Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Sept. 6 interest in the Iran-contra investigation was renewed when a federal grand jury indicted Clair E. George , former chief of CIA covert operations , on 10 felony accounts accusing him of lying to and obstructing congressional and judicial investigations of the Iran-contra affair . |
| 2 | Now his plea involves him in sharing their sentence with them . |
| 3 | Clubs punished him for taking unauthorised time off , missing training and breaking curfew . |
| 4 | More important , support for the League would be maximized if people were given the opportunity to support it without supporting war . |
| 5 | We have also had support from our colleagues in Brussels ( see article on page 21 of this issue ) and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for taking the lead and to appeal to Johnson Matthey sites around the world to take up the challenge . |
| 6 | Coutts & Co prides itself on offering comprehensive national and international banking and financial services with ‘ an unwavering commitment to courteous and individual service ’ . |
| 7 | The royal ritual was closely associated with the history of Osiris , the divine prototype on whom the pharaohs modelled themselves by re-enacting his traditional deeds . |
| 8 | A dark giant of a man , possibly Tonio , leaned out of the lorry 's cabin to thank them for pulling out of the way . |
| 9 | The D G joins me in wishing you every success in your future career . |
| 10 | The male busies himself with placing the eggs in a nest , and when this is complete , the ritual can begin again . |
| 11 | For as long as it took me to get out of range , several birds used me for bombing practice , coming so close on occasions that ducking was a necessity rather than a flamboyant gesture . |
| 12 | But , as one ex-councillor puts it , ‘ If he ca n't manage to present the Labour Party in new colours in his own constituency , what hope has he of doing it in the country ? ’ |
| 13 | The state medical registration board charged her with failing to conform to accepted standards of medical practice and passed the case to the state Division of Administrative Law Appeals for a formal hearing . |
| 14 | Relieved Rangers manager Walter Smith knew it would need something special to break Marseille 's French resistance , and McSwegan provided it by finishing off a superb move started by Ian Durrant . |
| 15 | In which case forgive me for writing as I have done . |
| 16 | Here their superiors criticise them for failing after they have been given such brilliant training . |
| 17 | Unfortunately we have lost the delicate balance between these various elements : for instance , our Warrior has nothing worth fighting for and our Wild Man has been suppressed , and that 's why , as a gender we 're all so miserable . |
| 18 | The spate of recent disturbances , aggravated by high prices , housing shortages and the cut in food subsidies imposed during the Gulf war , led the government 's opponents to accuse it of ignoring the poor . |
| 19 | My feeling of distaste and fear manifested itself in mounting irritability . |
| 20 | Lord Aldington , 75 , is seeking damages from Nigel Watts , a property developer , who circulated a pamphlet accusing him of arranging every detail of the repatriation of 70,000 Yugoslav and Russian men , women and children who were subsequently tortured and massacred . |
| 21 | One woman from Ollerton was imprisoned in Risley Remand Centre after joining a picket line in breach of a bail condition prohibiting her from doing so . |
| 22 | Punk prided itself on making recordings with all the rough edges showing . |
| 23 | His large square face with small prune-coloured eyes scanned her without wavering . |
| 24 | In summary , the sociological perspective outlined earlier in this chapter orientates us towards examining the social construction of ideas about child abuse . |
| 25 | This would all have been uninhabited malarial marshland until the post-war boom made it worth draining . |
| 26 | He never charged for the rooms and the journalists repaid him by keeping their custom at the bar . |
| 27 | Thinking of Bonanza got me on trying to figure his reaction if Vecchi got hooked for the Mahoney killing . |
| 28 | The Webbs devoted themselves to pressing these ideas upon leading politicians and civil servants . |
| 29 | David Quarmby helped her in choosing these topics and assisted her with some of her coursework . |
| 30 | For example , you may ignore her persistent whining for attention after one constructive attempt to distract her by suggesting a pleasant and diverting activity ( after all , you re having to see to the baby ) . |