Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They accused me of going to hit one of them with it … they put me in a police van and took me to Victoria Barracks where they kept me for two hours . |
| 2 | There are lots of ways to walk to Fort William if that 's what you fancy , except now one of them is littered with lots of wooden posts with painted thistles , and hundreds of people trudging about who never thought of walking to Fort William until someone gave them the West Highland Way guide book for their Christmas . |
| 3 | Let's hope he consults Lincoln University and they send him to me . ’ |
| 4 | But it was in Colchester Park that I had my first lesson in conservation in microcosm , if you like . |
| 5 | They used to be Bangor fans but I think I have won them over to Glentoran . ’ |
| 6 | Defending champions Puma Welwyn will be obviously doing all in their power to retain the coveted Vauxhall Trophy when they begin their defence in earnest against Hallamshire . |
| 7 | IT was on a very wet Saturday afternoon that I found myself on the top of the North Downs observing whiffs of smoke emerging from a boiler which to all intents and purposes was standing among a mountain of waste metal in a field almost miles from anywhere . |
| 8 | He was a bit suspicious I must admit when I bought him those Janet Reger nighties but I knew he 'd never get the chance to wear them . |
| 9 | Please contact Molly Hammond if you feel you can help in any way with this project . |
| 10 | ‘ He said he was representing nobody but Marie Wilson and he told us how he climbed out of the rubble in Enniskillen five years ago and somehow , through his daughter and his religious convictions , found the courage to say , ‘ Enough is enough , there must be a better way ’ . |
| 11 | I told him about the defenestration of Ramsey Everett and he gave me five hundred pounds . |
| 12 | But , before leaving the Thatcher phenomenon , a glance at the Falklands War and what preceded it is a must . |
| 13 | On the Thursday morning early I set off to go to Peter Jones before my meeting in Markham Square and I put your birthday money ( for which my thanks ) towards a tiny little black leather bag about the size of the one I came south with , as it fits under my jacket without looking too bulky and my old similar one , also from the John Lewis partnership some years ago , recently gave up the ghost after three years of relentless daily use . |
| 14 | ‘ No , I saw the bruise when he came back to the shop on Tuesday evening and I asked him what he 'd done to himself . |
| 15 | To quote the memoirs : ‘ … on Sunday the 4th August 1793 , after having finished the morning duty he always performed in person , of visiting , prescribing for , and superintending the dressing of the wounds of the horses in the infirmary , he sat down to continue his treatise on the outward conformation of the horse , a work he intended for publication : in a short time he informed Mrs. Vial that he felt himself extremely ill complaining of cold to a degree of shivering , attended with a violent headach [ sic ] , and great thirst . |
| 16 | but by doing it that way , I mean I Phyl was er bowling Tuesday night and I said I was probably having a meal out anyway |
| 17 | He thought he recognised in Creed qualities that he had himself : the ability to wait and to charge the act of waiting with the current of anticipation , to check and double-check , so that when the waiting was over everything would go like clockwork . |
| 18 | She had met John briefly on Friday night and he told her that someone had told him that men who fought with the International Brigade would not be accepted in the Forces . |
| 19 | He said that 's when they put presents round and er he come in on the Friday on the Friday night and I mean I was in a right state , I mean we 've been in there about seven weeks and I was like at the point of like a nervous breakdown and he said to me how do you feel about me taking Matthew from you , so I said I he said I think you need a break . |
| 20 | ‘ No one could possibly call you Miss Frostbite if they saw you now , ’ he drawled and , moving round to sit at his desk , he handed her back her spectacles . |
| 21 | It is true that many people who are hourly-paid avoid work on a Saturday morning because they feel it costs them money — the total tax for the week exceeding the Saturday pay . |
| 22 | ‘ We met one Saturday morning and he asked me what I was currently getting paid . |
| 23 | Nicola had threatened to blackmail David Parkin if he ended their love affair . |
| 24 | Joe and I mean I come a long way and they said he told them I wan na pop in Friday morning before we go He was surprised He said well I were n't surprised , I said but er you know I want a name yeah well , he just said well I ca n't he ca n't fault me on anything . |
| 25 | Yeah I 've got it tomorrow well , the latest Friday morning but I mean it 's not as , I 've got ta get it now . |
| 26 | And she went out of her way to praise artist David Hankinson as she unveiled his painting of her in fairy-tale pink gown complete with tiara , pearl drop earrings and gold watch . |
| 27 | Interest to see how he plays David Lawrence when he gets his he 'll be , he can just slash him away on the off side . |
| 28 | And Mr Redwood clashed with MPs when he refused to lift the capping charge , imposed by David Hunt before he replaced him as Welsh Secretary . |
| 29 | In the present case the deceased indicated in clear terms to Mr. Morgan and Miss Calagarri that he regarded his name , written by him as part of the phrase ‘ My Will by Percy Winterbone , ’ as being his signature . |
| 30 | Not by the slightest word or look did she betray to Miss Miggs that she knew she could n't read . |