Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun prp] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One of the people I talked to was a salesman for Allied Dunbar and said they 'd do a great job . |
| 2 | Probably the most obvious , and certainly the most enduring , has been the use of tiled motifs , and in some cases larger , more intricate designs , to decorate the platform walls of the main Underground stations of central London and tie them in with their locality above ground . |
| 3 | ‘ My life is hard indeed ’ — the life of the leader of a feudal host , whose business it was to defend and protect his followers ; the ruler of fair France , la douce France , whose business it was to protect and govern his country ; the emperor of Christendom , whose business it was to maintain the fortress of Christian Europe and to expand its borders . |
| 4 | TV REPORTER Michael Nicholson told last night how he smuggled a nine-year-old girl out of war-torn Yugoslavia and took her home to his family . |
| 5 | There was n't much time left — certainly not enough time to be taking the wrong tack with old Cohen and antagonising him . |
| 6 | And erm and then we went and got my fruit and veg and then we went in Top Marks and got them so we never got we went through for a video really , never got round to looking for a video did we ? |
| 7 | Soviet spokesmen brushed aside Western references to Soviet bases in Eastern Europe and stressed their clean record on bases in the , Third World . |
| 8 | Stalin 's death and the first limited signs of de/tente and disengagement in Europe ( notably the Austrian State Treaty of 1955 ) heightened the importance of national sensibilities in Eastern Europe and made it advantageous to erect a multilateral fig leaf of collective security over the USSR 's continued domination of her neighbours . |
| 9 | The need for change was felt strongly , so builders cast their eyes at the ready-made style in neighbouring France and based their ideas of Gothic upon French schemes , especially Amiens Cathedral which , at that time , was the exemplar in western European architecture . |
| 10 | Unionists were therefore soon frustrated by what seemed the weakness of their leaders in swallowing- Asquith and getting nothing in return . |
| 11 | Nicholas 's suppression of the Polish rebellion outraged public opinion in western Europe and dealt his reputation a blow from which it never recovered . |
| 12 | Lloyd recommends that the British public at large should pop along to Junior Wimbledon and get their first look at a player he believes can finally end the seemingly interminable search for Britain 's first major male champion since the sepia days of Fred Perry . |
| 13 | Moreover under his rule the extent to which Prussia was committed to Eastern Europe and had her centre of gravity east of the Elbe was markedly accentuated . |
| 14 | Go and see to young Nicodemus and have your own supper ! ’ |
| 15 | There was little Coleman could do in the circumstances except fill out an IAP-66 authorization form for Syrian George and take him over to the embassy for a J-1 visa to admit him to the United States for a course of study at UAB . |