Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly the referee was a foolish fellow who kept re-penalising Swansea for failing to retreat 10 yards when he did not give them the remotest chance to do so . |
| 2 | Basingstoke , top of Courage Four South , have been banned from all rugby for two weeks by Hampshire after having had five players sent off this season . |
| 3 | Difficulty arose when Pecham in attempting to enforce reforming measures required sheriffs and others to act against the king 's own servants and clerks , but it should be remembered that , overwhelmingly , cooperation characterized this procedure in Edward 's reign . |
| 4 | And we should not forget that ham-fisted European diplomacy contributed to the re-balkanisation of the Balkans by hastening to recognise unrecognisable states . |
| 5 | We 'd been moaning to Malcolm about wanting to play some gigs . |
| 6 | In a report published on Nov. 21 the international human rights organization Amnesty International accused President Fujimori of failing to keep electoral promises to respect and promote human rights . |
| 7 | LASMO has relinquished its 25 per cent interest in the offshore licence in the Gulf of Tonkin after failing to find commercial reserves . |
| 8 | They did , however , turn towards Umm Qasr , up the Khor Abdallah , but were brought to a halt in circumstances which are still unclear , Tehran accusing Baghdad of having used chemical weapons . |