Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BABY Renee looked smashing , her mother looked happy , but has dad Rod Stewart got something wrong with his wrists ? |
| 2 | On this occasion , Anthony d'Offay made one bid of $100,000 but the reserve had been set at a higher level . |
| 3 | Fitzosbert whispered something and the giant nodded and pushed his way into the cell . |
| 4 | Pollensa and Alcudia were in the north of the island and Fernando owned nothing in that region . |
| 5 | Macca got plenty , but I 'll cast the decider for Barnes , a shiftless f-er. 343 |
| 6 | Her enemies implied that Eugénie read nothing but novels or lightweight ‘ feminine ’ books , but in fact her library revealed an interest in science and philosophy , though history predominated . |
| 7 | That seemed to be the end of that topic , so Sophie tried something else . |
| 8 | William shouted something to Grace but she could not hear him — the sounds of the wind and the sea were too loud , too terrible . |
| 9 | Angrily , Mait snatched one , and looked at it . |
| 10 | Gary bumped someone , did n't seem to notice . |
| 11 | Middlesbrough tried everything to complete a grand slam of derby wins , but the midfield prompting of Peake and the dangerous flank attacks of John Hendrie , failed to wrest victory from Sunderland 's unyielding grasp . |
| 12 | Cardinal Wolsey used one , 1515–34 , as did Sir Nicholas Bacon , father of Sir Francis . |
| 13 | Shortly before Event finally closed , Branson made one last telephone call to Tony Elliott . |
| 14 | The result , in terms of the content of the agreement which was reached , was victory : in exchange for a couple of minor concessions , Irwin got everything he wanted . |
| 15 | Mr. Ennals got one from the Prime Minister 's son during his visit here on behalf of the British Government . |
| 16 | Mark Stein got one , who everyone thought was a very good game the other night . |
| 17 | But Malcolm Morley , although born in England , is an American painter , and in many respects Hockney became one in the 1960s though he 's now living with the French masters in a Côte d'Azur of his own imagining . |
| 18 | When begged to return , he relented only on condition he could carry out a remarkable experiment : the so-called oprichnina , Ivan designated something like one-third of the country , carved out of scattered towns and provinces , as his personal domain , and set up a new administration to subject it to his personal will . |
| 19 | ‘ Howey made one mistake , but he has had a tremendous season so far and I have no need to worry about him . |
| 20 | Brezhnev expected everyone to take his cut at home and abroad ( as he himself had done ) . |
| 21 | Tilda cared nothing for the future , and had , as a result , a great capacity for happiness . |
| 22 | Michael Ramsey succeeded someone famous throughout the land . |
| 23 | Edward tried something different . |
| 24 | Or Berty telled somebody and it |
| 25 | Barrymore reported something interesting about the footprints . |
| 26 | It seems that many of the communities trading with Minoan Crete caught something of the flavour of its culture , whether material or spiritual , and developed it in their own way . |
| 27 | ‘ Honestly , Lang caused nothing but trouble in the Pilbara when he was first up there . |
| 28 | All bleeding Dave told Ann and he thought Ann told everybody else they had to be in at one o'clock . |
| 29 | Gaby muttered something which he could not hear but whose message he got . |
| 30 | When Guy brought his girl friend home for the weekend , for instance , the air was thick with sex , but Lady Grubb noticed nothing . |