Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [noun prp] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarah plays Cecily in The Importance of Being Ernest . |
| 2 | Based on David Stuart Leslie 's novel In My Solitude , the story cast Crawford in the clumsy ‘ two left feet ’ role for which he soon became familiar . |
| 3 | Lucy plays Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Ernest . |
| 4 | When Arsenal met Hull in the Cup semi-final in 1930 , and were 2–0 down with ten minutes to go , Chapman 's ordeal on the bench grew to a fever-pitch of intensity . |
| 5 | The bill was reportedly designed to restore the government 's Islamic credentials which its critics maintained had been undermined by Pakistan 's participation in the Western-dominated multinational force opposing Iraq in the Gulf [ see pp. 37639 ; 37641 ; 37694 ] . |
| 6 | In England in 1987 and at home immediately after the 1987 World Cup , Pakistan defeated England in the Test series by a 1–0 margin . |
| 7 | Johnny prodded Ed in the trouser seat . |
| 8 | Without him Arsenal beat Chelsea in the opening round , but then faced a crisis when Birmingham forced a draw at Highbury in the next round . |
| 9 | French league president Noel Le Graet had urged Tapie to withdraw his civil court action to reinstate Marseille in the competition after world soccer 's governing body FIFA threatened to suspend France from international competition . |
| 10 | F needs C. In the other four cases the gains are interfirmlet : C 's other firmlet G needs F. The head office simply provides the roof of common ownership . |
| 11 | Although the risk to humans was believed to be remote , manufacturers reduced DEHA in the film . |
| 12 | Shearer , still the Premier League 's leading scorer with 22 goals , will miss Blackburn 's bid to reach Wembley in the FA Cup — they are at home to Sheffield United in the quarter-finals — and also the bulk of England 's qualifying programme . |
| 13 | Ceauşescu told Newsweek in the autumn of his life that the cult was not his doing . |
| 14 | Some tried specific local remedies ; the Earl of Chichester reformed Falmer in the 1820s , denying relief to all but the infirm and forcing the labourers to work or leave . |
| 15 | ( According to some accounts , a journalist told Eddington in the early 1920s that he had heard there were only three people in the world who understood general relativity . |
| 16 | RUGBY UNION : England World Cup star Paul Ackford will come out of retirement on Saturday to help Harlequins in the Pilkington Cup final against Bath after their pack was more than halved by injury , sending-offs and withdrawals . |
| 17 | Muldoon nervously introduced the plan , saying that as Fred Klepner had been over on special assignment from Detroit to help Mark in the final preparation of the Plan and the presentation , he would hand over to Fred and let him take the committee through the proposals . |
| 18 | CARDIFF coaching organiser Alex Evans will be keeping his cards close to his chest today ( Sat ) when his side meet Pontypridd in the annual Boxing Day clash at the Arms Park . |
| 19 | The Carolingians maintained close contact with Offa 's court and Alcuin congratulated Offa in the late 780s on his eagerness to encourage learning in his kingdom , sent greetings to Queen Cynethryth , and urged Ecgfrith not to be unworthy of his noble birth . |
| 20 | It is mathematically impossible for any Democratic rival to overhaul Clinton in the primary process . |
| 21 | His head was cut off , buried on Tower Hill facing France in the belief that so long as it remained there , Britain would be safe from invasion . |
| 22 | Jones based her judgement on the fact that yesterday Indonesia crushed Malaysia in the qualifying round , losing just two games in their 3-0 win . |
| 23 | IDEALISM is a rare quality in the pragmatic world of football management , which is why it is important that Jim Jefferies should be successful in his attempt to keep Falkirk in the Premier Division by the rare route of playing attractive football . |
| 24 | York take on their arch rivals Harrogate at Clifton Park today and Pickering entertain Scarborough in the East Yorkshire Cup . |
| 25 | Grief clutched Dulé in the heart . |
| 26 | The same waves reached Hawaii in the central Pacific less than 5 hours later and must have travelled at a speed of 740 km per hour . |
| 27 | Peace of mind puts Monty in the mood |
| 28 | Currie put Barnsley in the lead at Leicester but second-half goals by Walsh , Mills ( penalty ) and Wright gave promotion-chasing Leicester a 3–1 victory . |
| 29 | During the conflict between the factions of Stephen and Matilda , David invaded England in the hope of seizing Northumberland and even Durham for himself . |
| 30 | Cardiff bay has a great deal to offer Wales in the way of prestige projects , for example . |