Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [prep] contact " in BNC.
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1 | He has been in contact with Eddy Shah , the former national newspaper proprietor ; Owen Oyston , who owns Manchester 's Piccadilly Radio and Blackpool football club ; and Amer Midani , the Lebanese-born director who is the second largest shareholder on the United board . |
2 | Knighton has been in contact with several businessmen from the Manchester area in attempts to get wider backing for his £20m bid , which has hit financial snags . |
3 | Chancellor Kohl has been in contact with President Gorbachev since the refugee exodus began in August . |
4 | Taking its impetus from the alleged crash of a flying saucer at Roswell in 1947 and the supposed recovery of alien bodies , this is the theory that the US government has been in contact with aliens for years , but has kept it secret . |
5 | Based on the assumption that the child has been in contact with at least some of the usual and varied sources of instruction and indoctrination , an answer from the parent along the following lines might carry for the child a ring of truth sufficient for him to accept , and be reassured . |
6 | As far as I 'm aware my solicitor has been in contact with Burnley prosecution to have the case transferred to Birmingham Crown Court . |
7 | As far as I 'm aware my solicitor has been in contact with prosecution to have the case transferred to Birmingham Crown Court . |
8 | Councillor Mrs B. Brereton has been in contact with the representative of Sir Iain Foulis and the Assistant Direct of Recreation with a view to assisting the successful promotion of a Compulsory Purchase Order but the future of the tennis courts is far from secure . |
9 | GL has been in contact with K Walter , and Group hopes that dialogue will continue . |
10 | June Bascome has been in contact with several areas and Kent , Essex , Surrey and London have each promised to supply the manning power for one of the days . |
11 | ‘ We have sent letters to everyone we believe has been in contact with the doctor but if anyone else feels they would like to have a test to put their mind at rest they should contact us . ’ |
12 | And and lots of churches that he was telling us that he 'd been in contact with . |
13 | The other side chains shown are in contact with the phosphate backbone . |
14 | ‘ I had expected Mr Beckenham would have been in contact with you at least , ma'am , ’ he said with a frown . |
15 | ‘ But , however it came across , I do n't think I was feeling very hostile — how could I be when , since I knew which hotel you were in , I would probably have been in contact had you not arrived at my home . ’ |
16 | ‘ I would have thought they would have been in contact by now , ’ said secretary David Bowen . |
17 | Any parent who is worried their child may have been in contact with the doctor can still phone the hospital for advice . |
18 | Mr Escobar confirmed reports that he had been in contact with the government for over 12 months prior to the crackdown , ordered after the drug-related slayings of a presidential candidate and two other top officials . |
19 | Anyone who 'd paid money for their dog , or did n't know where it had been , should take it to the god in Lāmri to be blessed and cured : and if anyone had been bitten recently , or had been in contact with the rabid dog , they too should see that god . |
20 | Others who had been in contact with the maid also sickened and died , so the local residents determined to take what action they could to prevent it spreading . |
21 | And Widnes general manager Frank Myler , insisted that no club had been in contact regarding a possible move by Davies from Naughton Park . |
22 | ‘ I was angry and upset to read that somebody connected with the club had been in contact with Steve Coppell . |
23 | Crosby blew his top after learning of the Coppell link and said yesterday : ‘ I was angry and upset to read somebody connected with the club had been in contact with Steve Coppell . |
24 | Our source remains adamant that Mr Hoy did say that Channel 7 had been in contact with the Institute . |
25 | D'Arcy knew Dave Forbes had been in contact with New Scotland Yard as he had instructed , but he was surprised to see the shabby , raincoated figure of Roy Bliss standing behind the Immigration officer . |
26 | In many cases there was no doubt at all : the glass had been in contact with some other solid and the cracks were due to simple scratching or scraping . |
27 | The effect in Britain was a polarising into allies and enemies of the tribes with which Rome had been in contact . |
28 | Each of the remaining 60,15 from each township , were asked whether they had been in contact with any of our list of ten agencies during the same prevalence study period . |
29 | Just before this meeting MacArthur told Gascoigne he had been in contact with Senator Robert A. Taft and , in a five-page letter , had urged on Taft the importance of concluding a peace treaty speedily . |
30 | A memorandum by Thomas Cromwell in 1533 of matters to be discussed with the King includes things to be said on the departure of the Bavarian ambassador , the interrogation of a friar named Reysbye , the treatment of certain other friars who had been in contact with Rome , the folding of cloth in the north of England , the offer made to the King by the executors of Lord Dacre of the South in an important test case , and the affairs of a reputed idiot named Ralph Francis . |