Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [subord] [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been far , far worse for Jason if Linford had not been present to counsel and comfort him . ’ |
| 2 | Dugan suggested that the military had concluded that air power was the only way of forcing Iraq out of Kuwait if war broke out , and that a massive bombing campaign had been planned in order to " decapitate " the Iraqi leadership by targeting Saddam , his family and his senior commanders . |
| 3 | He had formed his own view of Jake although Harry had not coloured it by any comments other than the barest fact . |
| 4 | In their final communiqué the heads of state threatened to blockade that part of Liberia controlled by Charles Taylor 's National Patriotic Front of Liberia if Taylor did not implement within one month the Yamoussoukro IV peace agreement signed in October 1991 [ see p. 38518 ] . |
| 5 | IBM third quarter losses exceed the gross domestic product of California as warehouses fill up with unsold RS/6000s . |
| 6 | Straggling columns of federal infantrymen and their local militia allies advanced unopposed on the suburbs of Visegrad as shells rained down on Muslim positions . |
| 7 | Ratsiraka 's support was strongest in the town of Toamasina while Zafy took more than 60 per cent of the votes in both Antananarivo , the capital , and Antsiranana . |
| 8 | Duvall moved to take charge of Jimmy while Simpson slipped resentfully away , dabbing at his nose . |
| 9 | They were not far out of Belfast when Mallachy woke up , and all he wanted from the rest of the day , he said , was his own wee bed and no one in it . |
| 10 | The Treasury now enjoyed the advantage of a strong Chancellor , respected throughout Whitehall as Wood had not been . |
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday boss Trevor Francis is hoping for the same kind of bargain with Tishkov as Ferguson discovered when he paid just £650,000 for Kanchelskis . |
| 12 | I also deeply sympathized with George because Lennie had practically spoiled his life yet George never seemed to complain . |
| 13 | Well I think she 's made a mistake with Joan because Joan did n't get the plate for er the highest number of silver stars , it was gold stars . |
| 14 | On March 9 several people were killed in Durrës when police took over a ship holding 2,000 people . |
| 15 | Technically , Sami was a confidential informant ( CI ) for Michael Pavlick , the DEA 's country attaché in Paris , but he was to play a vital part in Operation Goldenrod , a project preoccupying the NARCOG task force in Nicosia when Coleman arrived there , and which was to touch off the chain reaction of events that exploded over Lockerbie 21 months later . |
| 16 | Since August 12th Mr Hussein has repeated like a gramophone the refrain that he will not budge from Kuwait until Israel gives up the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 17 | Mitchell had refused to hand over his prints from Spain until Maggie came back . |
| 18 | The accident happened on the outskirts of Chester after a cross-county motorway chase from Warrington as police followed up a report of an attempted armed robbery . |
| 19 | The accident happened on the outskirts of Chester after a cross-county motorway chase from Warrington as police followed up a report of an attempted armed robbery . |
| 20 | Meanwhile the Sole family plan to spend a fortnight 's holiday in Florida before David girds up for Scotland 's challenge in the Five Nations . |
| 21 | Charges that there had been no good times in England since William came in , or that William had ruined the nation , were fairly common . |
| 22 | In 1939 we were all in England when Pop came back from Burma to decide what we should do — stay in England during the war , or go back to Burma . |
| 23 | Office workers and shoppers were evacuated from the area surrounding the Reject Shop in Cornmarket as police moved in with sniffer dogs . |
| 24 | There was a traditional end to construction at the Three Lamps housing development at Totterdown in Bristol when WCUK stepped back in time to top out a new home at the site . |
| 25 | A doctrine such as the Christian belief in God as Trinity arose out of the way in which Christians experienced God as personal and in three quite distinct ways and yet as one . |
| 26 | ‘ In Holland if coaches do n't do well they get the sack , so I am philosophical about the matter . |
| 27 | She was born in Belgium , but she and her mother were on holiday in Holland when hostilities broke out . |
| 28 | Princess Diana gave birth to a son and things looked like fast returning to normal in Britain as nurses came out on strike , the London tube drivers came out on strike and the NUR threatened a strike . |
| 29 | Ukraine has threatened to charge world prices for transporting Russian gas to export markets in Europe if Russia goes ahead with charging world prices from February 1 . |
| 30 | Creaney , brought up on legends of the Lisbon Lions side who won the European Cup before he was born , is due to play his first full match in Europe when Celtic take on Cologne in the UEFA Cup first round first leg in Germany this week . |