Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We paused to watch a hawk hunting above one of the islands which splits the Vltava , and I asked Ladislav about the posters I kept seeing in windows . |
| 2 | I met Susan on the stairs . |
| 3 | I was out of the flat before she could turn her head and as I passed Springsteen on the stairs , I said : ‘ You 're on your own , kid . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Although I 'm champion and it 's been a wonderful year I feel I ca n't truly call myself the title holder until I beat Joey on the roads . ’ |
| 5 | I told Shama of the years that Thesiger had spent in Iraq with the Marsh Arabs and then in Iran , that now he had a small house in Kenya deep in the country where he could get away from the towns . |
| 6 | When I heard Richard on the stairs , I emptied the ash tray into a drawer : he never smoked himself and disliked my doing so . |
| 7 | I rang Duncan from the phones on the wall in the hospital entrance as time was running out . |
| 8 | I took Shanti into the babies ' changing room . |
| 9 | I honestly do n't think they would object to my marrying Madeleine on the grounds of my birth . |
| 10 | ‘ I kicked Raimundo in the shins — there was a bit of a row . |
| 11 | I follow Rachel up the stairs , feeling like I just paid money in one of those Soho hotels where you take a girl and hire a room by the hour . |
| 12 | Besides I see Tracey at the weekends so we can talk about that ’ , The bit she did not like was writing it up . |
| 13 | Again , therefore , we are looking for explanations which combine Marx with the insights of writers such as LeBon and Freud . |
| 14 | It was this last group which provided Paisley with the resources necessary to launch his campaign against O'Neill . |
| 15 | If it was the Conservative Party 's circumstances that gave Maxse 's brand of radical Conservatism its appeal , it was also the change in the party 's circumstances wrought by the war which relegated Maxse to the margins of Conservative politics . |
| 16 | According to the script of Shearer 's homecoming party , the £3.6 million prodigal son was due to compound besieged Southampton manager Ian Branfoot 's unpopularity on the south coast with the winner which kept Blackburn on the tails of Championship leaders Norwich . |
| 17 | That was not game , set and match for Britain ; it was a lousy piece of negotiation which left Britain on the sidelines of Europe . |
| 18 | WP Do you think we could see a reversion to the kind of right-wing authoritarianism which characterised Hungary between the wars ? |
| 19 | At the time when Jesus was born , Herod the Great was the ‘ puppet king ’ who ruled Palestine for the Romans . |
| 20 | Another who was passionately fond of self-effacement was Sir George Goldie , the man who ruled Nigeria in the days of the Niger Company , and whom some credited with being the original progenitor of Indirect Rule . |
| 21 | Such were the troops who fought Alexander at the Granikos . |
| 22 | Steve Cauthen will be having his first race-ride on Arazi , but Pat Valenzuela , who rode Arazi in the Breeders ' Cup Juvenile , is scheduled to be reunited with the colt in the Kentucky Derby next month . |
| 23 | Daphne , whom Cecilia suspected of being rather less well-off than she was herself , though this was not a matter to delve into , phoned her just after six on alternate evenings and she phoned Daphne on the others . |
| 24 | You were asked whether you told Mr about the solicitors letter |
| 25 | Top seeds for the men 's title , however , are Yorkshire 's Ilkley — fronted by Gary Henderson , with support from Simon Ickringill — who meet Berkshire in the semis , whilst No. 2 seeds and ‘ local boys ’ IFG Hallamshire Sheffield tackle event stalwarts Queen 's . |
| 26 | In this context I would like to pay a tribute to the British officers who served Burma during the years it was part of the Commonwealth . |
| 27 | Even so , it took great nerve and daring to ride that wind for such a distance and it is a fitting tribute to the bravery of the balloon pioneers , yet it will be seen that those men and women who followed Sadler into the skies display , in their own way , no less daring than he . |
| 28 | between Catholics and Protestants , did much damage to people and to places in the Pyrenean region , Pau included , and Jeanne d'Albret 's army commander , Montgomery , who recaptured Pau from the troops of King Charles IX , achieved an especially nasty reputation for the reprisals and pillagings he carried out . |
| 29 | This finding was fully supported by the evidence of Dr. G. , a consultant psychiatrist specialising in anorexia nervosa , who examined W. on the instructions of the Official Solicitor at a time when he was acting as W. 's guardian ad litem . |
| 30 | Gray 's Anatomy , however , eclipsed all others , partly for its meticulous detail , partly for its emphasis on surgical anatomy , but most of all perhaps for the excellence of the illustrations , based on drawings by H. V. Carter , who assisted Gray with the dissections , and engraved by Messrs Butterworth & Heath with remarkable skill . |