Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [vb past] [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night comic Bernard Manning had his own theory about Lilly 's strange phobia . |
| 2 | Major [ later Lieut. -Colonel ] William Caulfeild resumed his former duties as Inspector of Roads , until his death in 1767 . |
| 3 | But in 1976 , when Jean Darnall gave me this advice , I knew exactly what she meant and I knew that what she recommended was exactly what I wanted to do . |
| 4 | Zsa Zsa Gabor brought her own hairdresser . |
| 5 | VETERAN U.S. chess star Bobby Fischer beat his former World Championship rival Boris Spassky yesterday to win their 5 million dollar ‘ revenge ’ re-match . |
| 6 | A post mortem revealed the young officer died from carbon monoxide poisoning and the coroner yesterday returned a verdict that Cpl Turnpenny took his own life . |
| 7 | Using this analogy Jesus described his own mission in terms of establishing a Kingdom . |
| 8 | This time , I fear , there can be no doubt — Monsieur Gebrec took his own life . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ When Miss Purdue showed us those baby clothes — the little dresses and nighties for the children of the poor fallen girls in the home on Callendar Street — they seemed so stark and plain . |
| 10 | ‘ That , more or less , is what Miss Henry told me this afternoon , ’ she admitted . |
| 11 | DEAN Gould beat his own world record in Felixstowe , Suffolk yesterday — flipping 296 new 10p pences from his arm to his hand . |
| 12 | Just for a second Umberto forgot his own hangover . |
| 13 | A few quite days by F/L Newton gave me some circuits in the Oxford on the 25th . |
| 14 | But it should also be mentioned that Sultan Qaboos overthrew his own father and needed the military support of the Shah and the SAS to defend himself against those of his countrymen not recognizing the benefits of his traditional Arab-Islamic leadership . |
| 15 | Most of the Royal Navy 's frigates in the south Atlantic carried their own Exocets ( Britain is the biggest customer for the missile ) , which they might well have fired against Argentinian ships in an all-out naval war . |
| 16 | This task was for him somewhat infra dig , but until Burden and Sergeant Martin brought him some information he had little else to do , and this way he could , at any rate , be certain it was well done . |
| 17 | And when Dr Greene examined her this morning he said the placental bleeding had completely stopped . |
| 18 | But his experiences of street life in Hackney and his boxing ventures in Bethnal Green taught him that blackness presented him with a unique set of problems . |
| 19 | His British team-mate Nigel Mansell enjoyed his own Sunday afternoon spin rather more — roaring to a record ninth win . |
| 20 | Akabusi agreed to take part in the European Cup 400m hurdles after Frank Dick persuaded him that newcomer Gary Cadogan was too inexperienced . |
| 21 | Jane Pargeter poured herself another slug of gin and slopped in some tonic water , spilling some on the coffee table . |
| 22 | IT WAS always simply a matter of time before full back Alan Tait followed his former boss Doug Laughton to Leeds . |
| 23 | It was not until 1970–1 that Alexander Hughes established its own research department . |
| 24 | In some panic Coetzee contacted his former police superiors . |
| 25 | Gerald Williams described his former commentary box partner as ‘ an immensely warm person who was proud to be a part of tennis establishment . |
| 26 | She could not speak the family 's language , and each evening Felix taught her some words . |
| 27 | ‘ Following the Viking attack in 1263 , Lady Isobel Stewart took her own life ( on the steps of the wallwalk ) rather than yield to her captors . |
| 28 | The members walked to the ‘ handsome restaurant erected on the very summit of the Head ’ where Mr Burt gave them all lunch . |
| 29 | Andrea bought him , you know the big ja he 's g always got a pocket full any time at all ooh that jar Andrea bought him that Christmas full of toffees |
| 30 | He told Mr. Frost about Beckett 's law and Mr. Frost asked him several times whether the level of taxation that would then result — |