Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [pron] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On offer at the same sale is a halfpenny coin dated 1890 which Annie Oakley shot through the centre at Earls Court , London . |
| 2 | During the years prior to the flotation , British Gas had been forced by the government to sell both its North Sea oil interests and also its half share in the onshore Wytch Farm oilfield in Dorset . |
| 3 | She 'd had to buy all her guides Coca Cola from guiding funds , and send them home early in a hired bus in case they electrocuted themselves storming the gates of Eldercombe Manor in search of Dancer . |
| 4 | Now have you got all your things Christopher that you need ? |
| 5 | Well I , I well , I 've had two lots thanks Jane , yeah . |
| 6 | Both players missed the 17 fairway to the right with Wilson lying in the more favourable position it looked like he at last might take the lead but using all his experience McCarroll succeeded on the green for a half . |
| 7 | No figures were available for the number of works sold and the total turnover , but according to the organisers , the majority of participants were satisfied with the results : Connaught Brown sold all their Lucian Freud etchings ; the Salzburg gallery from Weihergut , Austria sold their entire stock . |
| 8 | I could n't have cared less what Dennis Parsons thought of me , of course . |
| 9 | He was himself forced to remain in England to defend his interests and never settled in his colony ; he appointed first his brother Leonard [ q.v. ] and then his second son Charles to the post of governor . |
| 10 | She has had a crisis of faith since her old man was put in the bin , and , a month or so ago , she took all her C. S. Lewis books out into the garden and burnt them . |
| 11 | But to win , he knows he has to beat first his team-mate Alain Prost who is keen to return to winning ways and regain the leadership of the championship and also overcome the tremendous challenge of Ayrton Senna . |
| 12 | Dot knew that Mrs Parvis could n't care less what Mr Brown thought because Mr Brown did n't count for anything , because poor Mr Brown had never been in uniform . |
| 13 | Louis then swore in the lingua romana , so that Charles 's men would understand him : For the love of God and for the Christian people and for our common salvation , from this day henceforth , as far as God grants that I know and can , I shall so help this my brother Charles with my aid and in all things , as every man ought in right to help his brother , on condition that he does the like for me . |
| 14 | Progress towards this happy state would be hindered by revolution ; some of those who read his book might have been inspired to take some practical action , so in order to make clear his position Godwin produced a pamphlet in 1795 entitled Considerations on Lord Grenville ‘ s and Mr. Pitt 's Bills in which he supported the government 's repression of ‘ agitators and democrats ’ . |