Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] and [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was very keen on the SDP/Liberal Alliance and wanted to get everything factually correct . |
| 2 | The two clubs are I think are in the process of electing er members and have asked us to put forward two parish councillors to be their nominees . |
| 3 | In the coils adjacent to his wrists he located the python 's cloaca and managed to give it one hell of a goosing . |
| 4 | John Hill had queried Miller 's description and had published his views in Eden , or a Complete Body of Gardening ( 1759 ) and Justice retaliated in his British Gardener 's Calendar ( 1759 ) : ‘ I thought it my indispensable duty to give Mr. Miller his due , both from a love of truth and from a sense of gratitude to him for his public labours , as well as private friendship . ’ |
| 5 | The wily captain 's luck was holding in more ways than one for the customs search team found that one of the French shells had ricochetted down an alleyway , through the door of the Captain 's cabin and had embedded itself in the leg of a table where the occupant would have been sitting . |
| 6 | The argument raged for days , then Richard suddenly declared that he would not marry Alys because she had been his father 's mistress and had borne him a son . |
| 7 | Then Rose made a grab for Evelyn 's hair and started banging her head against the floor with both hands . |
| 8 | Daphne took the tube , squeezed a white worm of cream on to Rose 's shoulders and began spreading it with her large , plump hands . |
| 9 | Eventually the guard climbed aboard and entered Mrs Ross 's carriage and demanded to know who had pulled the communication cord which none of the passengers could see from their seated position . |
| 10 | He wished now he had not given her what he believed to be a very beautiful nightdress , creamy and ruffled : he had seen her look at Frederica 's books and had understood what he had half-sensed on the occasion of Frederica 's telegrams , her sense of loss . |
| 11 | Dot put her arm round her mother 's neck and hugged to show she was still awake and listening . |
| 12 | He held a loaded air pistol to her stepfather 's neck and threatened to blow his head off . |
| 13 | She grabs a hold of this duck 's neck and starts twisting it — you know , like she 's trying to kill it . |
| 14 | ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way . |
| 15 | Madeleine left her father 's side and came to tuck her arm through his . |
| 16 | Lee was startled by the almost aggressive note in Mrs Ridley 's question and had to remind herself that old people do not like change , do not like precipitate action , especially from those they have become used to . |
| 17 | Convocation Committee have discussed Amanda 's proposal and decided to initiate it . |
| 18 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |
| 19 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |
| 20 | There is a difference between placing yourself ( with your own experience and motivation ) ill the other person 's shoes and trying to see what his view is ( with his experience and motivations ) . |
| 21 | Rory stood at Janice Rae 's side , humming something monotonous , one arm round Janice 's waist and attempting to tickle her , just above her right hip . |
| 22 | But with the danger of a Soviet advance now over , Lloyd George no longer needed Labour 's help and refused to allow them passports . |
| 23 | Logically , they 've singed to Motown Mary 's home and having proved themselves more than an intelligent East Coast dance act , they 're series contenders in the face to return the lustre to soul 's tarnished crown . |
| 24 | Chapman called at Bastin 's home and tried to convince him of the spectacular career he would have at Highbury . |
| 25 | A Herefordshire hobgoblin would avenge himself for any insult by stealing all the family 's keys and refusing to return them until his favourite cake had been baked and left on the hob for him to eat . |
| 26 | We want to know their opinion of the band so that if we sign the group , we hope everyone in the company will like the artist 's work and try to promote it as well as possible . |
| 27 | We opened to mostly sensational reviews , which showed huge appreciation of Joyce 's work and managed to compare me to Lily Tomlin and even Bea Lillie , but which also truly recognized Denis ' talent and contribution to the show . |
| 28 | She played in the women 's basketball and used to ride her bike around the university . |
| 29 | He studied Nigel 's particulars and started to read them out slowly , looking up to query various points and making notes on a pad in front of him . |
| 30 | Judaism , as we have seen , has always emphasised the wholeness of man 's nature and sought to sustain it . |