Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The rescue co-ordinators include Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals abandoned plans to use whale song on Sunday , when Mr Goold found he needed stronger amplification of his recordings . |
2 | McKinsey said it had several programmes in place to build the information technology capability of its consulting staff , and Information Consulting could accelerate the process . |
3 | The UVF denied he had any connection with it . |
4 | Claire says she started climbing with her brothers and Allan says he saw some people climbing when he was youth hostelling and thought that 's the sport for me … |
5 | DEC says it delayed any announcement until now so there would be meat on the bones , not just promises . |
6 | Her long nails were pearly pink , beautifully manicured , and Luce noticed she wore several rings , one of which looked like a wedding band . |
7 | Maxine goes she tried that suit on Duvane and it fit him . |
8 | Clearly she had n't wanted Hugh to know she owned any property in her native country , but why conceal such an important fact ? |
9 | Father-of-three Mr Simon says he regretted fitting moto-cross motorcycle tyres , which for all but about 100metres of the rally were the wrong choice . |
10 | Early on within this game I th when Blackburn scored I thought this game would be taken away from 'em . |
11 | MINTO : Paxford says the B set is easier ; Paxford says he got forty stations on it : he made it work beautifully . |
12 | On the contrary , Ronni sensed he relished this clash between them . |
13 | Habit , Gran said dryly , when asked ; and Ruth knew she got fewer bookings every year . |
14 | He sold his home to get on the grid … when no-one it seems except Nigel thought he had any talent … he roared into formula one with the old Lotus team … |
15 | And last night top U.S. military commander General Colin Powell said he expected Western jets to be enforcing the zone within two weeks . |
16 | Miss Tuckey said they made good agents . |
17 | Ford personnel director John Hougham said he believed industrial action was still a long way off . |
18 | Mr Ferman said he found offensive scenes where the figure of Christ was repeatedly inter cut with a lesbian scene between two nuns . |
19 | In his libel action seeking aggravated damages , Donovan claimed he suffered serious injury to his professional and personal reputation , considerable distress and embarrassment and that the article implied he was guilty of gross hypocrisy and deceit by denying that he was homosexual . |
20 | Mr Mulroney said he took unpopular steps for the country 's good , privatising state companies and lowering inflation and fiscal deficits . |
21 | And when Mrs Knight said she had some costume jewellery in the house he followed her straight into her bedroom where he started going through her drawers . |
22 | Coun Williams said he wanted unitary status as soon as possible so Darlington could control areas now under the county council such as education and social services . |
23 | In 1982 West Germany discovered it had serious problems with its forests — results of research indicated that half showed signs of ill health . |
24 | ‘ Miranda thinks she settled this bill months ago , does n't she ? ’ he yelled . |
25 | Immediate matters arising from the appointment of Louis Gerstner as the next chairman and chief executive of IBM Corp : Gerstner says he made three IBM executive decisions — all of them undisclosed — during the five-block walk from the Midtown Manhattan Hilton where the announcement of his appointment was made and IBM 's Madison Avenue offices ; and while many say that it has looked to be that way for most of this year , it seems that for a couple of days , IBM really will be leaderless , because John Akers says he will resign at today 's board meeting , and Gerstner is not due to take up his posts until Thursday . |
26 | Mr Tomlinson says he spent two months solidly working from 5.30am in the morning until 10.30 in the evening , including weekends . |
27 | Mr Lee claimed he had personal knowledge of a case in which a person had bought and sold council houses on four occasions . |
28 | Quelch claimed he had verbal consent from the NRA . |
29 | At 22 , Lottie felt she had few qualifications for such a sensitive job , but after his time with the Kindertransporte Freddie was more confident . |
30 | WPC Tracey Scanlon said she demanded forensic tests on suggestive notes left in her work tray . |