Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Says Chubby : ‘ One reporter said I made Bernard Manning look like Andy Pandy . |
| 2 | Her disenchantment with the Foreign Office , already evident over Rhodesia and the EEC , came to a head during the Falklands War and she brought in Sir Anthony Parsons ( who had impressed her during the war when he was ambassador to the United Nations ) to advise on foreign affairs and appointed Roger Jackling to advise on defence . |
| 3 | The launch of Iraqi Scud missile attacks on Israel , and fears of Israeli retaliation [ see p. 37939 ] , led King Hussein to declare on Jan. 19 that Jordan would militarily defend its territory and air space against any incursions . |
| 4 | At about the same time , the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the City of London decided to hold a Day of Solemn Thanksgiving to God for General Monk 's success , and they requested Richard Baxter to preach in St. Paul 's . |
| 5 | She advanced the opinion that the bird would n't last much longer , and recommended Miss Vine to think about the purchase of a new one . |
| 6 | ‘ I suspected there had been an intruder so I made Mrs. Bonnard wait in the car while I came in to check the place out . |
| 7 | After Joan qualified Pat Bell continued with us . |
| 8 | The war now being effectively over , they expected Richard Baxter to return to them . |
| 9 | It made Friday night seem like Monday afternoon . |
| 10 | Robert McAlmon , writing reportage in The Exile number 2 , noted : ‘ At the Stryx , I found Ezra Pound talking to an English girl , and describing America as it never was , is not , and never will be . |
| 11 | They found Ewan Beg lying in a corner of the deck , and thought him unconscious , but he was n't . |
| 12 | That holiday morning I found Miss Louise waiting for me just inside the door with a pair of old shoes and a pair of slippers in her hands . |
| 13 | He once found David Tindle experimenting with abstraction and , pointing at one picture , sneeringly asked : ‘ Well , what is it ? |
| 14 | In October , the Overseas Director visited South Africa accompanied by a group of members from the UK . |
| 15 | In the High Street he encountered Dr Crocker emerging from Grover 's with a copy of the British Medical Journal . |
| 16 | He made for the travelling bookshop , where he found Jeffrey Archer sitting at a portable desk to one side of the bookstall . |
| 17 | Wycliffe found Sergeant Curtis sitting at a table in the hall typing yet another report . |
| 18 | Mrs Connie Cousins , a long-suffering woman of forty , opened her front door and found Sergeant Joe smiling at her . |
| 19 | On the morning of his operation a nurse helped Mr Reynolds to put on an operation gown after his bath and then encouraged him to rest in his freshly made up bed . |
| 20 | On the other side , Piper found Tom Carey sitting in an armchair . |
| 21 | The rector had called during the afternoon and found Winnie Bailey sitting by her husband 's bedside . |
| 22 | He let Signora Rosi go on her way , wheeling the baby through the courtyard of the Pitti Palace into the Boboli Gardens to take the afternoon air along with the other mothers and babies of the Quarter . |
| 23 | Their opponents in the next round , Amateur League champions Killyleagh , beat Ballyclare Reserves 2– on Saturday . |
| 24 | Instead of seeking revenge for PE 's criticism of the service , which the band claims responds slower to black callers than to white , the ambulancemen invited Flavor Flav to ride with a medical emergency crew . |
| 25 | It worked , but I thought he was going to lose his mind when we found de Raimes locked in his solar and you were nowhere to be seen . |
| 26 | I found St Anton crowded in February , but at nearby Rendl the terrace is drenched with sun-seeking poseurs and you 'll have the slopes to yourself . |
| 27 | Disallowed Ramachandran angles associated with active sites have been found in some proteins and are generally believed to have structural and also possible functional roles . |
| 28 | Instead they invited Bob Paisley to move from the boot room to the manager 's office . |
| 29 | He ran out two batsmen , took two wickets with his off-spin and helped West Indies recover from 31 for 3 with a quick 34 . |
| 30 | Police officers who arrived at the couple 's country home at Mamhilad , Pontypool , found Caroline Horbury lying in a pool of blood . |