Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Victorian block of flats where Christine Mills lived had been painted a dark green a decade ago and the wood of the frames now showed through in parts , black and rotten . |
| 2 | Ben got busted so Pru took the kids to Glasgow to live with her Mum . |
| 3 | And if it be thought that Mr Hunte retains a soft spot for Pakistan ever since he and Garry Sobers had a stand of 446 against them at Sabina Park 34 years ago , we have ascertained that he made clear to the 1992 management that any further offence would be met with punishment noticeably more severe . |
| 4 | The exceptional moment when the spirit of Brahms materialised came at the beginning of the andante where Pauline Dowse 's cello solo evoked the inner stillness of the composer — all moonlight , warmth and swaying tree tops . |
| 5 | The Dana andrew had told me to wait here for the girl Trefusis had sent indream after me . |
| 6 | By setting this film against a backdrop of the London Underground , Christine Halsall and Steven Sprung made us feel inextricably woven into this madness . |
| 7 | His phenomenally successful reign , in the wake of his outstanding achievements as a player , meant this great club Bill Shankley created became known as Kenny 's kingdom . |
| 8 | Once , Ken invited Took and Feldman for lunch . |
| 9 | Oh Donna phoned did she ? |
| 10 | Whoever takes control of Oxford has got a job on to keep them in the second division … they 're six points adrift at the bottom … but on Saturday United faired best of the three Central South sides … they drew while Swindon and Hereford both lost |
| 11 | What a queasy period those inter-war years now seem ( I am looking at the chicken curry ) , the old hatreds and prejudices simmering and bubbling nicely with all the dark , irrational fears surfacing in a way that rational people like Cohn-Casson believed had long ago been rendered obsolete by the evolutionary nature of society . |
| 12 | Only one of the soldiers Dr Haritos-Fatouros interviewed said the use of torture was justified . |
| 13 | Even the inmates of Holloway Prison , where until recently the girls were placed , think they are innocent , as the letter Ann received showed . |
| 14 | It lay at the point where the fertile coastal plain to which Shurton belonged gave way to the austerely beautiful Quantock Hills , and in the meeting of those two quite different landscapes the village acquired something of its distinctive character : Stowey was a place always busy with the concerns of a lowland domestic world , but the gateway as well to a solitary hill country where man 's dominance was suddenly challenged and nature prevailed . |
| 15 | The noise Bella heard had been someone trying her backdoor . |
| 16 | The Socialist party leader , Laurent Fabius , said Mr Chirac 's call for Mr Mitterrand to quit showed that the RPR , which he called ‘ the party of arrogance ’ , was trying to seize a monopoly of power . |
| 17 | He looked , he said , ‘ like a great boiled egg ’ — the once extraordinarily handsome young man was now as bald as one and the day that Ken called had left off his toupee . |
| 18 | Earlier , stand in skipper Richard Harden took his score on to 132 , his highest score of the season , before declaring at 344 for seven . |
| 19 | Earlier , stand in skipper Richard Harden took his score on to 132 , his highest score of the season , before declaring at 344 for seven . |
| 20 | The road Richard chose sloped gently down towards the river , levelling out where the Balmoral bank sloped steeply down to the waterside . |
| 21 | The Wright bothers did this when they developed the first operational airplane . |
| 22 | She might have said no more , except that , unluckily for him , Dr Neil felt impelled to continue . |
| 23 | AUSTRALIAN captain Allan Border struck an impressive 71 not out yesterday as Queensland 's four-day match against Pakistan appeared headed for a draw . |
| 24 | Well Madge did did n't she ? |
| 25 | Well I mean er Prince Edward did did n't he ? |
| 26 | Becky did did n't she ? |
| 27 | You know , because er you know when Jean had had a few |
| 28 | Nothing Sylvie said seemed to penetrate her loyalty to that daughter who was n't hers . |
| 29 | What Penny said persuaded the Princess to unpack her bags and try again . |
| 30 | William was one of the people Richard said had a second-class mind . |