Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This connection hints again that Fitzgerald led Eliot to the East , and that his reading in the history of religion affected his view of nineteenth-century poetry . |
| 2 | Sarah plays Cecily in The Importance of Being Ernest . |
| 3 | The kitchen was scented with the rich enticing smell of spices and dried fruits , and Alexandra met Lyddy on the stairs carrying down the cream silk evening gown to be pressed . |
| 4 | As late as 1950 , 10 per cent of a nation-wide opinion survey sample in West Germany regarded Hitler as the statesman who had achieved most for Germany — second only to Bismarck . |
| 5 | Chico caught Harpo on the chin with a right uppercut . |
| 6 | When Manescu fled Romania after the collapse of Ceausescu and his evil system he had taken Irina with him . |
| 7 | Sally Gunnell 's 400 metres hurdles gold thrilled the nation and Will Carling captained England to the Rugby Union World Cup final and then to another Grand Slam success . |
| 8 | The men ca n't have it all their own way — Sally Gunnell 's 400 metres hurdles gold thrilled the nation and Will Carling captained England to the Rugby Union World Cup final and then to another Grand Slam success . |
| 9 | Madra helped Ratagan with the fire , and when Riven had done the best he could with his ripped clothing he wandered about the campsite looking for firewood . |
| 10 | April 8-10 Baker visits Israel at the start of his second Middle East tour ; discussions are centred on the concept of a " regional conference " , and he receives a tentative Israeli agreement to attend a " limited " conference [ see p. 38167 ] . |
| 11 | Lucy plays Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Ernest . |
| 12 | Lucente quit IBM for the number two post at Northern Telecom Ltd , where he resigned last month . |
| 13 | I see that Wetherall got MOTM for the game on Saturday from one of the tabloids , so much for me saying he was at fault for the goals . |
| 14 | When Arsenal met Hull in the Cup semi-final in 1930 , and were 2–0 down with ten minutes to go , Chapman 's ordeal on the bench grew to a fever-pitch of intensity . |
| 15 | In England in 1987 and at home immediately after the 1987 World Cup , Pakistan defeated England in the Test series by a 1–0 margin . |
| 16 | Johnny prodded Ed in the trouser seat . |
| 17 | Without him Arsenal beat Chelsea in the opening round , but then faced a crisis when Birmingham forced a draw at Highbury in the next round . |
| 18 | But Gascoigne wins it back , but Stein beats Gascoigne to the ball , lays it forward now to Simpson , Simpson — bad ball by Simpson , it 's Spurs in possession down the right side , it 's Paul Allen faced by Gary again , in fact it 's Paul Stewart , Stewart gets inside , will he get in the shooting chance , he 's trying to — chance now for Gascoigne , Gascoignes get in his shot and he 's scored . |
| 19 | When Odilo has Herta on the bed , splayed and buckled , with her ankles on either side of the headboard , it 's as if he 's trying to kill something rather than create it . |
| 20 | The previous best for a championship match was 1,650 when Surrey played Lancashire at The Oval in 1990 . |
| 21 | Ceauşescu told Newsweek in the autumn of his life that the cult was not his doing . |
| 22 | This influence is acknowledged when Dustin meets Mia at the bar and overhears her discussing what is obviously ( though it is coyly not named ) , Jean-Luc Godard 's Weekend of 1967 . |
| 23 | RUGBY UNION : England World Cup star Paul Ackford will come out of retirement on Saturday to help Harlequins in the Pilkington Cup final against Bath after their pack was more than halved by injury , sending-offs and withdrawals . |
| 24 | An Australian schoolteacher in Hawaii wanting to write a story on the States invading Panama for The Times in London . |
| 25 | Zambia nodded and Tammuz followed Roirbak outside the room . |
| 26 | Rex followed Laura into the cab which was becoming their second home and they were driven off into A Night of Danger . |
| 27 | On the morrow of Marshal Ogarkov 's removal as Chief of the General Staff , Western press comment included speculation that his policy stance had come to obstruct the reassessment of arms control and East-West policy sought by the leadership ; according to one respected newspaper , senior Western military attachés in Moscow were tipped by Soviet army officers that the Kremlin blamed Ogarkov for the disasters of the SS-20 deployment and the shooting down of the Korean airliner off Sakhalin Island . |
| 28 | I reckon they should do tea here , I 'm getting really bored of coffee I tell you I heard Georgina scratched Ben across the arm |
| 29 | Rex thrust Laura into the back of the car and threw himself into the driver 's seat . |
| 30 | His head was cut off , buried on Tower Hill facing France in the belief that so long as it remained there , Britain would be safe from invasion . |