Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drunken porter allowing them entrance after the usual altercation . |
| 2 | Liese made me dinner in the Chinese style : miso soup , stir-fried vegetables , sweetsap for dessert . |
| 3 | Play another sound effect — perhaps a door opening , keys jangling , a car moving off , a bomb exploding , or a dog barking — and it becomes difficult not to link the two sounds together and make them part of the same story . |
| 4 | Mid-season found him second in the national averages , and following match figures of 7 for 61 against Warwickshire , team-mate John Morris wondered whether Bishop could ever have bowled with more controlled hostility than in his first spell in the first innings . |
| 5 | In that year , also , L'Estrange 's ineptitude cost him control of the official news-books and Muddiman regained it because of the regard he had won from both secretaries of state . |
| 6 | Windows has thousands , whereas OS/2 seems to be bereft of the kind of volume of applications that would signal it acceptance as the standard operating system . |
| 7 | Here , where it cut the highway , the steep bank of the river would give them protection from the full force of the hurricane . |
| 8 | THE British Lions were today fuming over two refereeing decisions which they claimed cost them victory in the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch . |
| 9 | In July 1878 , though , the Bureau of Indian Affairs assumed responsibility for the Nez Perce , and transferred them south to the parched 7000-acre Quapaw Reservation in Kansas Territory . |
| 10 | Sometimes she would give him money on the sly and he would help her with chores . |
| 11 | It 's WBO super-middleweight champion Eubank 's ninth world title fight in just 22 months — and there 's to be no let-up in his quest to earn the money that can give him retirement in the next year . |
| 12 | It scampered towards the cat door that would give it access to the bigger house at the end of the row , but suddenly it stopped . |
| 13 | The Keraing and his family came to wave us farewell from the cliff-top , and we sailed east into the gulf of Bone , and an empty blue sea . |
| 14 | Troops kill US teenager in the silent suburbs * . |
| 15 | It 's becoming a favourite pastime , combining the thrill of the chase with the joy of the bargain which is why we regularly try and bring you news of the latest openings . |
| 16 | However , of its contemporaries , your soaraway NME was undoubtedly the most diligent in bringing you news of the latest teen pop sensations . |
| 17 | ‘ I want you to help me ride over the next big bore in my two seater kayak , ’ she replied defiantly . |
| 18 | They said I could work just in termtime as long as I give them notice of the definite weeks a month in advance . ’ |
| 19 | Different names may be current in my area , so that I give you information on the wrong fish . |
| 20 | If it had been , they would never have summoned him here and allowed him access to the hallowed Tower . |
| 21 | In the meditative life , we exchange the worldly things that give us delight for the full commitment of loving God above all . |
| 22 | They give us information on the medieval pottery museum , birthplace of local legends and the address of the youth-hostel-cum-doss-house . |
| 23 | Standing at the door with her knuckles on her hips , she bade me recline on the high wall-bed , as if for a medical inspection . |
| 24 | Well if I refer you , Dave Girt , Leeds City , if I refer you madam to the first paragraph of R P G 2 which is strategic planning guidance for West Yorkshire . |
| 25 | Your supplier should be in a position to give you information on the bigger ones . |
| 26 | I would further recommend that a strong warning be issued to the father , pointing out to him that if he should continue to molest his wife and daughter the law allows an injunction to be brought against him , forbidding him access to the marital home . |
| 27 | The High Altar and those flanking it date from the 1690s and are decorated in polychrome with good quality sculpted figures , again by Jäckel . |
| 28 | An infection control policy should be available to staff , emphasising he importance of the safe disposal of sharps . |
| 29 | Alan got a message for you all the stewards and secretaries within Pilkingtons and also the A E U , M S F and the T & G thanks very much for the initiative you 've in getting us all together and the initiative you 've took in getting us part of the European set-up company Pilkingtons , at this present time are very negative . |
| 30 | Everyone feels healthier there , and so many visitors love the freshness of the high altitude , giving them appetite for the local gratin dishes , the carp and pike , the best butter in the world , light white wines like the Seyssel of Savoy — and of course the famous liqueur , Chartreuse . |