Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norman , however , recollects that at first Minton did not take it very seriously ; but one evening , when the two men had arranged to meet in a pub before going to the opera , Norman arrived late , having spent the afternoon with Henrietta , and realised on seeing Minton that he had begun to feel left out . |
| 2 | Bill Clinton had gone for his inaugurations now President of the United States so John high U K John and he met Colin and we had about two sort of erm semi heads of state battling in the what went on . |
| 3 | Joshua , in order to be friendly , asked Harvey if he had heard of Clemenceau 's remark about Lloyd George , made at the Paris Peace Conference after the Kaiser 's War ? |
| 4 | The carelessness of the creators ( for not noticing the mess their employees were making ) and of the people who looked after the food meant animals , plants and insects were accidentally given Herakleophorbia so they grew . |
| 5 | Dunlop appeared to be catching Moodie and he had already put in that record lap of 115.62mph on lap three , but Moodie always had matters well in hand . |
| 6 | A concern with theological questions has sometimes prompted new lines of scientific inquiry , as when Richard Bentley ( 1662–1742 ) , wishing to use the latest science to defend his Christian theism , asked Newton whether he thought it possible that the frame of the world could have been produced , from a uniform distribution of matter , by mechanical principles alone . |
| 7 | In passing , Boswell asked McQueen whether he felt content as a clergyman on Skye , and the reverend man answered — or so Boswell interprets — that much of his satisfaction with his lot derived from his Skye ancestry . |
| 8 | Terry admired it and asked Sarah if she had another copy , and she said casually , ‘ Yes . |
| 9 | I asked Gary and he said he 'd packed it in ages ago , and so did young Bean . |
| 10 | ‘ I never met Barney but I caught sight of the other one once , scuttling across the yard like a nervous rabbit . |
| 11 | I asked Clem if there had been any other jingle sessions where he 'd had to recreate an original . |
| 12 | I asked Frankie when I had pushed through to him . |
| 13 | ‘ Are you a Catholic ? ’ he asked Donna as she brought out the drinks . |
| 14 | Magistrates said they could disqualify him from driving and asked Elsworth if he needed his licence for his job . |
| 15 | Alex Griffiths , Marks & Spencer 's fish executive , was surprised at the idea that the company might have even contemplated using Billingsgate when it began selling fresh fish nationally four years ago . |
| 16 | I overheard Didi and you talking this morning … ’ |
| 17 | There was a reporter and a photographer from the Financial Times waiting to interview Branson as he touched down . |
| 18 | He was quite frank about the whole thing , told us H. had given him a fiver to turn up , asked Madge if she wanted to go through with it , which of course she did n't . |
| 19 | The Mexican landed the better punches in the final round , catching Hardy as he became a trifle careless . |
| 20 | He put the back of his hand on each forehead and asked Nellie if they 'd complained about pains in the ear . |
| 21 | ‘ I care that you 're trying to seduce Dana as you seduced me … nothing more , though I doubt your conceit will allow you to believe that . ’ |
| 22 | Earlier Romantic interests in dream , haunting and death were revivified by Odilon Redon 's lithographs and drawings and transposed into a mawkish fascination with human decollation and disembodiment ( a prescient subject of much Surrealist interest later ) , witness perhaps of his desire to escape from the strictures of the body where only material limitation and disease existed — the concerns of eschatology , sexuality and mysticism certainly haunted Redon as they do so much Symbolist thought . |
| 23 | When they had exhausted politics , Julia asked David whether he had seen the recent report in The Times about the Allied commission which had been investigating Italians who had helped escaping prisoners of war . |
| 24 | He was sure he would damage Gleeson if he saw him . |
| 25 | I asked Pat if it had been love at first sight . |
| 26 | Glenn Hoddle says that playing at Wembley can be like making your debut … the sight of the twin towers still gives you a buzz but they 've got to forget all about that and get on and win the game … it 's a wonderful place to play he says and the pitch should suit Swindon but they 've got to concentrate on the job in hand |
| 27 | I mean I wouldn't 've minded if she said come up the house like and she mentioned Cardiff but I 've gone so fat I do n't wan na go ! |
| 28 | This bias was particularly strong during our Pre-Campaign Wave in March when Prime Minister Thatcher visited Moscow but it continued at a reduced level throughout the final campaign . |
| 29 | They are strays , having been carried here by the glacier that once occupied Crummackdale as it retreated at the end of the Ice Age , scouring the ground as it departed and bringing down the boulders from their place of origin higher in the valley . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , I phoned Adai before I came here . |