Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clerk argued that it was not a " competent application " . |
| 2 | Lange admitted that he had " been over a barrel " after the French government had threatened that unless the accord was accepted , New Zealand would be denied access to French markets for its agricultural exports , the mainstay of its economy , |
| 3 | If they have a common root , we test the remaining quadratics to see if they are satisfied by this common root . |
| 4 | ‘ By terms of his will , Lucas asked if he could be buried near his home , instead of in prison grounds . |
| 5 | Defeat — and yet not truly defeat , Maria realised as she felt Luke 's response . |
| 6 | ‘ The Community proposals mean that one out of ten farmers set aside land in the rest of Europe compared to six out of ten in the UK . |
| 7 | Parliament announced that it would hold an emergency debate on the accidents . |
| 8 | The investigations revealed that there were , in fact , no clear trends . |
| 9 | The story goes that their car broke down on the way to Larne , and they had to hitch a ride to get to the boat on time . |
| 10 | When the Assembly closed the story goes that they found hundreds of dead Indians behind the screen . |
| 11 | The story goes that it was a very merry party — maybe they were celebrating being able to get in the hay after a bad spell — and they stepped on the bridge to enjoy some music , a very Tallentire thing to do . |
| 12 | The story goes that my great-great-grandfather came to see with his own eyes the destruction of their great city and that , seeing the sign , he smiled , appreciating the play on words . |
| 13 | The story goes that he 's fallen out with his friends in the Provos , and he 's either on the run , or they murdered him and dumped the body . |
| 14 | And so the story goes that he er said he would support David er David G Lloyd George and help on this case . |
| 15 | The story goes that he was watching at home with his wife but after the pile-up occurred , he could stand it no more and went out into the garden for the rest of the race . |
| 16 | The story goes that he managed a round on the morning of the wedding and even , it is said , a few strokes later in the day . |
| 17 | I know you know of it and have even assayed it in a pipe , as they did at court when Astraea ruled and she was inclined to taste it now and then . |
| 18 | His teeth gleamed as he smiled . |
| 19 | A nice government official helping to run the camp asked if I would mind staying until all the old and sick and pregnant women were flown out , and of course we were only too pleased to stay . |
| 20 | Distressing as it was for the Victorian establishment to contemplate having descended from monkeys , it would not be long before new advances in physiology and biochemistry revealed that we virtually are monkeys — differing from the chimpanzee , for instance , by a single chromosome in our genetic code . |
| 21 | The motorhome will be the lucky winners ' base for the next two weeks , offering them freedom to go where they please to explore New Zealand 's unspoilt areas of breathtaking , natural beauty . |
| 22 | ‘ Go As You Please ’ is just as it sounds , and with your unlimited 7-day bus pass and your 6 accommodation vouchers , which can be used at any of the Youth Hostels in Northern Ireland , you have the freedom to go where you want , when you want . |
| 23 | Quite , quite frankly I , I ca n't see Walsall moving , because it seems to have been money wasted if they 've made Fellas Park good and then they move somewhere else . |
| 24 | More serious criminal cases are first enquired into by magistrates ' courts to see if there is sufficient evidence for the case to go further . |
| 25 | I have to sit there like typing in random keywords to see if it 's a keyword . |
| 26 | On May 15 , 1990 , the Vatican announced that it was re-establishing diplomatic relations with Romania , broken in 1950 . |
| 27 | Colin insists that they had expected the ensuing fuss . |
| 28 | do you think that was a deliberate decision made that it should be part of the flats rather than somewhere outside , |
| 29 | Erm now the th H S C is saying that erm it should n't have gone skin to skin and they 've stopped skin to skin in other headings . |
| 30 | In a joint statement issued on Sept. 25 Meyer and Ramaphosa announced that their talks had progressed sufficiently to allow President de Klerk and Mandela to meet the following day . |