Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Major 's budget failed to change their minds . |
| 2 | The principle of this case lingers on , although Parliament sought to mitigate its harshness by a special provision which enables publishers of unintentional defamation to make amends without incurring heavy damages . |
| 3 | She thought that as she knew so well what her therapist would say , it was indeed a waste of money to continue seeing her . |
| 4 | The child recovered , but three notices and a visit by a porter failed to trace his parents . |
| 5 | The Programmer agrees to use his best endeavours to keep all details of the Program confidential both during the currency of this Agreement and after its termination . |
| 6 | The Programmer agrees to use his best endeavours to keep all details of the Program confidential both during the currency of this Agreement and after its termination . |
| 7 | The self-portrait on a walnut panel of Greuze wearing peasant costume and a hat was bought in after bidding failed to exceed its low estimate of FFr1.5 million . |
| 8 | The man who was owed the money planned to take her two sons as slaves . |
| 9 | At the church , me poor sister was near to swoonin' , our mum 'ad to give 'er smellin'-salts , with 'is reverend the vicar sayin' 'e 'd 'ave to cancel the ceremony . |
| 10 | Taylor was at pains to stress that Robson 's decision to retire had nothing to do with pique . |
| 11 | Education has always been a low government spending priority , with the oligarchy preferring to send their children to private schools and then universities abroad . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , the porter agreed to take us there , ’ Corbett lied . |
| 13 | But hampered by the lack of enthusiasm from the White House , the measure failed to complete its legislative programme . |
| 14 | An earlier ban failed to halt their destruction . |
| 15 | The decision to continue follows what a joint press release from the two companies describes as ‘ fruitful talks ’ between the store and the bookseller . |
| 16 | Being willing to talk after your board agrees to sell you is different to requesting a move . |
| 17 | The Board met to choose his successor and Dr. George Harvey Goldsmith was appointed at the age of thirty-two , and at a salary of £80 per annum . |
| 18 | Some , like the Castle Riding Centre ( Tel : 0546 3274 ) tune their trail rides to suit your pocket : the main ones use hotels , with others you stay at the centre or with local families . |
| 19 | As the net tightened , though , and those were taken away , so the only possible freedom became to protect ourselves and to try to consolidate our position . |
| 20 | ‘ Four faults , ’ crackled the public address system as the little bright-bay mare failed to tuck her hind feet up quite high enough at the last bar of the treble . |
| 21 | Classic footage , but a golden opportunity wasted to trace his career from his Olympic gold medal days . |
| 22 | These people may of course want to keep their knowledge secret so as to avoid any involvement in criminal proceedings , which is not helpful to creditors and to credit managers wanting to know what is to be salvaged from the wreck . |
| 23 | On Jan. 8 the Defence Ministry sought to justify its operation against draft-dodgers by declaring that conscription levels were so low as to threaten national security . |
| 24 | Direct discrimination involves treating someone less favourably on the grounds of their sex or marital status ( the 1975 Act ) or colour , race , ethnic or national origins or nationality ( the 1976 Act ) . |
| 25 | The buyer failed to collect them and they were stolen from the seller 's warehouse . |
| 26 | Well we 've got a tenner to go have we ? |
| 27 | It was released in space on Oct. 19 to begin a six-year 2,500-million-mile voyage to study the planet Jupiter , on a gravitationally assisted trajectory planned to swing it once past the planet Venus and twice around the Earth . |
| 28 | It argued that , following normal legal procedure , Mr Roache should have to pay the costs incurred from the date of the settlement offer because the jury 's award failed to top it . |
| 29 | And here today 's bandwagon rolling tip , Pershing po poised to fulfil his promise , that 's Paul Johnson in the Racing Post , John de Moreville in the Express Pershing to strike his target and now here is something of which nobody can be proud Gosforth Park South Africa . |
| 30 | Once or twice during the Course he would make an excuse to come to collect something or other , and I think he enjoyed seeing some of the results of the teachers ' acquaintance with the displays . |