Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Rowland sold it on to Murdoch .
2 Will signs himself off as " ye Miner . "
3 Michael Banks led them back in , saying , ‘ No , I 'm sorry , Paul .
4 Stirling divided them up into eight patrols of three jeeps each , with orders to keep up the pressure .
5 But Shuckburgh 's long exposure to the whims and sensibilities of Eden and Churchill led him on at least one occasion to comment favourably on Eisenhower and Dulles as political leaders .
6 A bell tolled , the sign for Compline , and Lady Amelia led him down through the darkened cloister out across the grass to the church .
7 ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday .
8 Sir Kenneth invited him round for tea and by the time he had left Andrews had been given the huge task of designing a fulllength ballet involving set changes and 300 costumes .
9 General Dynamics and McDonnell Douglas , builders of the super-expensive A-12 fighter for the United States Navy , want the Pentagon to bail them out of a possible $2.7 billion overrun on the development and production of A-12s .
10 ‘ Master Daunbey , ’ Mandeville caught him up at the corner of the gallery .
11 Its one and only race was 1966 British Grand Prix where Trevor Taylor lined it up on 18th place on the grid and retired during the very first lap .
12 After six o'clock , when the cheap rate had started , Karen King let herself out of the side door of Aunt Jane 's bungalow and walked the quarter of a mile to the public call box .
13 Less than a week after their first meeting at the poetry reading , she found a message waiting for her , asking her to ring Clelia 's number , and she rang , and Clelia invited herself round to tea .
14 On Thursday at the 17th Arnold knocks it up to an identical spot and says , ‘ What club is it , Tip ? ’
15 Korda let him out on a three-picture deal with Fox , continued to pay him $15,000 a year but would take a large slice of what Fox paid him : from the three pictures Richard would earn about £80,000 .
16 The former Spurs full-back , whose Wimbledon team were among the originators of the direct approach , complained : ‘ Leeds hoofed the ball about 50 times further than we ever did and relied on John Lukic knocking it on to Lee Chapman 's head for about 70 per cent of their attacks . ’
17 When we read , for example , that there was ‘ war in heaven ’ ( Rev 12:7 ) we should not assume that there was some sort of cosmic version of Star Wars , or that the archangel Michael and Lucifer fought it out with spiritual light-sabres .
18 While Kathleen wired him up to a monitor and put in an intravenous line , Ben ran gentle fingers over the boy .
19 When she returned Joyce Babcock sought her out at once .
20 Anything to have Lucy scoop her up from her scrubbed doorstep .
21 Woolley led them down in a mock attack , the arrowhead formation swooping in a long , curling dive that went under the Frenchman 's tail and zoomed up and levelled out , back on patrol .
22 Sir Richard led them down through a flagstoned kitchen and scullery , out into the great yard around which the house was built .
23 They did n't enter the room he had come from , but Travis led her down to one she had rarely used .
24 Gaveston led them back to the heart of the palace whence a servitor took them up to a chamber high in the building .
25 She allowed Dr Neil to sit her down on a doorstep and help her to replace her shoe , and he guarded her while she tidied her hair , and pulled her torn dress together .
26 Taken by Phillips looks for Pearce left Oldfield wins it back for Leicester though .
27 But his victory at Stoke on Saturday has him back at the top of the list .
28 It would have been impolite to refuse so Elisa found herself back in the sitting room .
29 Grasping her elbow , Donal moved her out of the way of the small bridesmaid who seemed to have got over-excited and was racing around with someone 's little boy .
30 She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea .
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