Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this application of standard formula upset Selby for reasons we heard this morning , and it upsel =set us because it did n't seem to be taking the real situation into account . |
| 2 | As the first medical officer of health for Lambeth he gained direct experience of cholera and other water-borne diseases . |
| 3 | Nixon claimed that as President he had special executive privileges which allowed him to refuse access to the tapes . |
| 4 | After University he became National Officer of the British Mountaineering Council based in Manchester , and later Director of the International School of Mountaineering at Leysin in Switzerland . |
| 5 | After Bromsgrove they lost three games in a row , so it was important to get back to winning , against St Albans last Saturday then Netley 3-0 . |
| 6 | After Bromsgrove they lost three games in a row , so it was important to get back to winning , against St Albans last Saturday , then Netley 3-0 . |
| 7 | After Kristallnacht he forbade further attacks on Jews and tried to have the worst ringleaders punished by the courts . |
| 8 | Er it 's er it 's a ex W D lens , after wartime they sold these things they sold them in catalogues and I sent of for this one , and it 's about a stone and a half in weight . |
| 9 | For year after year he worked all hours serving different governments and different ministers . |
| 10 | For lunch we had damp oat-cakes we 'd bought at the village shop . |
| 11 | Through Falkenna she glimpsed grey geese , but Scathach — expert with sword and spear — was an inaccurate shot with sling . |
| 12 | Returning through Bologna he passed various tests for membership of the Accademia Filarmonica and was awarded a diploma , the conditions of entry , stipulating that members must be over the age of 20 , having been waived on this occasion . |
| 13 | For Wykeham he designed New College , Oxford , and supervised the works there from 1379 to 1386 , after which he went on to design Winchester College , ready for occupation in 1394 but not completed until after 1400 . |
| 14 | There was no fairy tale finish for Oxford United in the big cup game at the Manor last night with Aston Villa winning 2-1 … but better news of Swindon they put six goals past Torquay … |
| 15 | Of course they had some value , in an informal way , as precedents , but the precedent here might easily be not that non dubito is now admissible , but that some relaxation of wording is allowed where family property expectations are involved . |
| 16 | In the premier league it 's West Ham against Swindon at Upton Park … last season of course they faced each other in the first division … in London Town came out on top and it was this win that sparked their promotion run … so let's hope it 's lucky for them again |
| 17 | Erm but of course they did other work you know , which was of a general character . |
| 18 | Well when we came here of course we had certain furniture and we just sort of er , er and we , I do n't know what other people did , we just erm furnished a room at a time until we got |
| 19 | Er as you got older of course you got different meals , but as youngsters we ate a terrific amount of bread and jam . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course you needed more money . |
| 21 | Maire Carroll , serving in the shop and hating it , felt a firm and vicious sense of satisfaction over the fate of Eve and Benny , but of course she pretended great care and concern . |
| 22 | Of course I had this spell er er do n't forget I was five years as a prisoner of war , and a lot of interest because I was a union member pra b previous to that you see ? |
| 23 | Like the woman 's no good Of course I told some things about Wendy . |
| 24 | BROUGH JUSTICE : When Jack Charlton was boss of Middlesbrough he had star players of the quality of Graeme Souness , left , and David Mills , right . |
| 25 | In a number of cases it ousted earlier conventions , such as the indiction or year of grace ( see later ) . |
| 26 | A recent survey in West Surrey and North East Hampshire asked district nurses how many clients they had with ulcerated limbs ; the number of times they visited each patient ; and the types of treatment given for a specific month . |
| 27 | A couple of times we had big branch and stuff . |
| 28 | Now that the partisans were well organized in the Province of Parma they committed many acts of sabotage . |
| 29 | In a low and antagonistic frame of mind she accepted that Ace was never going to have any time for her . |
| 30 | In my rather disgruntled frame of mind I rebelled that night against the long way round . |