Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Homework , ’ Herr Nordern said with more sympathy than he would normally have allowed himself . |
| 2 | ‘ That the accident at the corner of … resolved … culprit apprehended … said Herr Nordern cleared of all suspicion … and etc. , and etc. , and etc. , And that 's that , ’ Marx said unemotionally as he folded the form and slid it back into the envelope . |
| 3 | Bernard Baruch spoke for many business people when he complained that the British were quick to moan but not to help themselves by making their economy more productive and competitive . |
| 4 | In the 1960s , an astronomer named Gerald Hawkins worked on another idea . |
| 5 | In Dering Street , Anthony d'Offay shows the four large abstract pictures which Elsworth Kelly exhibited at this year 's Documenta ( to 20 November ) , with an exhibition of an important new group of works by Gilbert & George opening at the end of the month ( 26 November-29 January 1993 ) . |
| 6 | The Mercury article is a fiction inspired by the erroneous belief that the Eleanor Cross stood at this position . |
| 7 | My first thought was that had Richard Hannay materialised at that moment , I would have issued him with a help form . |
| 8 | Ellen Wilkinson referred to this situation in her history of Jarrow . |
| 9 | Abbott C.J. , with whom Bayley J. agreed on this point , said the payment might have been voluntary if the parties had stood on equal terms , and continued , at p. 735 : |
| 10 | In a recent editorial , the Communist daily Trybuna Ludu alluded to this problem , when it warned that ‘ many comrades do n't see the danger which has appeared in recent months ’ . |
| 11 | Miss Florence and Miss Belle leant against each other , and Miss Rene , trying to quell her own laughter , admonished her sisters : ‘ Stop spluttering , you two . |
| 12 | Progress towards political diversity under Vietnam 's , primarily economic , Doi Moi or " rejuvenation " campaign [ see p. 36696 ] suffered a number of setbacks during the latter half of 1989 , as CPV leaders reacted with some unease at the trend towards pluralism among their communist allies in Eastern Europe . |
| 13 | Spencer Stuart went through this process a few years earlier in a more effective way . |
| 14 | Dwight Kronweiser came to this room every day , spending his mornings going through the manuscript fiction , personal letters and other papers which had been stored in the attic for thirty years before his arrival . |
| 15 | Two sales staff employed in the Watford office remained in that area as their clients were based in the south of the country . |
| 16 | Aldercine Hodson , Ruth Lawrence and Moya Hood taught in this area from the late sixties , but more recently Aldercine has been concentrating on classes with Active Retirement Clubs , as well as people with other special needs , and has organised several Sport/Fun Days for people with disabilities . |
| 17 | The Marcoses may have stashed away well over a billion dollars plus other Philippino assets , in the USA , Switzerland and elsewhere , but neither Nicolae nor Elena Ceauşescu felt under any compulsion to insure themselves against a rainy day . |
| 18 | The Sherman brothers looked at each other in silence . |
| 19 | Darlington manager Ray Hankin put on both substitutes at the start of the second half and the move almost paid dividends after 53 minutes when Toman split the defence perfectly to find John Borthwick in the area , but the substitute 's left-foot shot was well held by the keeper . |
| 20 | Lt Col W Yolland reported on this request to the Board of Trade , for which he was an Inspector of Railways , on 25th December 1865 . |
| 21 | Certainly what Devon Loch heard at that moment was not a noise which he had heard before , and it was some noise — a raucous surge of patriotic fervour as the Royal horse galloped to certain victory in front of his owner the Queen Mother and her daughters Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret , a rapturous climax befitting what was about to be one of the greatest moments of racing history . |
| 22 | Nigel Barnes agreed with this point . |
| 23 | What she came up with was ‘ The Museum of Non-Objective Art ’ and the Guggenheim Museum existed under that rubric for some years . |
| 24 | He never saw the rope that would hang him for the noose was concealed in the hem of the white hood that the hangman drew over his head with the usual gentle suggestion that AIbert Pierrepoint reserved for these occasions . |
| 25 | After the demise of the League , South Africa had on several occasions acknowledged that its obligations under the Mandate continued , and asserted that it would conform with these obligations . |
| 26 | Above Dorothea 's head , six new , blue mugs hung on six newly-erected hooks , for Florence Ames thought of all things and was constantly suggesting improvements — not that she insisted upon them or took anything in hand , only looked and suggested and then left the idea to be considered , accepted or rejected . |
| 27 | At the climax of the episode Dr Kate ministered to this Miss Havisham figure ( ’ She needs help , not punishment ’ ) , while hubby was out doing an OK Corral number with the mods and rockers down at the village dance . |
| 28 | Left : Lyneham Walk led to another murder scene |
| 29 | Brenda Thompson talked at some length about her daughter , her friend who was poorly and her ever so humble beginnings . |
| 30 | When Carello Lighting ran into this problem , it looked to Ambit Research 's Ark modelling package to reduce the size of the data and increase the function of the model at one fell swoop , while retaining the ability to produce spreadsheet-like outputs . |