Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Till the Union made them acquainted with English manners , the culture of their lands was unskilful , and their domestic life unformed ; their tables were coarse as the feasts of Eskimeaux , and their houses as filthy as the cottages of Hottentots . ’ |
| 2 | I am not sure why this quarter was called ‘ Chinese ’ except that perhaps its apartness from the regular secular and religious life of Salamanca made it seem like another country , and a far-off , exotic one at that . |
| 3 | Patrick has plenty to say on such subjects , and he says it in the lordly way which does much to furnish the book with its presiding idiom . |
| 4 | In fact , the drivers are so good that the Windows version of WordPerfect allows you to choose between these drivers and the lesser Windows standard printer drivers . |
| 5 | But Pat remembers him saying to various children : ‘ Why do n't you lay down at the bottom of the swimming pool for half an hour ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I forbade my Lord Gaveston to have anything to do with that woman ! ’ |
| 7 | An SAR helicopter of the Army Air Corps and an RAF Nimrod began a search , and at 0015 on Friday 9 March William Luckin slipped her mooring with Second Coxswain/Mechanic John O'Donnell in command . |
| 8 | The fact that Nikon overreached himself was clearly exposed when Tsar Alexis forced him to withdraw from public affairs and subsequently had him deposed and replaced by a more pliant successor . |
| 9 | The Partito Popolare continues its sniping with parliamentary questions about her plans : ‘ Whatever Corral may have in mind , ’ says the parliamentarian Miguel Angel Cortés , ‘ is one of the best kept secrets in the kngdom ’ . |
| 10 | At six p.m. we would call Mr Singh to take us to swim in one of the hotel pools or maybe to wander among the old tombs in the Lodhi Gardens ; as we passed , black bats would flit through the ruins like departed spirits . |
| 11 | Pat said they went to late-night movies , and then on to parties . |
| 12 | Branson held her to contract for five more months , preventing her from working anywhere else , until he decided it was unreasonable to hold her any longer , and she was at last able to find work elsewhere in the record industry . |
| 13 | The Seagate drives I used for this article required 2 jumper connections made on the master drive , and all the connectors removed from the slave drive … |
| 14 | When making final selections for his book , Denyer found himself afflicted by severe mental block . |
| 15 | Suddenly , Anabelle found herself surrounded by furious , frowning faces . |
| 16 | Guido and Agnese had so much to talk about , and Ronni found herself included with perfect ease . |
| 17 | Outside the dressing-room , Sharpe found himself surrounded by anxious staff officers who waited for Wellington . |
| 18 | The Heffernan intervention occurred back in ‘ 86 when the then 22-year-old McGilligan found himself plucked from virtual obscurity and thrust into the international limelight — yes , international ! |
| 19 | In spring , summer , autumn and winter , visitors to Zakopane find plenty to enjoy in this uniquely beautiful mountain region . |
| 20 | ‘ Did Miss Tuckey have anything to do with that ? |
| 21 | How did Simon have owt to do with that ? ’ |
| 22 | Slash did his bit in two takes and Ozzy did his stuff in three . ’ |
| 23 | Prosecutor Nigel Godsmark said he preyed on 270 women over a three-year period . |
| 24 | As a young socialist in Weimar Germany she shared her life and ideals first with Rafael Buber , son of the Jewish theologian and philosopher Martin Buber , then with Heinz Neumann , who was to become leader of the German Communist party until Stalin had him removed in 1932 . |
| 25 | Mr Gray said he knew of one man who had been threatened with court action for not paying his water rates when he did not receive a reminder . |
| 26 | After they went , Trebyan was let for a year or two till Maurice got hisself married to some up-country girl . |
| 27 | Although she appeared uninterested while Army commanders Brigadier David Morgan and Major John Martin described what happened in 1951 , she moved towards Mr Mercer the moment Charles 's back was turned . |
| 28 | Winnie allowed herself to indulge in happy daydreams for some five minutes , and then pulled herself together sharply . |
| 29 | Yeah but er has Blackpool got anything to do with black magic ? |
| 30 | Not even when Pam Wright went 4-up on me after four holes in the final of the Scottish at Troon did I feel in any danger . " |