Example sentences of "[noun prp] [subord] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Yeah , I 'm rather concerned that this kind of thing seems to be happening rather a lot , I mean this is so reminiscent of what happened in the , the four maisonette in in Fern Hill where we had empty blocks left for a long time erm becoming a magnet for vandalism and all kinds of everything !
2 ‘ It is unnatural , ’ said the Sheikha when we met some months later .
3 But Harriet 's tears were eased at Bodelwyddan when she met Huggy Bear , the mascot of Clwyd 's Playsafe campaign .
4 I have gave her the co-ordinates from the Emissary 's message , instructing her to drop down to Underlight as we neared that point .
5 In the following year he was on his way to Constantinople when he died 17 October in a village in Greece .
6 He told the jury that the first raid occurred on April 3 at Sattherthwaite 's confectioners in Crosby when they threatened two women employees with a screwdriver and demanded cash .
7 Mr Globe said the first raid was at Satterthwaite 's confectioners in Crosby when they threatened two women with a screwdriver and stole £513 .
8 In the little white house in the almond and lemon country of South-Eastern Spain where I stayed last summer every midday meal started with the tomato and onion salad .
9 Darwin if he read this book would scarcely recognize his own original theory in it , though I hope he would like the way I put it .
10 He talked and wrote about Russia because he knew that land and loved it for its enduring cultural and academic qualities , which no one could deny .
11 But what er , I said , told Pete because I had another call when you were at lunch I think and erm he said he 'd heard rumours that we were looking for somebody .
12 Before the 1991 visit she had not been in Northern Ireland since she spent two days in the province in August 1977 during her national jubilee tour .
13 The following summary is based on a study of his original ballets and tragedies en musique written for the Académie Royale de Musique before he produced any cantatas .
14 Bristol Crown Court has heard how Mrs Lorraine Hurkett , 26 , and her daughters Sharon , four , and Lisa , two , died after being struck by Flook 's Vauxhall Nova when it jumped red lights .
15 It is hard to believe that Thucydides when he wrote these words had not lived to see at least the Spartan Thibron 's Asian expedition of 400 .
16 They offended some of the more straight-laced among the constructors — people who might have been more inclined to help the Fittipaldis if they kept better company — and generally put a question mark over the Fittipaldi team : how it was surviving , with whose backing , by what means .
17 Terry admired it and asked Sarah if she had another copy , and she said casually , ‘ Yes .
18 Having been awarded my red beret , I went on to RAF Brize Norton where I completed seven parachute jumps and was awarded my ‘ wings ’ .
19 When she told him she had no intention of coming back and working for him , that her mind was made up and she would be staying with the Miss Cardings until she found other employment , he had became almost pathetic in his pleading : he could n't do without her .
20 Riborg approved of the Iraquis because they wore clean shirts every day , but disapproved of the Welsh because they were dirty and noisy and went round in droves .
21 As revealed exclusively in TODAY , yesterday , the £100 million contract was awarded to multinational Alcatel after it undercut British firm Westinghouse .
22 I did n't think it necessary to comment about that in my reply to that , in fact I have , I was speaking with er Mr when I saw this question down and reported it to him that his name was being used in such a way erm .
23 For Mr when he mentioned two security staff , they were er bystanders , they did n't do nothing whatsoever .
24 Most damagingly , Ms Campbell has not heeded the wartime warning recalled by mariners in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia as they marked last month 's 50th anniversary of victory in the Battle of the Atlantic : ‘ Loose lips sink ships . ’
25 She was sitting in the relative sanctuary of Guy 's iron-grey Aston Martin as they negotiated heavy traffic across London .
26 Aideed , asked in an interview with the US television network CBS if he had any message for President Bill Clinton , said : ‘ I think the best message I can give is to stop killing the Somali people killing will not solve anything . ’
27 The leading Republican Senator , Robert Dole caused uproar in Israel when he suggested this money should n't be taken for granted , but there 's no sign the Bush administration is prepared to use this muscle .
28 Plymouth1 SUNDERLAND continued along their unpredictable road to Wembley when they allowed bottom-placed Plymouth to comfortably record their first win at Roker Park last night .
29 Well let's just consider for a moments then this morning , in in some of the ways in which we can be like Pilate the first thing I see here is that Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus Christ although he had tremendous opportunities of doing otherwise .
30 ‘ The hotel looked good — particularly the room service — but I do n't think I 'd want to have gone through the other things that happened to Kevin unless I had 50,000 policeman and 20,000 doctors with me to make sure I was okay . ’
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