Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 After nearly 20 years in the lower echelons of the second division and without a major title to their name , the team with the grand sounding name of Real Club Deportivo de la Coruna have elbowed their way past the giant clubs which year after year dominate the Spanish League , and have made a bold bid for the title .
2 Well , Wa Waitrose have taken it , like all the supermarkets , they 've taken it on trial .
3 A Andy 's got it 's just a blue one .
4 The Russian President and the G7 leaders have forged what they describe as a long-term partnership .
5 . Oh no , as I was saying to Reed the other day , er Reed has joined our class by the way .
6 Certainly to the extent that er Richard has experienced it , no .
7 He 's like that bu , po Wally 's had his haircut now so you can see which
8 The 88Open Consortium has announced its plans to license its compatibility test technology to other vendors and consortia — at a price ( UX No 401 ) .
9 The other announcement erm is er Dr has asked me to address some delinquents , no that 's not fair , some er hard working but misguided students erm tt er who are doing a political processes course , a sort of pale imitation of this course , erm probably find none of them are here today , let's , let's , let's , let's , let's b let's not be shy now , is erm is Ian here ?
10 You know I mean because all the people that have come to show support and er solidarity have done it er I mean we 've been very aware you know the quarry men have actually said you know no we do n't want you to actually block the land rovers we do it our own way and erm you know there 's been no out of control mass picketing or violence or anything like that .
11 But er Greg 's got his own car .
12 Well , after the er publishers had approached me and , and asked me if I would be interested in doing this book er the next thing to do was actually get hold of all the Ordinance Survey maps for Oxfordshire , er you know , quite a big county , so er once we 'd done that er the next thing to do was to actually just work out exactly where we wanted the walks to be , and they 've obviously , for commercial reasons they 've got to be fairly evenly spread throughout the county , but you can tell quite quickly and quite easily by looking at an Ordinance Survey map , you know , where all the paths are , they 're all clearly marked , er public footpaths , public bridleways , that sort of thing , and the next step was to actually create from the maps , circular walks to fit in with the requirement .
13 Yes the er builder 's broken her bath
14 Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while
15 Oh I 've heard of it when er Alice has mentioned it .
16 I I heard the other day what I thought was one of the best advertisements not to have an animal for Christmas very emotive , er I think it was for the R S P C A , and I I 'm told I do n't think you 've heard it but it b basically it 's it 's er the sound of a er well it 's a human pretending to be a dog really and saying you know , Well this is nice my my er family have taken me to the vet , I did n't think I was ill but never mind .
17 Boz 's manner was still threatening , but Seb 's response had taken him by surprise .
18 The little boy 's absorption had enabled her to work longer during the days , which meant she had finished the commissions in hand and so could take a weekend off without worrying about them .
19 Mrs Smith 's Arnold had confirmed she took her gloves home on Friday and threw them in the dustbin and …
20 Because of their belief that women 's concerns and activities are not adequately covered in the mainstream media , women 's groups have produced their own alternative magazines , radio , TV and A/V programmes , and have even started their own press services .
21 His sacking at a critical period for Leeds , when the hooligan element within the club 's support had brought them widespread contempt .
22 Throughout the long inquest , which resumes on Thursday , Mr Ward 's counsel has suggested there was a sustained cover-up after her disappearance and the discovery of her severed and charred remains in the Masai Mara game reserve .
23 It is this constitutive role of religious belief that so often comes to mind when the words science and religion are juxtaposed ; for the explanatory pretensions of the world 's religions have made them vulnerable to scientific advance .
24 Criticising the trial judge 's directions to the jury , they cited poor identification evidence against Allen , and held that accomplice evidence given in Willis 's case had caused them great anxiety .
25 By the time that the appeal had reached this Board , the defendant 's case had reduced itself to seven heads .
26 Lorne 's superfury had run its course .
27 I sat up weakly one morning , and the ship 's cabin had transmuted itself into a little square room in an isolated town in South America .
28 By the time they 'd parked the car and were hurrying towards the station platform , the little girl 's enthusiasm had soothed her tattered nerves , and she was really looking forward to their day together in London .
29 Merymose 's story had made him want to lose himself .
30 I … hope that you will not attempt to outbid L[loyd] G[eorge] or the Socialists in a vote-catching programme … it is folly to attempt a competition with irresponsible people , and I believe LG 's proposals have given us an opportunity of attacking , instead of defending , ourselves … .
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