Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [verb] [vb pp] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Ellen Newton , of Beacon Hill , Hindhead , Surrey , who died in January , admired Mr Paisley and had followed his progress through television and newspaper reports . |
| 2 | It was this nagging feeling that was driving me to Kano and had increased my daily average to 19.6 miles . |
| 3 | It seemed strange , to have that old pamphlet by me , that tiny piece of a long-past England that had found its way to this Greek island , these pine trees , this pagan earth . |
| 4 | The ankle strain kept him out at Blackburn and has restricted his training . |
| 5 | PC Jones said he had not provoked Gore but had seen his attacker in the pub on occasions . |
| 6 | I have since given up ( well , almost ) drawing ‘ exploding monsters ’ for NME and have become their correspondent for anything weird , wonderful and , occasionally , musical . |
| 7 | There , he had presided over a society only slightly less diverse than that of the Caucasus and had fostered its development without trespassing dangerously on local sensibilities . |
| 8 | Archbishop Aethelheard was at Rome seeking to secure the person of Odberht/Eadberht to answer charges brought against him by Offa , but Charlemagne had also sent Eadberht and others , who were in fear of death from Offa and had sought his protection , to Rome to defend themselves in person before the pope . |
| 9 | Finn it was who was Peeping Tom and had put his tongue in her mouth . |
| 10 | Although Teague has resumed light training , he looks certain to miss England 's match against Fiji on 4 November and has told his club that he does not expect to be fit until the middle of next month . |
| 11 | Elizabeth , of Taunton , Somerset , was working as an advertising executive in Durban and had announced her engagement just three days before her death . |
| 12 | My generation is the first in Britain that has spent its whole career in politics within the European Community . |
| 13 | For example , Sulmac , the Kenyan subsidiary of Unilever , controls about one third of Kenya 's exports of carnations to Europe and has limited its integration to combining cultivation with warehousing and agency operations in the buying markets . |
| 14 | China has shown some restraint in commenting on events in Eastern Europe and has made its views evident only in oblique ways . |
| 15 | China has shown some restraint in commenting on events in Eastern Europe and has made its views evident only in oblique ways . |
| 16 | The 24-year-old Birchfield Harrier failed to win selection for Auckland and has turned his attention instead to the European Indoor Championships to be held in Glasgow in early March . |
| 17 | The 28-year-old Australian , men 's champion in 1987 , has been sidelined with a knee injury since last September and has lost his fitness battle . |
| 18 | She came from Bagnol and had started her day at 8 o'clock : she would arrive home at 4.0 to 4.15 after her bus journey . |
| 19 | When they reached Etaples and had pitched their tents for the night , Charlie decided that perhaps the gymnasium in Edinburgh had been luxury after all . |
| 20 | The ones that have got their , Shirley and Terry that have got their house on the market ? |
| 21 | Well , I suppose the Old Harry Rocks do bear a slight resemblance to the Needles , but I forgave him when I went up on deck and saw that Vigilant 's motor boat was following the yacht into Poole and had confirmed our proper position with Southampton . |
| 22 | The plot goes something like this : Bowser ( an evil character ) has captured Mario and has got his evil Koopas ( looking just a bit like the Teenage Mutant Nija Turtles ) to steal parts of famous monuments from around the world . |
| 23 | He had been posted to the police in Asyut and had hated his time there . |
| 24 | One company had recently moved from the centre of London and had curtailed its use of libraries . |
| 25 | He topped the batting averages on Durham 's tour of Zimbabwe and has earned his chance by hitting two centuries for the second X1 this season . |