Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun prp] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the preparation for Armageddon produces its own strangely attractive vision . |
| 2 | It would save the agony of trying to write letters and Tom thought it would be a good opportunity for Willie to meet them . |
| 3 | The adviser might contact the electricity board for Sally to prevent her supply being cut off , and John could be furnished with a list of local solicitors who do legal-aid work . |
| 4 | The case for Taylor to vacate his position has been strengthened by the pain here in Spain of a shabby England performance after the torment and failure in the European championship finals . |
| 5 | It was an excuse for Annie to take her leave . |
| 6 | It was a tremendous morale-booster for Michael to do something of the sort again , but I am sure none of the delegates at the conference knew of the pain he was in , nor how much discomfort he concealed behind his ready laugh . |
| 7 | His own notes on the plans for Shotesham indicate his great attention to detail : ‘ Particular care must be taken in finishing the floor of the Nursery etc to prevent any Noise being heard on the Principal Floor . ’ |
| 8 | Struggle for Arena to find their form |
| 9 | It 's been a short , obstacle-filled but fruitful struggle for Moonshake to realise their potential . |
| 10 | That 's the bit about Esau selling his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage . |
| 11 | Her responsibility for Comfort brought her back to her senses . |
| 12 | That said his fitness has to be 100% for Wilko to play him at all , and he clearly is liable to get himself sent off . |
| 13 | Another well-known story about Eos concerns her mortal husband Tithonius . |
| 14 | ‘ If you ask me , that story about Gebrec having something on his mind was just a cover-up . |
| 15 | It took several minutes for Joseph to recover his composure and only then was he able to see by the light of the fires that the rear of the communal hut was divided up into tiny stall-like compartments for the pholy 's wives and daughters . |
| 16 | Stanley has told Mitch about Blanche prostituting herself . |
| 17 | Taliesin had not thought it would be possible for the darkness surrounding the House to deepen , but it deepened in those minutes after Fael-Inis made his pronouncement . |
| 18 | Taligent was conceived as a standalone developer of technology ; HP has worked closely with IBM and Sun on objects and the deal for IBM to port its Distributed System Object Model — DSOM — to the HP 's PA RISC architecture is thought to have been the impetus for the COSE initiative ( UX No 425 ) . |
| 19 | Taligent was conceived as a stand-alone developer of technology : Hewlett-Packard has worked closely with IBM and Sun on objects and the deal for IBM to convert its Distributed Systems Object Model — DSOM — for Hewlett-Packard 's Precision Architecture RISC architecture is thought to have been the impetus for the Common Open Software Environment initiative . |
| 20 | The three words were not a great deal for Carrie to pin her hopes to , but she had a warm and happy glow deep inside her as she let herself in at the door of the cottage . |
| 21 | An agent for McNeilage said his client was in similar difficulties , and both men were ordered to stay a mile from the Timex factory until their trial . |
| 22 | In Brightside the Unionist candidate had been specially demobilised for the election ; the Central Office agent for Yorkshire persuaded him to stand down , but it took a visit to Central Office before his supporters could be persuaded to support a Coalition Liberal that they had opposed at the last three elections . |
| 23 | Mr Sweeney , a new MP , said : ‘ A deputy Central Office agent for Wales visited my constituency and attended an executive meeting the night before the vote . |
| 24 | His search for Tess took him first to Flintcomb-Ash , where he discovered she had never used her married name . |
| 25 | Critics charged that he was too busy thinking about France to concern himself with the problems of the French people . |
| 26 | School and college for Robert divided us anyway , and it was Ann and I who spent all our time together . |
| 27 | A quick flick of a comb through her hair — there was no hat to accessorise this dress — she reached for the crocodile clutch bag and moved towards the doorway for Arlene to give her a quick check before she stepped out onto the catwalk again . |
| 28 | By now public anger in America was mounting and there were demands for Reagan to turn his cosy rhetoric into action . |
| 29 | The US House of Representatives approved on March 10 a US$4,100 million emergency spending bill containing US$650 million in aid for Israel to help it meet expenses caused by the Gulf war . |
| 30 | Hashmat Ara Begum , a community worker in the Borough of Camden told me that she too had come across the most contemptuous attitudes among Health Visitors . |