Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll have to send for Jim Kielthy to clear up this mess , ’ she laughed . |
| 2 | At eight forty-seven her train for Mariánské Láznë moved off . |
| 3 | Paleontologists such as William Buckland took up this interpretation with enthusiasm , thus combining a continued belief in the argument from design with opposition to transmutation via the concept of successive creations . |
| 4 | ON THE SATURDAY after the massacre , there was a service for Marc Lepine attended by about twenty relatives and friends . |
| 5 | ‘ One of the things we have been working on is getting men back behind the ball , ’ he said and when Stanger did just that in retrieving a kick-ahead from Nadroga , Nicol , Appleson ( twice ) and Turnbull , too , made sure the winger was not in isolation , for Ian Corcoran to boot on delicately and claim a grand try , Appleson converting . |
| 6 | ‘ One of the things we have been working on is getting men back behind the ball , ’ he said and when Stanger did just that in retrieving a kick-ahead from Nadroga , Nicol , Appleson ( twice ) and Turnbull , too , made sure the winger was not in isolation , for Ian Corcoran to boot on delicately and claim a grand try , Appleson converting . |
| 7 | My dad was tied up with Dickens or waiting for General Franco to turn up . |
| 8 | I thought you were still mad at me for carrying on my work and then I thought you were just waiting for Maria Luisa to come back before … oh , before making your decision … ’ |
| 9 | He raced 50 yards up the right before the ball was swept left for David Plange to dive over . |
| 10 | Mackey turned the screw in the second half with a drop goal , and then brilliant handling ended with Ellis kicking to the corner for Neil Kenyon to go over . |
| 11 | The ball drops for Pat Nevin to run through and fire expertly past the keeper low into the left corner . |
| 12 | After lunch Morton went back to Old Jewry , to find Bragg sitting morosely at his desk . |
| 13 | After lunch Melissa went back to the library , ostensibly to work on her novel , but in reality to mull over Madame Gebrec 's dramatic allegations , the possible motive for an attack on Alain — if indeed , such an attack had taken place — and the significance , if any , of the missing golf-club . |
| 14 | Prominent Dail Deputy Brendan McGahon lashed out after Minister Maire turned down his request to end the scandal by which the Provos issue murder statements in Dublin . |
| 15 | Time after time Nizan hammered out his basic message : the internal logic of fascism is rearmament leading to war ; the only way to prevent the catastrophe of a world-wide conflict is the creation of a potent counterbalancing force expressly designed to curb the expansionist tendencies of fascist nation states ; peace will be possible only if it is guaranteed by an effective network of alliances forged between civilised , peace-loving nations such as France , Great Britain and , above all , the USSR . |
| 16 | ‘ Go for the girl , ’ ordered Randy Sherwood , as South Sussex rode on to the field . |
| 17 | I ran away , back to Palma , because I could n't bear the pain of Maria Luisa coming back , wanting you back and the life all three of you shared . ’ |
| 18 | I 'd also taken stock of just how deep the ravine was a yard or so to my right — on a previous visit to this rocky Brecon summit I 'd looked down on a pair of RAF Tornadoes streaking through on a high-adrenalin exercise . |
| 19 | The secondary difference between the two is that the dramatic context of King Charles opens up an elaboration of reference points which the simple game does not require . ) |
| 20 | Inverdarroch : His typewriter , her knittin' machine , Laura Ashley patchwork kit cushion covers , jugs o' weeds on the mantelpiece and the collected works of Lillian Beckwith takin' up a hail shelf of the stripped pine kitchen dresser ! |
| 21 | The colourful draperies of the various stands and tents billowed and flapped gently , as the denizens of Little Tuckett strolled about on the freshly clipped lawns of the vicarage garden , taking in the various delights on offer . |
| 22 | All the inhabitants of La Valdieu turned out to be English and when they had explained that they had all independently ended up at the farm without having had any conscious intention of doing so , my sceptical antennae started twitching . |
| 23 | and er , then of course Gilbert went off for another reason |
| 24 | Of course Ann sends off and says yeah . |
| 25 | Of course McDunn points out that I could still be the murderer ; this could all be a story I 've made up . |
| 26 | In accidents , of course Woonerven came out well , but so did the ‘ average cost area ’ option two . |
| 27 | A portrait of Trickydick Nixon glowered down at him . |
| 28 | I was sitting talking to him — Chet dropped me off there and after a couple of hours Chet came back and was talking to Scotty , and I was thinking , ‘ If I was a music writer , this would be just pure gold ! ’ |
| 29 | It was fifteen days before Isambard 's inconspicuous agents in Pool and about the hospitable courtyard of Strata Marcella picked up traces of the Welsh marauders . |
| 30 | For some reason the subject of Marianne Moore came up , and he expressed disappointment that the edition of her poems which Faber 's had recently published had sold less well than expected . |