Example sentences of "john [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In trouble after a smuggling affray , early in the nineteenth century , John Kemp escapes to Jamaica and works his way to prosperity as a plantation owner . |
| 2 | The constant dangers and perplexities that beset John Kemp arise from the ferocious enmity of O'Brien , whose hatred of anything English is increased by his hopeless love for the Don 's daughter Seraphina , for whose sake he moderates from time to time his evil power over the old aristocrat . |
| 3 | John Lowry reports on Britain 's second-biggest infrastructure project . |
| 4 | ‘ Financiers and impresarios you can buy two a penny , ’ the documentarist John Grierson lamented in 1931 . |
| 5 | US White House chief of staff John Sununu reiterated on Jan. 13 the US insistence that there could be no linkage with the Palestinian issue but that " certainly there are opportunities after the Gulf crisis is resolved when such a conference takes place " . |
| 6 | White House chief of staff John Sununu objected on the grounds that a reduction in gas emissions would freeze US economic growth . |
| 7 | John Gummer ran past the door , an overcoat over his pyjamas , carrying his famous pillow , the one with ‘ Not tonight , Josephine ’ written on it , and a small valise which he took with him ready for such emergencies . |
| 8 | JOHN Gummer came to the despatch box to give the new guidelines for safe cooking using microwave ovens . |
| 9 | Earlier the Agriculture Minister John Gummer came under fire from angry MPs over his absence from the debate . |
| 10 | John Gummer returned to his room . |
| 11 | Environment Secretary John Gummer hinted during a speech at the Partnerships for Change conference in Manchester that the government favoured road pricing or " congestion charging " as a means of controlling traffic , at least in London . |
| 12 | John Chalcraft resigned after 40 years , surviving until 1985 . |
| 13 | John Ellis wrote to Linnaeus in 1758 to say that he , with Collinson and Ehret , had been to Richard Warner 's garden at Woodford to see his rare plant , ‘ like a Jasmine , with a large double white flower , very odoriferous ’ . |
| 14 | Former Leicester striker Paul Kitson gave the visitors the lead after 11 minutes but John Taylor equalised on the half hour before Johnson secured Derby 's fifth successive away victory . |
| 15 | Ten minutes later , top-scoring striker John Taylor rattled in his ninth goal of the season . |
| 16 | As Harriet Taylor was devoting the majority of her time to working with Mill , John Taylor had in the meantime been diagnosed as having cancer . |
| 17 | SENIOR Tories in Cheltenham were trying yesterday to persuade Mr John Taylor to remain as their prospective parliamentary candidate after his failure to become the first black Tory MP . |
| 18 | I remember one notice which said , ‘ John Mills walks across the stage looking like a bewildered carrot … . ’ |
| 19 | John Walshaw smashed into the 21-year-old mother 's home as she slept and threatened to kill her if she struggled , Leeds Crown Court was told . |
| 20 | Goalkeeper John Lukic left for Arsenal for £100,000 but returned for £1 million . |
| 21 | Immediately following these discoveries John Tanberg returned to his electrolysis measurements but with heavy water , D 2 O instead of H 2 O . |
| 22 | John Wilkins insisted on the distinction between a plurality of worlds within one universe and a plurality of distinct universes . |
| 23 | As Ian Michael puts it in his admirable history of English grammar , This function of pronouns , as John Wilkins saw in 1668 , is to ‘ represent things … |
| 24 | John Whitehouse switches to No 8 in the absence of Greg Young . |
| 25 | A demolition job which former United star John Aldridge started with the first goal after just 12 minutes . |
| 26 | As John Honey shows in his Does Accent Matter ? ( 1989 ) Received Pronunciation itself is gradually changing , and there are marked differences between what is socially acceptable in 1991 and the fashionable accents of the 1930s . |
| 27 | JOHN ARMSTRONG TO RETIRE AFTER 30 YEARS AT IBM |
| 28 | John Newsom brought to that task an intimate knowledge of the workings of the Establishment , a rich store of anecdote ( much of it scurrilous ) , a delight in getting to know his fellow members and in entertaining them in princely style , and a huge sense of fun . |
| 29 | As John Blair says for Lewes , ‘ the creation of a group of holdings within a convenient radius and accessible from one manorial centre must have been an act of policy by the priory or its patrons ’ . |
| 30 | finally the only ones with their feet up will be the two RAF sergeants from Hereford who this afternoon completed their marathon triathlon from John o Groats to Lands End … |