Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [noun prp] [subord] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ceremony was supposed to start at 2 pm on the 29th : the Gulf on whose beach the men found themselves had been named San Miguel because of the happy coincidence of the feast day . |
| 2 | Some of these groups envisaged the return of General de Gaulle in the wake of the insurrection , though many did not ( the pieds noirs had generally been Pétainist during the war and many officers either viewed de Gaulle as over the hill or still resented his indiscipline in 1940 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I chose Sylvester Mackett because of the broad spread of the work in which they are involved . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I 'm avoiding Broad Street because of the cranes , ’ Meg replied , and Lee saw that there were tears in her eyes . |
| 5 | He had always resented Marcia Williams because of the influence she exercised over Harold Wilson and that resentment grew as his own power diminished . |
| 6 | So paragraph ( d ) can not in my judgment assist Mr. Steed as against the building society . |
| 7 | Paragraph ( g ) does not , in the event that the transfer is voidable , assist Mr. Steed as against the building society . |