Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are Oxford for the drop , can Swindon make it to the premier league play-offs ? |
| 2 | When Pauline Kael reviewed him as the bloated Jake La Motta in Raging Bull , she said that what De Niro was doing was certainly something , but she 'd hesitate to call it acting . |
| 3 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 4 | Mountbatten 's task was not simplified when General MacArthur saddled him with the additional responsibility of taking over Indonesia and Indo-China , previously within the American sphere . |
| 5 | When the hamlets were first included in the development area for the new city of Milton keynes in the 1960s , people of Calverton fought it in the High Court and won . |
| 6 | Glenn Hoddle got them to the Premier league … maybe Keith Scott can keep them there ! |
| 7 | A contemporary writer from Lika compared it to the Mongol invasions and the depredations of the Goths and Attila the Hun . |
| 8 | Brownie Owl was very sympathetic when Penny told her about the lost budgie . |
| 9 | Linda recognised her from the previous day at school . |
| 10 | Gregory sees her as the prime mover in this , while allowing for the importance of divine intervention in Clovis 's victory against the Alamans . |
| 11 | Late that evening , Corbett was found by a servant sent by Selkirk , who announced in broad Scots that the knight would be grateful if Corbett joined him in the outer bailey near the main gate . |
| 12 | Grimma followed him across the chilly floor as more nomes filed into the shed and huddled apprehensively along the walls . |
| 13 | David followed her up the short path between the borders of spring flowers . |
| 14 | Captain Meredith observed her from the open door , as did Miss Jarman . |
| 15 | In another case it will mean that the writer creates his own special kind of language : and it is in this sense that Halliday applies it to the Neanderthal language of The Inheritors . |
| 16 | Donna saw it in the rear-view mirror , convinced and elated that she 'd done it crippling damage . |
| 17 | Tony Vaux follows him through the comic-horror jungle of Third World bureaucracy — and corruption . |
| 18 | Millie remembered it from the previous evening . |
| 19 | His idea of duty took the form of inviting Neil to join him in the nightly round of enjoyment which made up Stair 's life . |
| 20 | Indicating one of the wider streets leading off the square , he added , ‘ A short walk down Calle Lunga brings you to the Grand Canal . ’ |
| 21 | In 1915 Modigliani asked Lipchitz to introduce him to the small group of Jewish artists living in La Ruche , the beehive-shaped building with small studios in Le Passage Dantzig . |
| 22 | Alexander was too far gone in his cups to detect the sarcasm but he looked at Corbett , licked his lips greedily and , snatching up a brimming cup , lurched to his feet and gestured Corbett to follow him to the far end of the room . |
| 23 | It must have taken a while from Taunton , Charles thought , as Frances drove them in the yellow Renault 5 along the route Lesley-Jane had described . |
| 24 | Jane met him at the front door . |
| 25 | But my heart was not in insurance , and when Fred Workman recalled me to the editorial offices I rushed back to my old love . |
| 26 | So Brenda told her about the adventurous ride by the short cut . |
| 27 | Then as her stomach jumps in panic , Maggie sees them in the far corner , Lucy and Frieda , with Jo beside them . |
| 28 | Anna reached the door and as she fumbled for the latch , Melody opened it from the other side . |
| 29 | Misha Glenny takes us through the historical background to the war , before giving us a more detailed account of the political manoeuvring and stirring from August 1990 to May 1992 . |
| 30 | ‘ At the Brisbane Hotel dinner , Jimmy Conn treated them to the full Address to the Haggis , splendidly translated by interpreter Pru Williams . ’ |