Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | David Quarmby helped her in choosing these topics and assisted her with some of her coursework . |
| 3 | Occasionally , Hector gratified her by using it . |
| 4 | Billy was awarded a Benefit on Wednesday 15 April 1931 against the Combined Universities , but a knock in the League match on the previous Saturday prevented him from playing — so he appeared as linesman instead ! |
| 5 | But David surprised me by saying , ‘ OK , now we 've got that out of the way , let's go and do the rest of the album ’ . |
| 6 | Battling clans and pursuing Redcoats cursed them for presenting huge obstacles denying fast military movement around the Highlands , whereas the Victorians regarded them as sporting playgrounds and background subject matter for romantic oil paintings of the fat , unattractive aristocracy and their useless families . |
| 7 | Barney took it for granted Yanto would have a cup , and made a signal to his wife through the kitchen window . |
| 8 | Even when , in 1978 , McLaren returned from Brazil with the news that Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs was now ‘ lead singer ’ of the Sex Pistols and someone McLaren earnestly claimed to be the missing Nazi war criminal Martin Bormann was the new bass-guitarist , Branson took it with disarming enthusiasm . |
| 9 | He did , however , mention his Stunt Bat which Graham Mackereth gave him for giving a speech . |
| 10 | For shocked managing director 's wife Anne Bevins accused him of producing ‘ hard-core pornography ’ in her office . |
| 11 | Becky cautioned him against rushing into another venture before they had discovered what their profit margins were like , and then only if the rather elderly assistants knew what they were up to . |
| 12 | When Woolley instructed them in shooting the enemy in the back he was not being melodramatic , he really meant it , because Woolley was a professional . |
| 13 | ‘ Take your bag and get out , ’ Jake told her without looking at her . |
| 14 | Bishop levelled his gun , but Tiw prevented him from getting a clear view of the target . |
| 15 | The shares were sold on to Canadian pension funds , but in February Lockwood retrieved them with backing from 3i , in return for a 30 per cent stake . |
| 16 | Riven took it without speaking . |
| 17 | Whenever Minton entered Mr Alexander greeted him by leading the band into one of his two favourite songs : ‘ My Very Good Friend the Milkman ’ or ‘ I 'm Gon na Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter ’ . |
| 18 | In a courtly song Bertrand says that only the beauty of the Duchess Matilda prevented him from dying of boredom ; her naked body would make night seem like day . |
| 19 | He won 52 caps for Scotland but there is no doubt that a mixture of club commitments and the carry-on in Copenhagen prevented him from winning many more caps . |
| 20 | Apart from housing , rent restriction and the like , Wilson flattered me by consulting me on a number of topics , on which I was never slow to express an opinion and never disappointed when that opinion was totally disregarded or not even mentioned . |
| 21 | Thereafter D'Ewes accused him of doing his utmost to ‘ kindle a fire ’ between England and Scotland and to hinder a church settlement on Presbyterian lines . |
| 22 | Glen accused her of letting the bagels get wet . |
| 23 | When the challengers , who have a bigger budget and more style than the host body , wanted to open their own village , the ACOC barred them from using the words ‘ America 's Cup ’ . |
| 24 | Leeming tried to speak , but Duncan silenced him by putting his finger to his lips to soothe him , to help relax him . |
| 25 | Grateful for the Burford man 's help , Seb told him of finding Anna in the Wychwood Forest , adding , ‘ It 's lucky she did n't die before we found her . |
| 26 | Mr Ayatollah told me fe mind me own business , |
| 27 | In the bedlam the Spaniard built a 5-0 lead but then 22-year-old sports journalist Nicola stunned her by fighting back to 5-3 . |
| 28 | Sarella hated him for putting it so starkly . |
| 29 | He helped Calamy list the ejectees of 1662 , and Strype thanked him for supplying transcripts . |
| 30 | Prince Philip blamed her for bringing shame and ridicule on the Royal Family and ordered her to ‘ help maintain the dignity of the Crown ’ . |