Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Sisulu , now 77 , was six years older than Mr Mandela and became something of a mentor to him on his arrival in Johannesburg in 1941 . |
| 2 | Nigel Lawson then proposed we should either scrap SERPS and put nothing in its place or leave the whole issue until the next Parliament . |
| 3 | Well she I think it was Karen that did something for Children in Need last year and she sang on the air . |
| 4 | That was a mythical representation of Scotland that owed everything to the prejudices of people who lived in the past and knew nothing of the realities of the Scotland that then existed . |
| 5 | Almost the first thing she said was that a madman had escaped from Rampton and killed someone in the kitchen . |
| 6 | They all agreed it was better to make steps on the eroded paths scarring Beinn Eighe and keep everyone on the one track . |
| 7 | Once again the American 's plans for the Middle East were in disarray and then the Israelis allowed Phalangist units to enter the Palestinian refugee camps at Sabra and Shatilla and massacre everyone within reach . |
| 8 | Offering the meagre purse of local gossip , news from Buttermere , Nicholson spoke about Mr Skelton 's plans for building a large stone manor house in the area ; dwelt longingly on the prospect of Miss Skelton and said something about the wrestling which included a mention of Mary of Buttermere and a young man from the north of the county walking thirty or forty miles just to see her and make his feelings known to her . |
| 9 | ‘ Hello Son , ’ said Bert fondly , as he took out the inevitable packet of Woodbines and offered one to Yanto . |
| 10 | Martin Pipe 's New Zealand-bred put up a useful effort to beat Mad Thyme on his debut at Uttoxeter and has nothing of that calibre to deal with here . |
| 11 | During Italia '90 , Taylor saw how player power influenced Bobby Robson and wanted none of that . |
| 12 | " I had to be careful lest I did n't say to myself " I 've served God and done something for Him , now perhaps here is a relationship that will offer me happiness and marriage " . |
| 13 | Leaders of the ‘ armed counter-revolution ’ , as Ms Magas calls it , rejected all compromises that might have preserved the outlines of Yugoslavia while giving something to the non-Serbs . |
| 14 | One young married points at Babur and says something to the Gazza clone with her . |
| 15 | Charles was about the same age as Richie and had something of the same military bearing . |
| 16 | Unionists were therefore soon frustrated by what seemed the weakness of their leaders in swallowing- Asquith and getting nothing in return . |
| 17 | It has already sold a business in Belgium and closed one in France because they lacked ‘ critical mass ’ . |
| 18 | cos in New York they sort of like they have a chat and the wo they 've got some nice looking bird , right , and some sort of normal bloke off the street and they just sort of talk about New York and show lots of pictures of it |
| 19 | Goldring says : ‘ It is not a response to PMA and contains nothing about civil defence ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ I have had a long chat with Stephen and told him I know that he is knocking at the door of the full international side , but I would rather he played and helped out in the match at Tannadice than did nothing at Ibrox . ’ |
| 21 | A confidential study designed to assess the extent of professional abuse , follows investigations in America that showed one in 10 counsellors developed sexual relationships with those they should have been helping . |
| 22 | Yes I 'm sure it probably did I just thought Paul , go to the corner of the front room Paul and take something for that . |
| 23 | They have that particular one because the two little girls wanted to be bridesmaid 's , have just been bridesmaid 's and have these dresses and Anna thought the colour was so pretty , cos she went into Laura Ashley and got one in the sale of last years stock . |
| 24 | She was a Scots Presbyterian from Edinburgh and knew nothing about the theatre , but just knew I was going to do it . |
| 25 | I had stepped straight off the ferry from Dover and had nothing in my pockets except a disposable razor and my toothbrush . |
| 26 | An imperial ambassador who in 1622 spent only eleven days in London and achieved nothing of significance nevertheless received a present worth £1,600 on his departure . |