Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [prep] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wembley was witnessing a classic … the drama thundered on … three goal scoring chances were conjured up by Swindon only to be magiced away by Leicester … |
| 2 | But even in remote situations I would strongly advise against this , after doing as much in a cottage in Appin only to be greeted by the landlord who had popped in to see if we were alright . |
| 3 | When Nichols brought Dustin along to be introduced to the mogul in his imposing New York office , Levine , after greeting Nichols , turned to Dustin and said , ‘ The windows are over there . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And , for goodness ’ sake , Laura , stop standing there like Joan of Arc about to be burnt at the stake ! ’ |
| 5 | Left : Schwantz about to be eaten by mechanic Simon Tonge ! |
| 6 | With Jenny Blyth nowhere to be found — vindictive press reports claiming that the marriage of the decade was on the rocks — he became embroiled in an unseemly dispute with his own club . |
| 7 | Manor not to be denied |
| 8 | So keen are GKR not to be identified with the less ethical and aggressive end of the search market that it maintains it frequently turns down business ; from any other search firm , this statement might be questionable , but GKR 's standing in the market , and the obvious importance of its untarnished reputation in gaining that position , suggests that it is probably the truth . |
| 9 | Calm before the storm ? — Ray Hankin yesterday after being handed the ‘ mountainous ’ task of keeping Darlington 's struggling football club in the Third Division . |
| 10 | BARBARA Bush was admitted to hospital in Miami yesterday after being taken ill on a Caribbean cruise , a local radio station reported . |
| 11 | In1984 he became secretary to the Museum Advisory Board for Scotland , then worked with Robert Anderson , now director of the British Museum , at the National Museums of Scotland before before being put in charge of Museums and Finance at the Office of Arts and Libraries . |
| 12 | If she had , she might now be wearing the crown of England instead of being holed up in Gloucester Castle , her supporters scattered and dwindling , and what little popularity she had once possessed destroyed by her own hand . |
| 13 | Massine 's The Three-Cornered Hat is possibly still the most important national ballet of Spain yet to be produced . |
| 14 | The second Bill had passed through the House of Commons only to be thrown out by the House of Lords which could reject all legislation except money bills . |
| 15 | And on Saturday , he contacted the UN only to be greeted with an answering machine . |
| 16 | Asked about his first day , Terry said : ‘ I was stunned when I turned up on the Monday only to be confronted with the aftermath of the weekend fire . |
| 17 | I hope to build a V8 Land Rover mainly to be used on road so mpg and mph are important , but it must sound and look great ( wheels , tyres , etc. ) , do well off road and out perform my dad 's new Land Cruiser II Please could you give me some advice on model , diff ratio , tyres , etc. and initial purchase price . |
| 18 | In 1872 he served briefly on Birmingham town council , being elected to fill a casual vacancy in October only to be defeated at the municipal elections a month later , but by this time it was apparent that he was a talented organizer and in 1873 he was appointed full-time secretary of the Birmingham Liberal Association in succession to William Harris . |
| 19 | Pilate , in spite of declaring that Jesus had done no wrong , finally gave in to their demands and handed Jesus over to be crucified . |
| 20 | The initial application was for : ( i ) Madame Bihi to be joined as a party to the proceedings as a representative of the Democratic Republic of Somalia ; ( ii ) paragraph 3 of the order of Saville J. not to be brought into effect , ( iii ) the court to direct letters to be written to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office asking what state in Somalia was recognised by Her Majesty 's Government as a foreign sovereign state and with what entity , if any , therein Her Majesty 's Government had any dealings of a governmental nature ; and ( iv ) the court to request the Attorney-General to appoint an amicus curiae . |
| 21 | who believed that ‘ human sexuality in all its richness is a gift of God gladly to be accepted , enjoyed and honoured , as a way of both expressing and growing in love , in accordance with the life and teaching of Jesus Christ . ’ |
| 22 | Platt was in England earlier this week , but flew back to play for Juventus in a friendly against Spal in Ferrara on Wednesday only to be pulled out of the game by his club . |
| 23 | Appeal allowed with costs in Divisional Court and House of Lords not to be enforced without leave of Divisional Court . |
| 24 | ( George 's conviction made him the first high-ranking member of the CIA ever to be convicted of felony offences while conducting official duties . ) |
| 25 | THE first Hollywood Oscar ever to be auctioned was sold yesterday for £32,000 . |
| 26 | When this intervention appeared likely to succeed , the watchful Philips caused Poyntz too to be arrested as a suspected heretic . |
| 27 | Anne not to be undone |
| 28 | He remains the only deaf person in Britain ever to be appointed headmaster of a deaf school by a local education authority . |
| 29 | You young people have no idea what it was like for people in Europe then to be offered a cigarette or a piece of chocolate or something like real coffee . |
| 30 | A EUROPEAN ruling today pushed Britain closer to being placed in the dock over the killing by SAS soldiers in Gibraltar of three IRA terrorists . |