Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [be] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyebrow lifted , and Meredith realised he was paying her close attention . |
| 2 | Then , characteristically , Virgin chairman Richard Branson announced he was undercutting his rivals ' new fares by £10 . |
| 3 | Reporting a loss of $12.8m late yesterday , Cap Gemini Sogeti SA said it was omitting its dividend . |
| 4 | Recently Berghaus on Tyneside revealed it was reducing its workforce by 60 jobs as part of a cost-cutting exercise prompted by the recession . |
| 5 | Dun and Bradstreet said it was porting its Millenium financial and human resources package , which would be ready by year-end , and in the meantime has a gateway product allowing data access between IBM mainframes and HP systems . |
| 6 | Sylvia realised it was to fill their bladders for the games to come . |
| 7 | Morgan has been looking for a white knight for the last two weeks since insurance broker Willis Faber announced it was selling its 20 per cent stake in the merchant bank to Banque Indosuez , part of Compagnie Financiere de Suez . |
| 8 | Raynor was a little apart , his eyes unreadable and such an intense concentration about him that Grainne knew he was hearing her thoughts . |
| 9 | Lily said he was wasting his money , and he was ; they were all papists down at the Bridewell . |
| 10 | When Earthlets discovered they were devouring their planet , they repented . |
| 11 | I think Lee thought he was losing his job did n't he ? |
| 12 | Ali Bacher managing managing director of the United Cricket Board of South Africa said they were withdrawing their bid because of a crowded international programme and to host the World Cup would take resources and attention away from their development programme . |
| 13 | The UK claims it is making its contribution to reducing emissions by imposing value added tax ( VAT ) on domestic fuel ; the government says the VAT measures make it less likely that a carbon tax will be needed to meet the target of stabilising CO2 emissions at 1990 levels by 2000 . |
| 14 | Yet Martina believes she is playing her best tennis for six years . |
| 15 | With 30 wickets in an injury-curtailed season , Jarvis believes he 's earned his place on Gooch 's tour . |
| 16 | If God says he 's found your ball you do n't question it , do you ? |
| 17 | Anne Lucas from Staley Bridge in Cheshire wrote to Kevin saying she was losing her will power to stick to her diet . |
| 18 | Wheway said it was considering its position and advised shareholders not to sell . |
| 19 | Edouard knew he was wasting his time , but he could n't stop . |
| 20 | An Oxford graduate he 's given his collection of photographs … his most cherished possession … to the University 's Pitt Rivers Musuem … |
| 21 | Chemicals giant Kao Corp , Tokyo says it is expanding its floppy disk business at its Kao Corp SA subsidiary in Spain , which will double its 3.5″ output to 8m a month from April . |
| 22 | granddad 's doing it Angela said you 're using your mum and dads address so we can put the banns in here with it |
| 23 | Murray said she was enjoying her running again , and the same was true for McKean . |
| 24 | Paul says we are to obey our parents ‘ in the Lord ’ . |
| 25 | Nelson Rowe says he was given his dad 's old kart for christmas when he was five and he 's gone on from there … it 's brilliant good fun and quite dangerous with lots of crashes |