Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All through the first part of the interview — the crazy part , when she had been talking about seeing her son in the house — Hank had been telling the straight truth . |
| 2 | Great Universal , one of the UK 's leading home shopping catalogues , is packed with ingenious ideas for transforming your house into a dream home . |
| 3 | Rami Dotan was sentenced to 13 years in prison on March 27 for using his position as the Israeli Air Force 's chief procurement officer to embezzle at least US$6,000,000 . |
| 4 | A Texan jury on December 20th convicted Don ‘ Big Daddy ’ Dixon for using his bank as a personal piggy-bank ; the next day prosecutors announced that they had squeezed a guilty plea from Edwin ‘ Fast Eddie ’ McBirney , who admitted to artful manipulation of deposits at Sunbelt Savings Association , the largest S&L ever to fail in Texas . |
| 5 | I thank my hon. Friend for drawing my attention to the representations that he has made . |
| 6 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Newham , North-West ( Mr. Banks ) for drawing my attention to the article in the Evening Standard . |
| 7 | The Franciscans had a specially charismatic gift for transmitting their understanding of the inward nature of redemption . |
| 8 | He 's good about helping my mum in the house . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's what you get for sticking your dick in a plug socket . ’ |
| 10 | If such stipulations are made for so mundane a practice as motoring , they would seem to be reasonable precautions for protecting our environment for the rest of time from possible damage by man-made creatures . |
| 11 | NICOSIA ( Reuter ) — The Japanese firm , Mitsui , has undertaken to pay Iran almost $1bn ( £625m ) in compensation for ending its role in a joint petrochemical complex , Iran 's Irna news agency said . |
| 12 | ( The ‘ Editorial Assistant ’ apologises to Mr Hearse for omitting his name from the corresponding article in the last Journal . ) |
| 13 | Further criticism came from foreign commentators who found his espousal of Western ideas too selective by far , taking him to task for his autocratic style , for underpinning his regime with the repressive Savak security apparatus , his sybaritic leisure-image — notably featuring snow and sun at St Moritz — and his failure to uproot corruption in his entourage . |
| 14 | If this event is about affirming their status amongst the youthful pretenders to the acid crown , then Hawkwind and Planet Gong have loaded the dice in their favour by monopolising the prime-time slots . |
| 15 | A cardinal error had obviously been made , as the paper had made huge efforts beforehand to consult pressure groups about tackling their subject in an approved fashion . |
| 16 | In a sense , Franco had the United Nations to thank for consolidating his regime at the end of the Second World War . |
| 17 | Not because I directly res have some responsibility for representing our membership within the Health Service , but because as I said earlier this is my Health Service , this is your Health Service , it 's our families ' Health Service that we have enjoyed the benefits since nineteen forty eight . |
| 18 | Over coffee in the study Miss Danziger thanked the guests individually for their concern , apologised for interrupting their enjoyment of an excellent meal , and explained that so long as she came out of the spasm in less than a minute and a half it was not dangerous and left no ill-effects . |
| 19 | There was something very attractive about delaying her return to the poisonous atmosphere of the office . |
| 20 | Mr Jones has criticised Mr Mandelson for announcing his candidature in a newspaper article and said that the spirit of the party 's selection code , which says the media should not be used to promote a candidate , may have been broken . |
| 21 | He chose this occasion for announcing his retirement from the Treasurership which he had held for thirty years . |
| 22 | Elek also approached Edie Lamont after seeing her work at the London Group and discussed the idea for an illustrated book on Wales . |
| 23 | Mr Parry was speaking with wife Wendy , 35 , at his side after seeing their son in the intensive care unit of the Walton centre for neurology and neurosurgery in Liverpool . |
| 24 | John wrote scathingly of Robert Helpmann , after seeing his Miracle in the Gorbals , as ‘ a pseudo-intellectual who has discovered ( after Hollywood ) that there exists such a thing as mob psychology ’ and later added that ‘ his ballets , although all extremely intelligently constructed , and all marvellous theatre , I always find acrobatic and dull from the dancing point of view … |
| 25 | ‘ If I could have the same result again , I would be delighted , ’ said Yorath after naming his squad for the November 18 game . |
| 26 | He brings home about 10 rupees a day after eating his meal in the bazaar and paying for repairs to the rickshaw . |
| 27 | ARSENAL v MAN CITY Marwood is ready to return for the champions after proving his fitness in the reserves on Thursday . |
| 28 | After completing its work on the Newsom Report , the Central Advisory Council was reconstituted under the chairmanship of Lady Plowden , and turned its attention to primary schools . |
| 29 | They supplied machinery to Pilkington 's of St Helens , where Deacon moved after completing his apprenticeship in the early 1840s . |
| 30 | Elbowed out FOOTBALL : Ajax Amsterdam 's Swedish striker Stefan Pettersson looks set to miss the European Championships after dislocating his elbow in the UEFA Cup final victory over Torino . |