in the family of three sons and four daughters of Josiah Gimson , iron-founder , engineer , and industrial entrepreneur , who established the Vulcan works in Leicester , and his second wife Sarah Ansell . |
| 20 | Some commentators interpreted the FIS win as the result of protest vote by urban populations who were disillusioned by a worsening economic situation and by recent indications of corruption within the FLN . |
| 21 | ‘ It was one of the reasons the middle class in Scotland felt the Union worked for them , ’ says Lindsay Paterson , of Edinburgh University 's Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland . |
| 22 | A spokesman said UN authorities had lodged a strong protest with the Belgrade authorities over the Yugoslav military war games in mid-March when troops crossed the Danube to land on Croatian territory . |
| 23 | Steve continued with us in One until the following March , when he crossed the Atlantic to play for Vancouver Whitecaps for a couple of seasons , but he joined the Palace for a third time in the summer 1981 as our Youth Coach and was then appointed Manager in mid-November , charged with keeping the side in Division Two , following relegation from Division One . |
| 24 | Donna sent the Volvo crashing into the Audi again , then shifted up through the gears and drove off . |
| 25 | PETER SUCH ( Essex ) produced a career-best 7-82 for England A against the Australian Cricket Academy in Melbourne which sent the ACA reeling to 231 all out in their first innings , after they appeared to be heading for a huge lead when they reached 159 for one . |
| 26 | This tour saw The Smiths diving into new areas of complete inaccessibility . |
| 27 | A gig which saw The Smiths performing as a five-piece for the last time . |
| 28 | I went and saw the Mary Rose at Portsmouth . |
| 29 | Benito Marangon saw the Cortina roaring through a car park at his son 's school . |
| 30 | The approval , which was considered a formality following IMF endorsement of the plan in February , enabled the Philippines to proceed with its scheme to restructure US$5,300 million of its debt to commercial banks , and also facilitated the release of the remaining $US80,000,000 of a US$400 million package of IMF credits held since 1990 . |