Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [coord] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He approached Vickers and convinced them of his worth as pilot for their Atlantic crossing attempt . |
| 2 | Rogers found Killion and congratulated him on his work . |
| 3 | She phoned Kate and told her about the funeral and the goat clinic and Kate laughed and said , poor old thing . |
| 4 | Walton created Wal-Mart and developed it into the nation 's largest stores chain with annual sales of $44 billion , but always maintained a down-to-earth approach . |
| 5 | Furious at the decision of young King David II to appoint Sir Alexander Ramsay rather than himself as sheriff of Teviotdale , Douglas captured Ramsay and threw him into the Hermitage dungeon . |
| 6 | Managing director Bert Daly thanked Ian and presented him with a gift to mark the occasion . |
| 7 | On the morning of 9 November , Sydney sighted Emden and pinned her to the shore of Keeling Island , one of the Cocos group , on which a German party had been landed to destroy essential cable and wireless installations connecting Australian , African and Indian telegraph systems . |
| 8 | Further , although Marseilles was under the rule of Childebert by this time , the latter 's governor Rathar , arrested Theodore and sent him to Guntram . |
| 9 | Anthony accidentally dropped a tin on his foot and Dad came raging in , grabbed Anthony and dragged him to where ‘ the Strap ’ hung . |
| 10 | Adam grabbed Billie and hid her behind the Audi , glad that he 'd chosen a four-wheel-drive Quattro . |
| 11 | Rent and Norfolk now deserted Lancaster and accused him of sedition , and the king ordered the confiscation of all his property and the property of his supporters until they submitted unconditionally . |
| 12 | McLeish , shaking his head , rang Catherine and broke it to her apologetically that she would be required for the afternoon . |
| 13 | Marco grabbed Tabitha and hustled her off the quay . |
| 14 | He survived Auschwitz and made it to the US , but died the year after I was born |
| 15 | Pat was a big man and grabbed Sean and bundled him over the couch and into the laps of Mrs Kelly and Mrs Quinn who screamed blue murder . |
| 16 | He untied Dobbs and led her into a large dark shed . |
| 17 | Burning and looting the countryside as he went , Edward took Caen and subjected it to a brutal sacking . |
| 18 | Then on the Monday morning Law saw Salisbury and left him with the impression that Curzon could not be ‘ passed over ’ . |
| 19 | Rohmer swung downwards , seized Gilbert and dragged him to his feet , holding him as close as a lovers ' embrace . |
| 20 | But as to why he knew God and obeyed him at all , his faith was not the least blind . |
| 21 | He saw Wycliffe and acknowledged him with a timid gesture . |
| 22 | ‘ When Murias fell , it was my brother Gaiar who saved Undry and carried it to Andernesse . |
| 23 | Charles greeted Joanne and helped himself to a large Scotch . |
| 24 | Having for years either aped Hollywood or presented us with cheery Cockney families braving the Blitz , a whole slew of films came along ( A Taste Of Honey , Saturday Night And Sunday Morning , etc ) that simultaneously both oddly dissected and glorified the northern working class experience of the early '60s . |