Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Middlesbrough were stronger defensively in the second half as , surprisingly , Swindon tried to upset them with a long-ball game rather , than with their usual slick passing style . |
| 2 | He felt hammer blows to his arm before Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver . |
| 3 | He felt hammer blows to his arm before Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver . |
| 4 | Without specifying whether the state would grant the Roman Catholic Church legal recognition , Salinas undertook to promote it to a " new legal position " . |
| 5 | Handed over in 1939 by Its owners In response to an advertisement in The Times , Youth Allyah decided to use it as a transit camp for refugee children who were waiting for permanent hachshara . |
| 6 | One week later Captain Taylor came to fetch me in a jeep . |
| 7 | Goldwyn threatened to sue him for a million dollars , but Mayer convinced him that such a court case would cast a dim light on the entire industry . |
| 8 | With a solid , straight-batted technique and a calm , unruffled temperament , Hudson proceeded to bat them into a commanding position on the second day , remaining through the 90 overs to finish on 135 . |
| 9 | Constanze attempted to launch him on a career similar to his father 's — as a child-prodigy pianist — and on returning to Vienna he took composition lessons with Salieri , who proclaimed his ‘ a rare talent ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Simon attempted to pass me on a bend , but he lost the back end of his car and all control . |
| 11 | Swire intended to make it into a top-class regional airline serving cities in the East and Australia . |
| 12 | Mr. Mendez wanted to put him on a coach and send him down there in style , but Russell kept backing off . |
| 13 | ‘ Had you and Mrs Marshall planned to use it as a weekend retreat , perhaps ? |
| 14 | Lord Denning sought to avoid it on a number of occasions , the most notable case being Davis v. Johnson [ 1978 ] 2 WLR 182 ( CA ) . |
| 15 | Princesse Mathilde came to see them for a weekend . |
| 16 | Cliff liked to get her in a corner but she liked to sit in the middle . |
| 17 | One day Mr Bumble came to tell them about a woman who had died in an extremely poor part of the town , and Sowerberry and Oliver went to collect the body . |
| 18 | Just as surely God desires to lead us to a knowledge of genuine Christian fellowship , so surely must we be overwhelmed by a great general disillusionment with others , with Christians in general , and , if we are fortunate , with ourselves . |
| 19 | Kinnock fails to meet them by a huge margin . |
| 20 | Trotsky refused to describe it as a ruling class since it did not own the means of production : it had ‘ neither stocks nor bonds . |
| 21 | They acquired a wider notoriety five months later , when de Gaulle decided to champion them in a press conference ( 4 February 1965 ) . |
| 22 | When , during a home game in February 1927 , Hardy shouted from the touchline to a player to move up-field , Chapman chose to regard it as a breach of his authority and arranged for Hardy to move to Tottenham , where a vacancy had conveniently arisen . |
| 23 | CCW wants to manage it as a National Nature Reserve , but this is being blocked by the IDO claim . |
| 24 | With the help of the dogs , who leapt silently through the snow , George managed to usher them to a barn , where they massed on the sheltered side . |
| 25 | I explained that I 'd told the sleeping-car attendants that Zak wanted to use him in a scene . |
| 26 | Six months ago Teresa Leinin had to put them on a plane to the United States after the High Court ordered they must be sent back to their American father . |
| 27 | With that deceptively loose-limbed walk , he ambled towards her , and Hilary tried to picture him as a property developer and failed . |
| 28 | And the Cid began to encourage them with a loud voice , shouting God and Santiago ! |
| 29 | Right on cue a Brazilian goal arrived in the 54th minute and was largely the result of a surging run on the right and inspired cross from Jorginho , Careca rising to meet it with a firm header down past Van Breukelen . |
| 30 | Unless the EC decides to treat them as a special case , it seems the only way out for them will be to give the toys away . |