Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former technical direct Dr Nigel Mykura told us the immediate cause of his February 1991 resignation was a transfer of £350,000 from AMS1s bank account to another MacDonald company , which Mykura believed would make it impossible for AMS to continue its research . |
| 2 | Of this Miller writes , ‘ It grows naturally in the West Indies , whence the late Mr. Robert Miller sent me the seeds ’ , and it would seem likely that Ehret 's specimen had been raised at Chelsea . |
| 3 | He was created baronet in 1837 , but Sir Robert Peel refused him the Irish peerage promised him by Melbourne . |
| 4 | At a meeting , our ward councillor Mr I. Hartley informed us the reason for this decision was because it was not viable . |
| 5 | To send her two young sons , Mathieu and Laurent , to sleep , Cécile de Brunhoff told them the story of a little elephant who left the forest to discover the town and learn the ways of men , before returning to his own idyllic land of the elephants to be crowned king . |
| 6 | But it was a surprise when W. E. Gladstone offered him the post of deputy whip , an offer which he decided to accept . |
| 7 | In 1987 President Mario Soares awarded her the Order of the Sword of Santiago . |
| 8 | Writer Brian Clark gave me the persona of a middle-class , middle-aged professional with a wife problem and for a time it became my trademark . |
| 9 | He and another left-hander , the more dashing 21-year-old Robert Samuels , provided Jamaica with the batting stability they have so often lacked and captain Courtney Walsh gave them the bowling penetration with a tournament record 36 wickets at 11.30 each that combined to regain the Cup for Jamaica from Barbados , their third success in the last five seasons . |
| 10 | Manager Edward Stein fears the worst after Barnet 's company secretary Stanley Beller warned him the club would be put into liquidation inside 24 hours unless ‘ things are sorted out . ’ |
| 11 | Last year Andres Gomez beat him the final ; this time it was Courier and everyone remembers things about him . |
| 12 | PC Bill Cotton gave her the kiss of life as soon as she was pulled on deck . |
| 13 | In reply to a Commons question the Defence minister Jonathanj Aitken told him the project would receive ’ very careful scrutiny . ’ |
| 14 | When Scrooge was premiered in Birmingham last year Gloria Honeyford called it the hottest selling ticket outside of London . |
| 15 | She ran her own stable , near Newbury , Berkshire , until Yorkshire businessman Fred Brown offered her the ride on his horses just over two years ago . |