Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or else he 'd catch him shoplifting books , or catch Gina down the supermarket . |
| 2 | He announced that he wanted to make a biopic of North , with Mel Gibson or Treat Williams in the title role . |
| 3 | They have been so successful that from an initial yearly production of about 250 tons during the middle forties these rice fields now yield 145,000 tons a year and supply France with the whole of her rice requirements . |
| 4 | The most senior candidate , Adam Matthews , 16 , of the Socialist Labour Party , said his party would abolish the Queen , generals and public schools , put the Royal Family out to work as wardens in nature parks , and prosecute Arsenal under the Trade Descriptions Act for calling themselves a football team . |
| 5 | However , in favour of the 38th parallel was the fact that it appeared a rough and ready division , which might satisfy the Russians and give Seoul to the south . |
| 6 | Cross over into England and assail Edward from the rear . |
| 7 | One look at the gatehouse told us that way would be suicide , so we launched a full-scale attack to distract them from you and get Guy over the wall . |
| 8 | ‘ Back there in the lift earlier you did n't instantly and gallantly leap to my defence and punch Florian on the nose when he was carrying on about how undesirable I am ! ’ |
| 9 | Mr Patten says the new money would help meet National education and training targets and lift Britain towards the top of international league tables in staying-on rates for 16 to 19-year-olds . |
| 10 | The document will move down one line and insert BCC at the top . |
| 11 | Robson , who is expected to bring Steve Bull and David Platt into the attack for Beardsley and Lineker , can play Hodge on the left in Barnes 's place and keep Waddle on the right , where he performed so well in the goalless draw with Italy last month . |
| 12 | [ Public Record Office , Memoranda Rolls ( E 159 ) and Common Pleas Plea Rolls ( CP 40 ) ; Calendars of Patent and Close Rolls of the reign of Edward I. ] |
| 13 | [ Public Record Office , JUST 1/540B ; mainly unprinted law reports ; David Crook , Records of the General Eyre , 1982 ; Calendars of Patent and Close Rolls of the reign of Edward I. ] |
| 14 | In 1866 loyalty to the German Confederation made George side with Austria and oppose Prussia in the contest for German primacy . |
| 15 | ‘ Stay here in Anjou and leave England to the rule of a man . ’ |
| 16 | Iraq is told to obey Security Council Resolution 660 and leave Kuwait at the point of American guns . |
| 17 | [ Public Record Office , Curia Regis Rolls , KB 26 , and Feet of Fines , CP 25(1) ; Curia Regis Rolls , vols. xvi–xviii ; Calendars of Patent and Liberate Rolls for the reign of Henry III ; Close Rolls for the reign of Henry III ; G. O. Sayles ( ed . ) , |
| 18 | We get out and follow McDunn into the house . |
| 19 | Family parties of long-tailed ties trilled and acrobat Ed in the willow scrub close by . |
| 20 | De Gaulle , however , defended it not just in economic terms but on the grounds that inflation would imperil the franc and throw France on the mercy of foreigners . |
| 21 | The general feeling was that Johnson was a cheat , athletics is a rotten game , at least at top level , and thank God for the rugby spirit that keeps us pure . |