Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb pp] [noun prp] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has since recorded Philip Glass 's Facades for Virgin Classics and appeared regularly with London orchestras . |
| 2 | He has since painted Prince William 's christening and Prince Charles himself , and the portraits all hang in pride of place in the privacy of Kensington Palace and Highgrove . |
| 3 | Yesterday Cameron Mackintosh , who as producer has successfully taken Les Mis around the globe , described the moment the musical 's Manchester premier came to a grinding and inglorious halt . |
| 4 | That Husameddin , perhaps unluckily , has wholly misrepresented Ibn Hajar is incontrovertible , however . |
| 5 | Keen to give the new government of his state a chance to work , he has politely rebuffed Mr Annuar . |
| 6 | In practical terms , the gates and fence probably have little advantage over the waist-high barrier and high-profile police presence which has effectively sealed Downing Street from the public for eight years . |
| 7 | Bolt head has not seen Miss N'Grabbit for several weeks . |
| 8 | Socialist Realism has not touched Tatyana Tolstaya . |
| 9 | So far Mr Jackson has not endorsed Mr Brown , but he has left the impression he would accept an invitation to be on the ticket if the former governor of California beats exceedingly long odds to become the Democrats ' White House nominee . |
| 10 | A speech impediment from an early age has not deterred Albert Fyles . |
| 11 | Anyone who has not read Mr. Eric Clark 's excellent article charting how classic adverts , in the past and in the present , have succeeded in linking the cigarette with sophistication , should read it . |
| 12 | ‘ Even a cursory glance at the island of Ireland 's relationship with the EC since 1973 confirms that Britain has not pursued Northern Ireland 's interests anything like the extent which Irish Governments have for the 26 counties , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The tremendous post war housing development within the Borough has not benefited North Shields nearly as much as it should have done had its position been central . |
| 14 | This has not undermined Hong Kong 's competitiveness , however , because Hong Kong 's overall labour productivity is still rising faster than America 's . |
| 15 | Mr Dinkins said he wished ‘ that we could do as well as Tokyo does ’ in keeping crime low and hoped to learn how Tokyo has largely avoided New York 's problems of high crime , drugs and unemployment . |
| 16 | ‘ It appears Steffi has finally found Mr Right , ’ said the report . |
| 17 | Mrs Fairfax has just called Grace Poole . |
| 18 | That other well known Peak raider , Ben Moon , the real king o'Crookrise , has just repeated Jerry Moffatt 's testpiece of last year , Liquid Amber at L.P.T , confirming grade and quality . |
| 19 | But the local-tax fudge is dangerous because it concentrates attention on a great dilemma facing Mr Major : how do you lead a party that has just overthrown Margaret Thatcher ? |
| 20 | Jane has just told Helen Burns her story . |
| 21 | The Musée du Louvre , Paris , has just purchased Antonello da Messina 's ‘ Christ at the Column ’ from Brenda , Lady Cook , for approximately £4.5 million ( $7.8 million ) . |
| 22 | The National Trust has just purchased Slieve Donard in the Mourne Mountains which , at 2,746 feet , is the highest mountain in Northern Ireland and one of the most famous landmarks in the province . |
| 23 | The National Gallery of Art has just purchased Bernardo Bellotto 's ‘ The Fortress of Konigstein ’ from Bruno Meissner for $9.6 million ( £6.4million ) , the most expensive Old Master painting purchased by the gallery since Leonardo da Vinci 's ‘ Ginevra de'Benci ’ bought for around $6 million from the Prince of Liechtenstein in 1967 . |
| 24 | Mr Major has already asked Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other EC leaders to delay any decisions , at least until the EC summit at Maastricht in early December : presumably he expects to call an election this autumn . |
| 25 | And to cap it all , in my front garden , a taxus that has already outgirthed Sir Cyril Smith was making a takeover bid for my car runway , so that friends would smilingly open their drivers ' doors only to get a mouthful of evergreen . |
| 26 | Keane , rated in the £5m bracket , is out of contract at the end of next season and has already rebuffed Brian Clough 's first attempt to negotiate a new deal . |
| 27 | The firm has already offered Coronation Street romeo Reg Holdsworth one for his honeymoon . |
| 28 | Cowley climbed into the back of the car , then leaned out the window to add , ‘ It seems that young Mayli has already located Colonel Lin Foh 's new hotel . |
| 29 | Funny that no one has ever noticed Mrs Thatcher 's knock knees and pigeon toes , but then , the ever considerate television news cameras always film her from the knees up , so who 's to know . |
| 30 | Hanley was injured and so Garry led the side — ‘ the proudest moment in my career ’ — and the Lions came as near to victory as any team has ever done Down Under . |