Example sentences of "accused [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It follows yesterday 's acquittal of a former student Austin Donnellan who was accused off raping a friend . |
| 2 | He was accused of flirting with her when he talked more about her looks than her movie Frankie and Johnny . |
| 3 | Reagan is also being accused of ordering scientists to ignore the terms of reference of the memorandum . |
| 4 | On Feb. 5 the former Under-Secretary of State in the Interior Ministry , Wladyslaw Ciaston , and department director Zenon Platek , were accused of ordering the murder of Fr Jerzy Popieluszko in October 1984 [ see pp. 33292-93 ] . |
| 5 | Along with a dining room full of others , I have been accused of stealing an extra jam sponge in Yorkshire ( ‘ There 's bin someone 'ere 'as 'ad more'n one pudding , and I sha n't rest till I find out 'oo … ’ ) . |
| 6 | Not only had she failed to recapture her budgie , but she had been accused of stealing apples and brought disgrace upon the Pack ! |
| 7 | In the days running up to the match Rough had been cruelly accused of stealing meat from a local supermarket . |
| 8 | The incident obviously jogged memories of the infamous time when the England captain Bobby Moore was wrongly accused of stealing a bracelet . |
| 9 | AN EMINENT scientist stands accused of stealing his former PhD student 's ideas and publishing them under his own name . |
| 10 | He is accused of stealing £22,191 between 12 October 1988 and 22 October 1992 ; £21,000 between 11 September 1989 and 22 October 1992 ; £20,003 between 26 January 1991 and 22 October 1992 ; and £69,000 between 2 May 1991 and 22 October 1992 . |
| 11 | A TOP fashion designer has won back the son she was accused of stealing . |
| 12 | PRINCESS Anne 's former lady 's maid Linda Joyce — accused of stealing letters sent by Commander Tim Laurence — has won legal aid to sue Today newspaper . |
| 13 | THE MAN accused of stealing the memo which exposed Paddy Ashdown 's love affair was cleared yesterday — only for the jury to hear that he is a professional cat burglar . |
| 14 | A military judge came to see me and read out the charges — I had been accused of stealing a car . |
| 15 | I fully agree with my noble and learned friend 's observation that the dictum in Morris has led to confusion and complication where those in de facto control have been charged with theft from a company and I , too , consider , on the basis ( which he assumes only for the sake of argument ) that the Morris dictum is correct , that it would be wrong , when a person who by virtue of his position in the company constitutes ‘ the directing mind and will of the company ’ is accused of stealing from the company , to acquit that person on the ground that , in his capacity as the company , he has consented to the taking ( by himself ) of the company 's property , with the result that no appropriation , and therefore no theft , has occurred . |
| 16 | He had never before been accused of stealing and it did not sit well with him . |
| 17 | ‘ Please , Mr Jaggers , ’ he begged , ‘ my brother is accused of stealing silver . |
| 18 | A man accused of stealing money from a Gulf War charity has had all charges against him dropped . |
| 19 | The former Royal Artillery man had been accused of stealing three hundred and forty three pounds from the Gulf Families Association which he founded in Gloucester . |
| 20 | A woman accused of stealing thousands of pounds from a charity which she helped set-up has been remanded in custody . |
| 21 | A former students union treasurer accused of stealing forty thousand pounds in funds has described the money as a ’ golden handshake or productivity bonus ’ he decided he was entitled to . |
| 22 | Dermot Browne , from Blackbird Leys in Oxford , is accused of stealing two guns and goods worth five thousand pounds , during a break-in at a house earlier this year . |
| 23 | The maid accused of stealing letters from Princess Anne has urged the Labour Party conference to protect ordinary people attacked by the press . |
| 24 | The former Royal maid accused of stealing letters from Princess Anne has received an apology from the national newspaper which called her a thief . |
| 25 | A woman accused of stealing thousands of pounds from a charity that she helped set up has made a further appearance in court . |
| 26 | Twenty-four year-old Joseph Patrick Mackin , from Farnham Street , Belfast , was accused of stealing their passports , credit cards and £150 . |
| 27 | A MAN yesterday remained silent throughout court proceedings at which he was accused of stealing clothes from a chain store . |
| 28 | A MAN accused of stealing nearly £4,000 from a Christmas fund has been committed for trial at crown court . |
| 29 | He was in magnificent form in Mexico in 1970 as England unsuccessfully defended the World Cup — despite the scandalous off-the-field distraction of being falsely accused of stealing a gold bracelet from a jewellery store . |
| 30 | Messrs Jordan and Stone are accused of breaching the Institute 's ethical guidelines in acting as administrators for Polly Peck in spite of an alleged ‘ continuing professional relationship ’ between Coopers & Lybrand and the company . |