Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1896 the CMS requested Taylor to continue his translation work in Swahili in Cairo , not Mombasa . |
| 2 | They should have played a more open game and allowed us to see Bangor scoring lots of goals . |
| 3 | He was on the edge of weeping , but did not want Murray to realise it . |
| 4 | The mestizo looked up to see Trent watching him . |
| 5 | As I left I asked Marcus to remove his dark glasses so I could look at his face . |
| 6 | She would tell her twin about Berenice 's baby , and if she knew her sister , she would make Garry see he must return to his wife . |
| 7 | Having achieved narrow wins in the Minnesota and Idaho caucuses Harkin stated his determination to continue the fight at least until the Illinois and Michigan primaries , on March 17 , when he hoped that his trade union support would assist him . |
| 8 | First he asked Germaine to play something by Ravel for him , presumably to glean an impression of her personality . |
| 9 | Simultaneously he increasingly involved himself in the literary life of London , a change in the balance of his career which began when he made the acquaintance of the poet , Alfred ( later first Baron ) Tennyson [ q.v. ] , who in 1867 commissioned Knowles to design his house in Aldworth , Sussex . |
| 10 | ‘ We are not suggesting Swindon did anything deliberate , but the fact is that they are now in the Premier League . ’ |
| 11 | Before the war , he had been one of the most prominent members of the Dock workers ' Guild , acting as principal deputy to their father , the Chairman , but after he was disabled and discharged from the army , he was forced to take other work , helping Florrie to run their Aunt Emily 's corner grocery shop . |
| 12 | She had hoped her life might be completely happy and perfect , and expected Vronsky to sacrifice his whole life to love her entirely . |
| 13 | Not out of Steve , anyway , who was saying nothing much , only affirming that he had bashed Charley to save his mother ; he had ‘ guessed ’ where she was . |
| 14 | She had heard Ben tell her it was about time , too , but almost too late ; that was when she had stopped pushing the hand-cart and bought Laddie and the flat-cart . |
| 15 | They were having trouble with the close-up , until DiCillo finally asked Brad to give him ‘ a deer caught in a car 's headlights ’ . |
| 16 | I do n't think Lucker loves anyone but himself . |
| 17 | Sums over histories also played an important psychological role in the development of physics since they led Feynman to propose his diagrammatic ideas about which I spoke so warmly at the start of this chapter . |
| 18 | International and Irish , however , has now stopped MacDonald using their offices as his London base . |
| 19 | Peter was a pianist , had a job as a pianist , and always seemed to have money , which made Cecilia see him as a potentially good husband . |
| 20 | She hardly ever read it herself now , preferring Alexandra to read it to her , but some mornings , when she felt stronger , she would be propped up on extra pillows and given the paper and her glass . |
| 21 | On ministerial appointments for instance , while he made MacDonald change his intentions in a number of cases , he did not do so without occasional complaint front the Prime Minister , and continuing give and take between the two leaders . |
| 22 | From the Chief Constable … to the bobby on the beat … the men and women responsible for policing Swindon fear their jobs are about to change out of all recognition . |
| 23 | How else do you think Al-Makesh knew we were from UNACO ? |
| 24 | Katalco business manager , said ‘ Hydecat is a major step forward in the treatment of wastes and demonstrates how catalyst technology is helping ICI improve its environmental performance . ’ |
| 25 | While their romance cooled-off , Charles still asked Sarah to attend his 30th birthday party at Buckingham Palace in November 1978 . |
| 26 | The liverpool supporters , although a tadge irritated by all these cheering Yorkshiremen took it very well and gave as good as they got when they equalised . |
| 27 | ‘ They might have helped out with the work , but Robert has done much more — lent you his nurse for that pyometra and lent Ian to do my farm work — and he 's worked doubly hard himself . |
| 28 | But he spared a glance for the very pretty girl in the daring clothes , and was surprised to see Britta covering her mouth to stifle a giggle . |
| 29 | You know there was a brother of the Order who so contrived her departure and asked Aldhelm to help him . |
| 30 | Or do you really think Georgina did it ? ’ |