Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 No yes Mr Singe is dedicated to the fewcher of Athletes Whaddon and to proove it has prezented me with a BLANK czech for £53–24p only , which is at my dispozal for strainthning the squid .
2 Soon she had formed them into a big circle , like this : —
3 Their one hundred and fifty ton heavy life crane would have coped with that job easily enough but I hastily declined his offer which , apart from any other consideration would have placed me at a slight disadvantage .
4 These might be wild animals who possessed particular strengths and had little contact with man , like a lion , jackal , hawk and crocodile , or might be animals whose usefulness placed them in a special relationship with man , like the crow , ram and cat .
5 It is also probable that the many forest tribes who were familiar with orang-utans simply regarded them as a different-looking lot of wild people .
6 The drawings were purchased by the museum from William Proby , whose family had owned them from an early date , for £310,000 with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund , the National Art Collections Fund and other benefactors .
7 I mean , he 's respected me in a queer way .
8 The sweeping contours of the hill at that point have always reminded me of a huge wave about to break , and it 's an uncomfortable thought trying to imagine where you might stop for lunch , and what would happen if you dropped your orange .
9 ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , ’ grunts Graeme Souness , as he ambles across the mahogany lined reception at Ibrox .
10 ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , I 'm afraid . ’
11 Every officer must have noticed the figurines , yet no-one had considered them as a possible murder weapon .
12 ‘ Oh — have I caught you at a bad time , dear ? ’
13 ‘ I 've obviously caught you at a bad moment .
14 ‘ First , my miserable Yankee friend , the good Brigadeführer Farber has recommended you for an immediate Iron Cross First Class which , from what he says , you deserve . ’
15 Her fiancé has now reported her as a missing person , I believe . ’
16 ‘ Giles Hawick is taking it seriously enough to have reported her as a missing person , ’ he said tightly .
17 He indicated to Haussmann that the form of the railway station , a huge open space covered by glass , had impressed him as a possible model and as a result of the Emperor 's predilections , and Baltard 's skill , the great new market of Les Halles was built in a light , airy combination of iron , stone and glass .
18 By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child .
19 Mrs Nowak had impressed her as a strong woman , a woman inclined to fantasy perhaps , but resilient and not inclined to despair .
20 Yet he had pursued her with a single-minded intent that was unnerving .
21 She 'd thrown herself at him , and then when she 'd panicked he 'd dropped her like a hot potato … what a fool she 'd been !
22 Could I have caught him at a bad moment , could he have mellowed , I could n't believe it .
23 This morning Luke seemed even less human than he had at the interview when obviously she had caught him in an off moment .
24 The wording with which section 2 of the Homicide Act 1957 introduced diminished responsibility is rather unsatisfactory , but judges , counsel , doctors , and juries have approached it with a compassionate pragmatism rather than with the rarefied verbal analysis too frequently encountered in English criminal law .
25 Saatchi approach : Southeastern Asset Management , which owns 10.2 per cent of Saatchi & Saatchi , said one or more parties had approached it about a possible restructuring of the advertising group .
26 In our answer to question 4 we have included it as a current account balance in order to reduce Susan 's exposure vis-a -vis Bob .
27 This has committed it to an inevitable struggle with the Palestinians for control of policy on the Palestine question and , by extension , for control of Jordan itself .
28 In R v Mehmed [ 1963 ] Crim LR 780 where the accused had an air pistol which he produced in another 's private house , it would be reasonable to assume that he must have carried it in a public place to get it there or to take it away .
29 ‘ Cypress Hill are smoking funk , and they 've rolled it into a fat album featuring ‘ How I Could Just Kill A Man ’ and ‘ Hand On The Pump ’ .
30 Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best ; but God disciplines us for our good , that we may share in his holiness .
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