Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Kenton seemed to think about this before saying a little sulkily : |
| 2 | Mohammad Azharuddin returned to form with 106 at Adelaide |
| 3 | Johnny Marr began to slide towards potential alcoholism , drinking a bottle of Remy Martin a night , and the band began to drift apart . |
| 4 | Two years later William Denny began to experiment with piece-work for the iron trades in the yard to improve productivity ; this was eventually extended to all the firm 's trades . |
| 5 | Just how Marc Jeffrey came to die in this barn at Slade Farm near Stroud , will probably never be know . |
| 6 | Romany King set to reign with likely course record |
| 7 | Amidst suspicions that the North Korean government was prevaricating in order to relocate and conceal evidence of its nuclear weapons programme , the South Korean and US governments on March 2 reiterated their demand that North Korea had to submit to inter-Korean and IAEA inspections by April and May respectively . |
| 8 | Dr Watson agreed to look into this matter and to contact Health & Safety . |
| 9 | The Autonomous Region of South Ossetia continued to come under heavy attack from Georgian forces sited outside its capital , Tskhinvali , which was cut off from aid ; there were reports of hostage-taking . |
| 10 | The economy of the Cayman Islands continued to grow during 1989 and 1990 , building on the 16 per cent growth in gross domestic product ( GDP ) in real terms recorded in 1988 . |
| 11 | The fact that a Labour government collapsed as a result of the economic and unemployment situation , caused a precipitate decline in Labour fortunes once Ramsay MacDonald decided to continue as Prime Minister at the head of a National government . |
| 12 | Mr Mowatt agreed to proceed with this . |
| 13 | Mr Mowatt agreed to look into current printer problems — three laser printers are now unable to print £ signs after installation of font cards . |
| 14 | When , in 1856 , Nikolai Pirogov began to write about educational matters in the press , the government responded by re-establishing the long-dead Academic Committee of the Ministry of Education . |
| 15 | But as Mr Major prepared to speak to Welsh Conservatives , Labour demanded an urgent Commons statement over reports that cuts in invalidity benefit are being considered . |
| 16 | But Mr Major failed to finish until five past nine , five minutes too late . |
| 17 | When they turned off the main road Uncle George had to drive at little more than walking pace , for he could n't see where the lane ended and the ditches at the sides began , for snow cloaked everything . |
| 18 | Sir Henry agreed to help in this way , and to go by himself to the Stapletons that evening . |
| 19 | Representing the ‘ degenerate youth ’ in Mrs Whitehouse 's litany of folk devils was Richard Neville , who , as one of the defendants in the OZ trial , represented the antithesis of all that Mrs Whitehouse wished to see in modern youth . |
| 20 | In a bid to diversify their business G & J Weir decided to move into light engineering . |
| 21 | Mrs Thatcher tried to respond to social critics by emphasizing the government 's caring image in help for the elderly and programmes for schools . |
| 22 | What the young Queen Victoria had to say about this , from her youthful posture on Sherbrooke Street , we shall never know . |
| 23 | It was considered even less seemly to talk of the art market and collecting , but Bonito Oliva refused to bow to such conventions and , in 1974 wrote an essay entitled ‘ Mercato come opera d'arte ’ ( The market as a work of art ) , giving historical instances of how the market had often anticipated the choices of museums and art critics . |
| 24 | After his visit De Marco declined to speculate on any future action by the UN , but stressed that an international peace conference on the Middle East was essential , adding that " the intervention of the international community … is even more important now than ever " . |
| 25 | Then Miss Frances Younghusband came to lecture in general sociology . |
| 26 | As soon as they reached the Embankment Father Watson began to speak in measured tones . |
| 27 | Last autumn Speechly Bircham had to lay off 17 staff , including partners . |
| 28 | The Russian General Staff(Stavka) had to prepare for two eventualities , dependent on whether Germany 's main opening blow was directed into France or into Russia . |
| 29 | But commander-in-chief Douglas MacArthur wanted to play for higher stakes . |
| 30 | I think it 's interesting the way that somebody like Muriel Gray tried to break with that when she co-presented The Tube with Jools Holland and Paula Yates . |