Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Baxter was deeply shocked by this tragedy and also by the general prejudice aroused against him by this incident . |
| 2 | Well the only thing we have a problem on ‘ Sonnet ’ with , Luke , so far as I can see anyway , and I know Jeff agrees with me on this — right Jeff ? — and so does Jim incidentally , Luke , ’ said Joe , ‘ is the form . ’ |
| 3 | Philip went back to Richard 's rooms in college to wait for him on this night of undreamt-of triumph , to enjoy it with him , to talk it through . |
| 4 | But seven pairs of eyes fastened on him at this news , each with their separate thoughts . |
| 5 | There are discredited and out-of-date theories around , and I have asked officials in my Department to report to me on those matters . |
| 6 | When Kevin Woodford , owner and chef of Woodfords restaurant on the Isle Of Man asked viewers of ITV 's This Morning programme to write to him about any culinary problems , the letters simply flooded in . |
| 7 | Further to my note of 11th December , Susannah Wainman of SAWD Books writes to me with more details of the competition for a new logo for the Independent Publishers Guild . |
| 8 | Moreover , recent surveys have suggested that not so many members of these societies are ‘ literate ’ by the standards expected than had previously been assumed : in the UK it is now held that over one million people have an acquaintance with literacy that is insufficient for the demands made on them by this kind of society ( DES , 1980 ) . |
| 9 | If the parties had not agreed on the naming of the appointing authority , or if the authority which |
| 10 | The Secretary of State shall lay before both Houses of Parliament a draft of any code of practice prepared by him under this section . |
| 11 | Well , Adolph , it certainly was a real pleasure to hear from you after all these years . |
| 12 | Lucifer turned on them with such ferocity that some actually fell backwards off their benches . |
| 13 | H's purpose , however , was to punish the tenant for having given evidence ( under subpoena ) in an action brought against him by another of his tenants and it followed that the landlord was guilty of a criminal contempt of court . |
| 14 | The air was charged with tension coming at her from all directions . |
| 15 | Passers-by looked at him in some curiosity , seeing the tears course down his cheeks ; and still he walked on and on . |
| 16 | Rock-climbers make sure they have lots of metal implements swinging from them at all times . |
| 17 | Large dark eyes looked at her without any expression and all he said was : ‘ Sir ? ’ in a voice both deep and guarded . |
| 18 | Sylvie looked at him in some perplexity . |
| 19 | The blue eyes pierced through her with that cold , callous look that once was capable of breaking her heart . |
| 20 | He also caught a number of covert glances at himself : was that what a few moment 's conversation with a presidential aide did for you in this town ? |
| 21 | Perhaps the Prime Minister , in the few months left to him in that position , will think about visiting the Council of Europe Assembly so that we can determine whether the British Government actually envisage a role for the Council of Europe . |
| 22 | His eyes bored into hers for another nerve-stretching minute , then he seemed to relax and accept her answer . |
| 23 | He 'll have my recommendation , backed by the personnel file and the complaints of disruption filed against you by several staff members . ’ |
| 24 | One young teacher working in a more conservative college spoke to me of this period with some amusement . |
| 25 | First , it is clear that balancing necessitates some judgment as to how much we value a particular interest , and that people may well disagree as to the weight accorded to it in any particular instance . |
| 26 | His wife Ellen wrote to us with this smashing picture and told us that because Russell works so much she only ever sees him in his overall or a track suit . |
| 27 | Life on the ‘ end ’ offers the actual or aspiring hooligan an alternative career as part of the ‘ Rowdies ’ : ‘ This ‘ career structure ’ gives some young people a sense of individual achievement within a semi-formal setting opportunities denied to them in most other institutions ' ( Marsh , 1976:348 ) . |
| 28 | Wandering aimlessly down one of the grim , draughty passageways of the castle , with Ranulf trailing behind him like some morose dog , Corbett almost bumped into Benstede and his strange body-servant , Aaron . |
| 29 | The attempt in the Treaty to reorganize the Balkans as a stable structure of national states appealed to them for this reason . |
| 30 | The design for Isvik was influenced to quite a marked degree by the Peterhead-type sailing vessels of the Mounties , also by a sketch made for him by that extraordinary Antarctic single-hander , David Lewis . |