Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | So you know that , that as you know Richard said you know good idea , could make quite a few people , so I think Marcus , if , if Marcus chose that moment he , he really |
2 | Villa had always been in command , but a combination of poor finishing and fine goalkeeping by David Seaman prevented them taking full advantage . |
3 | Joy made one last desperate attempt and produced the most horrendous squeak ever , like a hare caught by a harvest scythe . |
4 | Soon Alexander found himself teaching fellow actors , with similar problems , what he had learned . |
5 | And last night top U.S. military commander General Colin Powell said he expected Western jets to be enforcing the zone within two weeks . |
6 | Miss Tuckey said they made good agents . |
7 | Ford personnel director John Hougham said he believed industrial action was still a long way off . |
8 | Mr Ferman said he found offensive scenes where the figure of Christ was repeatedly inter cut with a lesbian scene between two nuns . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Mr Mulroney said he took unpopular steps for the country 's good , privatising state companies and lowering inflation and fiscal deficits . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | In 1982 West Germany discovered it had serious problems with its forests — results of research indicated that half showed signs of ill health . |
13 | Indigestion made you feel funny things . |
14 | Mr Lee claimed he had personal knowledge of a case in which a person had bought and sold council houses on four occasions . |
15 | Quelch claimed he had verbal consent from the NRA . |
16 | WPC Tracey Scanlon said she demanded forensic tests on suggestive notes left in her work tray . |
17 | Mr Hurd said he opposed military action , but conceded the time had come where he could ‘ imagine armed action against Serbia to prevent a general Balkan war ’ . |
18 | Oliver said he felt foolish running away and it would be best to slow and let the man pass . |
19 | Mrs Jordan said she supported local councillor Joe Michna who has been fighting to save the common and to stop the sports complex licence . |
20 | Ben called it breaking new ground ; she herself would have put it ‘ widening her scope ’ . |
21 | Mary decided she liked old Ben , although he was sometimes bad-tempered . |
22 | THE latest phase in Panama 's crisis began last Friday , when General Noriega had himself declared formal head of government by his self-appointed National Assembly , and simultaneously announced that a ‘ state of war ’ now existed with the US . |
23 | Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Kevin McNamara said he understood Unionist MPs ' remarks in the context of the forthcoming local government elections , but he praised the Irish premier for making a ‘ sensible ’ speech . |
24 | Trent saw him stuff white powder into his nose . |
25 | This has its origin in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when Japan realised it needed natural resources from overseas in order to industrialise effectively to compete with the West . |
26 | Wakelate left the room , and Cleo heard him making gruff remarks through the privy door on the landing outside . |
27 | She unpinned her veil , and Anne saw she had different-coloured eyes , one blue , one hazel . |
28 | Christina thought he had attractive Latin looks . |
29 | When Moira died we had terrible problems . |
30 | The truce of Espléchin in September did nothing to quieten importunate creditors , and on 30 November , having sent a bitter denunciation of Archbishop Stratford to the pope , Edward frustrated , desperate and furious — set out for England to wreak revenge and secure funds . |