Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Roy Mason arrived in 1976 to take up his duties as secretary of state for Northern Ireland , the present writer met him as part of a deputation from my political party . |
| 2 | Keller 's Zurich upbringing made him into a skiier and sculler , and he raced for the Grasshopper club . |
| 3 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
| 4 | My enthusiasm transmitted itself to Malc and he left at the end of visiting time a happier man . |
| 5 | His proud mum met him at Shannon Airport with the news that he has been called up by the Lions as a replacement for winger Ian Hunter . |
| 6 | Her insistence on setting up lone stations cut off from the central missionary settlement led her into conflict with the authorities , who often thwarted her persistent applications to go further ‘ up-country ’ . |
| 7 | A pickup truck passed us with three men in the back sheltering under a tarpaulin . |
| 8 | However , the prior hypothesis led us to the finding in the rural high oil worker category ( table II , both for all ages and the 0–4 age group . |
| 9 | There is little evidence that peasant faith declined , but the authority of village priests was progressively undermined : in terms of culture and way of life they differed too little from the ordinary villagers to inspire much respect , and the miserly provision made them by the State resulted in constant friction over money matters between priest and parishioner . |
| 10 | All I can remember is having a pickled onion and my sister stabbed it with a fork and the middle shot across the room . |
| 11 | YOU recently mentioned con tricks well , I was waiting at Lime Street Station for my mother when a well-dressed man with a briefcase asked me for £1 . |
| 12 | He more than filled the gap left by Alex ; his presence animated her with a mysterious excitement . |
| 13 | The 28-year-old cab driver attacked her in a clearing after she went to join Queen 's Club in west London , Mark Dennis , prosecuting , told the Old Bailey . |
| 14 | His talents , his wealth , and the changing times raised him to the court of assistants of the Levant Company from 1644 to 1648 , and in 1645 Parliament appointed him to the Goldsmiths ' Hall committee , through which Royalists redeemed their sequestrated estates by paying compositions . |
| 15 | A twenty-five-foot wave flung itself at the canoe from an unexpected angle and before the crew could turn to absorb the blow , the Hokule'a rose up the face of the wave at forty-five degrees , and was capsized as it flew off the peak . |
| 16 | The white-bearded campaigner prided himself on blunt , outspoken views . |
| 17 | I think Mum made it for me . |
| 18 | Debt and dear money got us into it and , until we break debt 's grip , we shall never get out of it . |
| 19 | She confessed that the bitter jibes and over-exposure led her to the precipice . |
| 20 | At noon , the exhausted Pack gathered together and Brown Owl led them to a shady area . |
| 21 | Bridhe and Seamus Ban consulted him about the amount of drink that would be needed , and were told to double it . |
| 22 | But the impact on the camp lacked nothing in effect on that account . |
| 23 | But ideologically , nationalisation became something of an irrelevance since both major political parties accepted that some form of state control and assistance was essential for coal , rail transport , electricity , gas , civil aviation , cable and wireless , and the Bank of England . |
| 24 | As they strolled deeper into the gardens she became aware that the Pantominteatret was by no means the only form of free entertainment , as their progress led them from one area of performance to another . |
| 25 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 26 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 27 | I believe that it was , or had some connection with , a species of agoraphobia , which in his case manifested itself as an acute fear of heights . |
| 28 | Her mum got her into hospital but Sharon discharged herself . ’ |
| 29 | Mum got you into trouble all right with me , did n't she ? |
| 30 | Well my mum got it for |