Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course made it part of the job that you had to attend night school classes for bread baking and confectionery . |
| 2 | In that year , also , L'Estrange 's ineptitude cost him control of the official news-books and Muddiman regained it because of the regard he had won from both secretaries of state . |
| 3 | Adolf Hitler was at a military hospital in Pasewalk in Pomerania , recovering from burns to his eyes after a British gas attack at Ypres , when on 10 November 1918 a pastor brought him news of the armistice . |
| 4 | It was a Sunday , and the coach took us south of the border to the dusty town of Tia Juana where the passengers wandered about looking for souvenirs and tequila . |
| 5 | The 1948 British Nationality Act renamed them Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies ( CUKCs ) , but the people of Hong Kong retained their right of abode in Britain and during the 1950's were positively encouraged to go to the ‘ Mother Country ’ to fill job vacancies . |
| 6 | When the Constituent Assembly elected him President of the Provisional Government , eighty per cent of the public approved ( according to an opinion poll . ) |
| 7 | Swansea 's victory kept them top of the First Division and was another display worthy of any defending champions . |
| 8 | In 1986 the quasi-biblical [ in France ] Gault-Millau guide voted him chef of the year with a 19/20 rating , raised to 19.5 in 1990 . |
| 9 | In July 1263 Fitzjohn 's local influence was acknowledged and increased when Montfort 's government made him keeper of the peace in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire ; in December , with the other Montfortians , he accepted Louis IX 's offer to arbitrate on their quarrel with the king . |
| 10 | In 1969 the Italian government made him commander of the Order of Merit for services to Italian culture . |
| 11 | Frankie 's very success made them part of the pop family . |
| 12 | ‘ This telephone has rung four times in this house since it was installed in January , and the first call brought us news of the Glasgow Ribbon Society , the Fenian Dynamitards destroying the Tradeston gas-works in which my poor husband has substantial interests . |
| 13 | The purser gave them part of the ship where they could do " all sorts of things in the morning — singing , drawing , competitions " . |
| 14 | His career as a Labour politician brought him membership of the party 's National Executive in 1927 , beating Herbert Morrison in the constituency section . |