Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lange admitted that he had " been over a barrel " after the French government had threatened that unless the accord was accepted , New Zealand would be denied access to French markets for its agricultural exports , the mainstay of its economy , |
| 2 | ‘ By terms of his will , Lucas asked if he could be buried near his home , instead of in prison grounds . |
| 3 | Defeat — and yet not truly defeat , Maria realised as she felt Luke 's response . |
| 4 | I know you know of it and have even assayed it in a pipe , as they did at court when Astraea ruled and she was inclined to taste it now and then . |
| 5 | On May 15 , 1990 , the Vatican announced that it was re-establishing diplomatic relations with Romania , broken in 1950 . |
| 6 | In a joint statement issued on Sept. 25 Meyer and Ramaphosa announced that their talks had progressed sufficiently to allow President de Klerk and Mandela to meet the following day . |
| 7 | The next day the policeman went where Mr Banks lived and they rang the bell , hello , hello are you Mrs Banks ? |
| 8 | Fretilín announced that it would boycott the investigation , dismissing military guarantees of safety for those giving evidence to the commission . |
| 9 | William realised that he should feel contented with his lot , but he was not . |
| 10 | Ms Hargreaves admitted that one potentially lucrative source of sponsorship had dried up two days previously , when two-year-old Kate stepped out of nappies for the last time . |
| 11 | Doyle realised that there was just the hint of a smell of animal about the man . |
| 12 | Initially , some progress appeared to have been made at the Jakarta meeting when Sihanouk and Hun Sen announced that they had finally agreed on a compromise formula on the issue of the SNC chair ( Sihanouk as chair , Hun Sen as vice-chair ) . |
| 13 | In late September , soon after Mussolini 's escape to Germany , the Standortkommandantur on Piazza Garibaldi announced that there would be a reward of 1800 lire — then approximately the equivalent of £25 sterling — for every prisoner-of-war denounced to the authorities . |
| 14 | Whittle agreed that it was a typical Mumby joke . |
| 15 | Pamela agreed that she would benefit from having new friends and said she would find out about youth clubs that existed in her area . |
| 16 | Oct. 1 had been the date set for signature of the accord , the main points of which had been agreed on Aug. 7 [ see p. 39039 ] , but on Sept. 29 Dhlakama announced that he would not sign as a number of issues remained to be resolved to his satisfaction . |
| 17 | During the trial , Lord Maclean heard a taped confession where MacIver admitted that he suggested which lorry to hijack and drove to Inverness a week before the robbery to check the vehicle 's routine . |
| 18 | As a contribution to the reconciliation process , the FMLN announced that it would release two combatants on March 16 to stand trial locally ( rather than in the USA , as the US government had previously insisted ) on charges of murdering two US advisers whose helicopter was shot down in January 1991 [ see pp. 37956-57 ] . |
| 19 | After the meeting the FRUD announced that it was quite prepared to open a dialogue on the basis of an immediate bilateral ceasefire and reforms announced by Gouled Aptidon . |
| 20 | Riley swore and Linley drawled that there was nothing to get upset about , because Harbury had himself cleared the way for the man Riley wanted appointed . |
| 21 | Bernard announced that he wished to be known as an uncle , not a grandfather . |
| 22 | ABOUT 15 YEARS ago the computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum announced that he had discovered a new personality type — the compulsive programmer . |
| 23 | At the concluding press conference Baker affirmed that there was " a genuine desire to move beyond the requirements " of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ( START ) signed by US President Bush and the former Soviet President , Mikhail Gorbachev , in July 1991 [ see p. 38320 ] . |
| 24 | Marshal Akhromeev admitted that his views differed from Mr Gorbachev 's . |
| 25 | Bernard asked as they walked back to the bar room . |
| 26 | At a news conference on Aug. 11 the mayor of Shenzhen admitted that there might have been some mishandling of the issue of forms , and promised to seek out corrupt officials . |
| 27 | The Queen had already heard rumours about the couple 's problems — but it really sank home just a year ago when Sarah asked if she could talk to her about ‘ a very personal matter ’ . |
| 28 | You would not think from the way Lavinia lived that there was anything at all ! ’ |
| 29 | Also on Dec. 2 Baker announced that he was appealing to the House of Lords against an Appeal Court ruling of Nov. 29 which had declared him personally in contempt of court over his decision in May to cancel the return flight to the UK of a deported Zaïrean citizen , although a High Court judge had ordered a stay on the latter 's removal . |
| 30 | In January Czechoslovakia announced that it would press for the withdrawal of 75,000 Soviet troops from its territory by the end of 1990 . |