Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before kiln operator Steve Kelly died at 55 , he asked for help to be given to the team of Macmillan nurses who cared for him in his last months . |
| 2 | The wicked mood of triumphant secret freedom which had come to her after her first performance of careful deliberate lying to Jack had , for the moment at any rate , left her . |
| 3 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 4 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 5 | She approved of the crispness of the linen coifs of nuns , the ironed cleanness of her mother 's Sunday gloves , the drift of long tulle skirts that had stirred about her on her First Communion day , the soft transparency of the veils of village brides . |
| 6 | Yes , I have at last , and the I 'm sure that they lied in their teeth , they they assured me they had written to me after my second letter in March , er in fact , and they said they were going to send me a photocopy of that , in fact er she wrote me a letter in June , so I do n't believe the other one existed , |
| 7 | Instead of worrying about what fitzAlan might do to her after her last defiant outburst , she could only think that he might be in danger . |
| 8 | She thought about them a lot , wondering how it was going for them on their first real day on active service ; the first day , she supposed , of the rest of their lives — of the duration , at least . |
| 9 | Lack of peak fitness had told against him on his first run of the 1989–90 season when pitched in against Desert Orchid and other top chasers in the King George VI Rank Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day . |
| 10 | He always thanked anyone who did , she noticed , and felt a return of the respect he had inspired in her at their first meeting . |
| 11 | He had condemned her and the warmth she had sensed in him from their first meeting had all gone . |
| 12 | ‘ Everyone says that , ’ she whispered ‘ You know the Lady Prioress was lying when you talked to her on your first day at Godstowe ? ’ |
| 13 | She lost pearls that had been given to her for her 21st birthday . |
| 14 | After mature deliberation your Committee venture to propose to you to entrust them with powers to digest a scheme for the medical department , to receive claims , and investigate the merits of the different candidates who may propose themselves to fill the different situations in this line , as well as of the subordinate attendants of the house , and to report to you at your next general meeting the names of such persons as to them appear most proper , for your final approbation . ’ |
| 15 | The shoemaker dances with her in her first excitement and then collapses and turns into a tangle of dead leaves as she tires . |
| 16 | At the peak of the agitation more than 12,000 troops were stationed in the disturbed regions of the Midlands and the North — more soldiers than Wellington took with him on his first expedition to Portugal in 1808 in the Peninsular War . |
| 17 | Three cars went by her in her first half-hour on the road . |
| 18 | ‘ I have n't since the way Lou Gent fought against me in my first title defence . ’ |
| 19 | Speaking in Brussels , where the Community dimension of the drama is becoming a major debate , the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , said : ‘ Freedom is magnetic and it is natural that the people of Eastern Europe should lunge for it at their first chance . ’ |
| 20 | Eight hours ago he had never heard of any of them , now he was thinking of them by their first names : Francis , Edwin , Beryl , Anna , Cathy … |
| 21 | As a child of 11 , she had one which featured with her in her first professional engagement , as Dorothy in The Wiz , the all-black version of The Wizard of Oz , at the Sheffield Crucible . |
| 22 | I recalled that they should learn a few verses to say to me on my next visit . |
| 23 | His wife of 37 years , Nesta , stood by him during his first public humiliation . |
| 24 | • A Meeting Service Manager who works with you from your first call , ensuring every requirement is met to your specification . |