Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Monsieur Gaston concerned himself with other things . ’ |
| 2 | Malengin Fole led them through several apartments , all of them apparently abandoned . |
| 3 | At the junction of the Welford branch , a boat from Welford met them with ample supplies of refreshments to fortify them against the passage of Bosworth tunnel . |
| 4 | Pollensa and Alcudia were in the north of the island and Fernando owned nothing in that region . |
| 5 | Elizabeth Woodville drew her to one side . |
| 6 | In France , Bernard found himself with more time than he had ever been used to in his working life ; after his hour-long morning telephone call to John James the day stretched ahead . |
| 7 | She was nineteen , the age Maria had been when she had first felt the power of Luke 's attraction , and Maria regarded her with ironic envy , wishing she could have reacted as insouciantly , her awe and admiration as impersonal as Penny 's , Luke confined to some remote pedestal along with other out-of-reach heroes , contact undreamed-of . |
| 8 | Even his close confidant Manning described him in later years as imprudent . |
| 9 | De Gaulle had long believed that the PCF 's tendency to align itself with Moscow invalidated it in crucial respects , and in November 1945 he had refused to give the PCF one of the three ministries that he regarded as essential to national security . |
| 10 | In breaks in our work Edward entertained me with curious stories of the old alchemists . |
| 11 | Alcock found it within one minute of starting his regular binocular search of the sky , after nine nights of cloud . |
| 12 | Evesham drew them from several Cotswold parishes ; the abbot of Owston received 2 marks a year from Tickencote . |
| 13 | May Roberts Rinehart used it to excellent effect in The Circular Staircase . |
| 14 | Eventually Johnny drew him to one side with a shock-haired young reporter who sported horn-rimmed glasses and a velvet bow-tie . |
| 15 | In their first game the Transvaal beat them by fifty runs . |
| 16 | To begin with Gyggle tried me on sensory deprivation . |
| 17 | Jack Kinley told me about one case . |
| 18 | Leicestershire won by 133 runs IN MAKING a laudable attempt to sustain interest in a foreshortened contest at Fenner 's , Leicestershire learnt something of long-term disadvantage : their spin-bowling is not of county championship quality . |
| 19 | ‘ The king my father learned of my regard for yourself from Sir Thomas Vaughan who saw it as his duty to inform him , ’ Edward told her with notable reluctance . |
| 20 | If Alice or Bert filled it with hot water and it leaked causing injury , would either of them have an action ? |
| 21 | Edward declared himself without musical talents of any kind . |
| 22 | It was hell again for Norman , who was crucified by Faldo in the third round of the 1990 Open at St Andrews , when they set out sharing the lead before Faldo hammered him by nine shots . |
| 23 | After completing the orchestral score , Reger reworked it for two pianos , but this version for piano duet has more of the original material . |
| 24 | Details are not yet available , but it is possible that Dr Threadneedle turned her into some sort of cyborg death machine . ’ |
| 25 | Jagatan raised himself on one elbow , and Burun guessed that he had been drinking for most of the afternoon . |
| 26 | Northamptonshire signed him for four years he shared digs with Colin Milburn and though he progressed less spectacularly than his former Durham colleague , Scott proved an able bowler . |
| 27 | A.A. rang me at 4 o/c she returned on 2nd and had had grand time with Gwenda and families . |
| 28 | Woolley placed her under close arrest for mutiny . |
| 29 | The small Ramsey knew nothing about this controversy . |
| 30 | At the door , Xanthe took her by both hands and held her so hard Miranda felt her nails cut into the palms and her eyes met hers with a pale blue flare , as clear as her father 's , and as unassailable , as she breathed out , holding Miranda by her side , and turned to face her father across the room . |