Example sentences of "[noun] [unc] [noun] [noun] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conservative candidate Robert Goodwill , has written to Labour 's Marjorie Mowlam asking her to clarify her personal position on the nuclear defence capability of the country . |
| 2 | In the last year 190 families contacted the council 's housing office saying they were homeless . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , of course , and for pity 's sake stop reminding me about that . |
| 4 | Police officers were at the girl 's hospital bedside hoping she could give them more details of the attack . |
| 5 | Mr Gray read from the peer 's service record showing he had left Austria on 22 May , before some of the crucial decisions about the repatriations were taken . |
| 6 | And for heaven 's sake stop calling me Miss Chester . |
| 7 | I told Michel that was all very well but for goodness ' sake stop taking her to that white port-wine place , the sandwiches there — though delicious — are minute . |
| 8 | He conceded that high levels of pollution could have affected the dolphin 's defence mechanisms making them vulnerable to attack by an infectious agent . |
| 9 | ‘ For God 's sake stop pawing it over like some damn pawnbroker 's wife , ’ Lambert said . |
| 10 | The analysts say the fall in net assets from their December 1991 total of £82.0 million will have precipitated clauses in the company 's loan agreement requiring them to seek renegotiation of terms . |
| 11 | Mike Atherton , too , came quietly back , and Tim Munton got his first Test cap , DeFreitas 's groin injury forcing him to withdraw from the squad . |
| 12 | I have just placed a report before the Region 's Finance Committee updating them on Council Tax issues and I enclose a copy of this report herewith for your information . |