Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun sg] of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all early raids were successful and the plan to raid Bayonne failed through lack of information on beach conditions . |
| 2 | Bishop Crowley appointed as Chairman of CAFOD in 1988 . |
| 3 | During one of his many civil disobedience campaigns , which ranged from non-payment of taxes to blocking border posts into the US , he led a hunger strike in protest at alleged vote rigging in the presidential race . |
| 4 | He rose to chief of intelligence in Panama 's G-2 in 1970 after providing the populist dictator , General Omar Torrijos , the support to defeat a coup . |
| 5 | They concentrated on observation of people in their ‘ natural habitat ’ , watching , listening , talking , taking life-histories , and recording . |
| 6 | Many thanks to all who helped by way of contributions of goods , clothes or money , and special thanks to for their help and support . |
| 7 | The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany referred by way of example to the possibility of requiring the relevant fishing vessel to operate from the member state in which it was registered , its crew to be affiliated to the social security scheme of that member state or supply contracts relating to the purchase of the catch to be concluded with local undertakings . |
| 8 | In December 1835 Captain Vidal sailed in command of Aetna with twelve chronometers to measure the meridian distances from the Cape Verde Islands to a number of places on the west coast of Africa ; and thereafter to carry out surveys of that coast . |
| 9 | had a most successful year and increased profits , but suffered from lack of demand in Europe . |
| 10 | Weavers from as far away as Taunton and Exeter were found in Norwich in 1674 , and many others came in search of employment in this labour-intensive craft . |
| 11 | ‘ They 've not had much chance , ’ she added by way of apology for herself . |
| 12 | Yiali in the Dodecanese supplied Crete with the white-speckled obsidian wanted for the fabric of the bowls ; possibly the obsidian came by way of Triandha as a trading station . |
| 13 | My reporting for the Times-Herald under the avuncular guidance of Fred Workman ran the whole spectrum of events , incidents and activities : I spent days at the annual Wild West Rodeo and Stampede absorbing as much of the cowboy lingo as possible ; I acted as Master of Ceremonies for a fox trot competition sponsored by Cal Temple and Trudie , his business-like wife ; I interviewed all visiting celebrities including MacKenzie King , the Prime Minister , and R.B. Bennett , the Leader of the Opposition in Ottawa ; I interviewed Jimmy Gardiner as Minister of Agriculture , after he gave up his post as Premier of Saskatchewan ; I covered celebrity concerts and the annual Chatauqua programmes , among many other things . |
| 14 | During the Boer War he acted as chief of staff to French . |
| 15 | Treatment for all these patients was standardised and consisted of correction of dehydration by the administration of World Health Organisation glucose oral rehydration solution supplemented by parenteral fluids where necessary . |
| 16 | It arrived in front of Mark with his name on it . |
| 17 | Suddenly a posse of television men with lights , handheld cameras and furry sound-amplifiers like caterpillars on sticks arrived in front of Morris with Amaranth Wilikins in tow . |
| 18 | Goddard arrived in place of Yallop for the final 11 minutes but Ipswich never looked much like pulling a goal back until injury time when Williams fired narrowly wide . |
| 19 | Until 1986 Stock Exchange participants were either brokers , who acted on behalf of clients in buying and selling securities , or jobbers , who held stocks and shares and dealt with brokers as the market required , and acted rather like wholesalers of securities . |
| 20 | Dan Jones , Head of Campaigns , replied on behalf of guests with poems of liberty which had been smuggled from the jails and prison camps of the world . |
| 21 | In the last months of John II 's reign Charles of Navarre had raised a rebellion over the succession to Burgundy , which Navarre claimed by virtue of descent from the great-aunt of the last Capetian duke , Philip of Rouvres . |
| 22 | He had served in France in the First World War , commanded West Point , and served as chief of staff of the army before his able leadership of the allied forces in the south-west Pacific from 1942 to 1945 . |
| 23 | Their only child , Sean , was to lead a varied career in which he served as chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army , minister for external affairs of the Irish Republic , and United Nations commissioner for Namibia . |
| 24 | Society has changed since the days of the cart and horse , or since men with red flags walked in front of cars at the same speed as the Orange Walk . |
| 25 | Its power continued till the fifteenth century , after which it declined in face of competition from new trade routes opening up . |
| 26 | Jean-Paul signed over power of attorney to his brother in all the financial affairs of his companies , and Edouard , baron in all but name , returned to Paris and began work . |
| 27 | As usual it was full , her handbag plonked on top of bags of fruit which on the outward journey were reserved ‘ for my grandmother in the country ’ , but which , her assignment completed without incident , they would eat on the way home . |
| 28 | It may be recalled that Lanfranc 's doubt about the sanctity of Elphege arose from lack of information about the circumstances of his death . |
| 29 | The decision was reported to have been reached after a long and tense debate in which a more moderate current , headed by the Imam Abdelkader al-Hachani , a mining engineer in his early thirties , argued in favour of participation as a necessary step towards the creation of an Islamic state . |
| 30 | With a Psychology degree from Universal College London and an MBA from Harvard Business School , he worked for Bank of America in San Francisco , and the management consultant corporation SIAR Inc in Boston , before joining P&O Properties International in London in 1990 . |