Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] the [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Spain the struggle over the succession in 1702–13 had seen a prolonged effort by Catalonia and much of Aragon to throw off Castilian rule , an effort which drove them to support the Habsburg Archduke Charles against the eventually victorious Bourbon claimant to the throne , Philip V , grandson of Louis XIV . |
| 2 | The supporters were happy , the players were happy and everyone agreed the Everton board had pulled off a coup in tempting their most successful manager back to Merseyside . |
| 3 | Now , three weeks later , here is where I was advised to begin-with them bringing the McLaren girl over from Fort Thomas in an ambulance wagon and the lieutenant taking her right into the Alamosa Hotel . |
| 4 | MAUD Smyth has asked me to thank the Rev Grindle and all who helped to make the memorial service for her brother Thomas , who had died in Canada , so beautiful and moving . |
| 5 | A lot of them concerned the Arsenal team and what I thought about them . ’ |
| 6 | Let me introduce the Bovril Babe . |
| 7 | When I was asking them which was their favourite area , not unsurprisingly a couple of them mentioned the Lake District — anytime except in the summer holidays . |
| 8 | For this review I asked the PR firm promoting FAXgrabber to send me a fax so I could demonstrate the program in operation . |
| 9 | I asked the I Ching one more question . |
| 10 | Well it seems like that 's hoping for pie in the sky , though , because there 's first of all not enough money , and I do n't think that teachers are that good at well talking about their own emotions , and I asked the Oxfordshire County Council Education Department to send someone along to this programme , and they said ‘ I 'm sorry , there 's no-one to send ’ . |
| 11 | It would be a great way to repay them if I made the England side and contributed to its success . ’ |
| 12 | I mean the Dunmow Road , Hockerill |
| 13 | I mean the Bradford Dukes always win at Bradford because I 've heard on the grapevine , not from me , that they 've got little bumps round the bends and they fill them in and only the Bradford riders know whereabouts they are , so they skirt round them . |
| 14 | Erm and she was from the Pentiford area I think , erm oh quite a well educated girl , erm there was nothing to stop them from joining , I mean the London Fire Brigade there are , are fire fighters who are girls , erm and the er they do very well erm there are problems of course , with , with women on fire stations , but nevertheless there 's no reason why they should n't be there , providing they can do the job and I 'm sure those who read the papers and see the news know that in Russia and places like that , women do the , do the job very well . |
| 15 | I mean the Queen Elizabeth , Q E two never even went into that like an average steamer , thirty five knots or something |
| 16 | But my feeling is that the sort of run-of-the-mill , solid English composer , I say solid — they are not actually solid — but I mean the Harrison Birtwhistles , the Maxwell Davises of this world are some of the most interesting people in the world at the moment . |
| 17 | Having arrived at St Louis with Paul Gilbert and Billy Sheehan , I presumed the Jackson association was not a recent one … |
| 18 | Since I met the NSPCC people , I have examined the advertising columns of the national newspapers . |
| 19 | ‘ I met the Hong Kong Finance Minister in February to put Cleveland 's case . |
| 20 | I met Mazzini ; I met the Countess Guiccioli . |
| 21 | When I consulted the Lancashire Association of Parish & Town Councils they had never heard of such a charge being made . |
| 22 | I mused on Toby 's story as I walked towards the clubhouse and so intent was I on my thoughts that I nearly knocked over Sally Drayton as I passed the PGA hut . |
| 23 | I got the West End Blues . |
| 24 | I got the West End |
| 25 | ‘ I got the Cray Cherubs , the Lost Teeshirts of Atlantis , The Turbulent Priests , Sonic Energy Authority — ’ |
| 26 | Cos I got the Camden Race Course . |
| 27 | I hate the Madonna shots I 've seen , I venture . |
| 28 | I realise the Lady Yolande is a noblewoman and that you were instrumental in arranging her marriage to the late King . |
| 29 | I tried the Mimosa Club to see if anyone interesting was playing that evening but got no reply . |
| 30 | Taking the plunge , I tried the Boots home testing kit which consists of a lancet , a small plastic counter to hold a drop of blood and a measuring scale and indicator . |