Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anthony Powell has recalled Eliot with the Mirrlees at the end of the period in which he was staying with them . |
| 2 | The closest moral and practical precedent for what is needed is the Marshall Plan by which the US helped to restore Europe in the years after the Second World War . |
| 3 | I want to knee David in the bollocks at least once today ? |
| 4 | ‘ He is the best goalscorer I 've ever seen in my time in professional football , and anyone who has seen Liverpool over the years will agree he 's a very special player . ’ |
| 5 | But the advent of the computer game generation and the recession has consigned Roy of the Rovers to football 's wastepaper basket . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , my thought for today is : " If you want to understand Greece under the Romans , read Polybius and whatever you may believe to be Posidonius ; if you want to understand Rome ruling Greece , read Plautus , Cato — and Mommsen . " |
| 7 | Emporio has brought Armani to the masses ; Italian taxi drivers and British bovver boys alike fork out quite happily for sweaters , jeans and T-shirts featuring the world-famous winged emblem . |
| 8 | Relations between Becker and the rest of the German team would appear to have deteriorated after the incident in Melbourne when , within minutes of learning that Stich and Udo Riglewski had been nominated to represent Germany in the doubles , in Barcelona , he set in motion a chain of events which led to a quick re-think . |
| 9 | ‘ Far from constituting ransom to achieve the freedom of American hostages , ’ North assured Livingstone over the cooling coffee , ‘ the military goods provided Iran were part of a rapprochement process designed to deliver Iran from the clutches of the Soviet Union and to block the Soviet drive to the Persian Gulf . ’ |
| 10 | For a typical candidate , one need look no further than Keith Hill , bidding to take Streatham from the Tories . |
| 11 | Excluding whisky , Grampian 's principal export market is Germany , which has overtaken France as the regions main export destination . |
| 12 | When we broke for coffee I asked him whether he 'd consulted Laura about the references I 'd turned up . |
| 13 | Suddenly he thumped the arm of his chair with his fist , remembering all the times he 'd caught Stella on the stairs in the middle of the night , staring at the telephone . |
| 14 | The new company was named CFS Aeroengines from the surnames of its directors , . |
| 15 | Senior police officers were last night waiting to interview Suzanne in the burns unit of Withington Hospital , Manchester . |
| 16 | Neil Fairbrother 's team , who have already won at Surrey and Sussex , were today drawn to visit Leicestershire in the semi-finals . |
| 17 | A person 's total daily need for calories is the amount of calories needed to maintain BMR plus the calories needed for movement , i.e. physical activity . |
| 18 | Before she swallowed the last of the drink she had promised to ask Wickham for the facts . |
| 19 | In listing the problems , they began with the Solheim Cup , where they had had to ban Doyle from the players ' room for being a disruptive influence . |
| 20 | In Windows 3.1 you have to use Edit Mark in the Windows Control menu box . |
| 21 | It is a long way from the " careership " proposals of the CBI and a long way , too , from the systematic manner in which those parties argue who would wish to see TECs as the regulators of training and as the godfather of the careers service . |
| 22 | He will replace Dean Jones , who is set to tour England with the Australians next season . |
| 23 | But the very fact that the French were the most intransigent as regards releasing Germany from the cruelties of the Versailles treaty made all the more imperative the need to bring to the gathering at Darlington Hall at least one French gentleman with unambiguous influence over his country 's foreign policy . |
| 24 | Similarly , despite Lupus 's heartful pleas , Charles decided to leave St-Josse in the hands of Odulf whose continuing fidelity it guaranteed . |
| 25 | By now , the Othmanli ( or Ottoman ) Turks , another migrant group from Central Asia , were firmly established in Anatolia in succession to the Seljuks , having wrested Constantinople from the Byzantines in 1453 . |
| 26 | One suspects that the ‘ old ’ Banks might have put Prentice in the arms of a real aunt , rather than a politely honoured friend of the family , and there are fewer than usual Gothic touches . |
| 27 | As soon as I got back to Fontanellato I went to see the doctor , who decided to take Eric to the Apennines the following day . |
| 28 | If England were to decline to tour India on the grounds of safety , other countries might not be so willing to visit there for a one-day jamboree . |
| 29 | An indication of progress on the subject of SLCMs was provided on July 14 , when the US National Security Adviser , Brent Scowcroft , commented that ( Soviet ) proposals to ban SLCMs altogether ( in the light of perceived verification problems associated with ascertaining their numbers ) were " one of the open areas in the strategic arms negotiations ' ( the USA had formerly wanted to exclude SLCMs from the talks ) . |
| 30 | This was a messianic fervour that must have been similar to that possessed by the ancient zealots who died defending Masada against the Romans 2,000 years ago . |