Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't filled in a card for Anna , but somehow it was too much trouble . |
| 2 | Kelly died on December 7 but had earlier filled in an appointment for December 8 . |
| 3 | The front of the jeep was as clean as if it had just come off the boat from Japan . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've just come off the Isle of Man boat . ’ |
| 5 | His reputation as a hard man — he had picked up a conviction for GBH — had won him work on the bouncer circuit and the title ‘ King of the Bouncers ’ . |
| 6 | Three generations have passed through this room , slept here , argued here , made love here , even picked up a passenger in Shaftesbury Avenue to take out to Neasden … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You had deliberately led me to believe that you 'd picked up a stranger in Bruges , and naturally I had assumed him to be a Belgian . ’ |
| 8 | Miss Braithwaite had picked up the gap in Hereward 's curriculum vitae fast enough . |
| 9 | She had complained of stomach problems after returning and doctors at first thought she had picked up an infection in Africa . |
| 10 | The vote on Mr Craxi has speeded up the disintegration of Italy 's scandal-tainted parties . |
| 11 | The leases have brewed up a storm in Darlington as landlords say they could mean the end of many traditional pubs . |
| 12 | She ought to be hoping instead that they did go to Civitavecchia and finally sorted out the mystery of Jeff and Silvia . |
| 13 | The Croatian Defence Council of Herceg-Bosna claimed on Oct. 20 that Ejup Ganic , a member of the presidency in the republic , had carried out a coup against Izetbegovic assisted by the army . |
| 14 | A former member of the South African Defence Force ( SADF ) , Sgt. Felix Ndimene , said that he had served in a special forces unit which had carried out the massacre in September 1990 of 26 passengers in a Johannesburg-Soweto train [ see p. 37698 ] , an incident which had provoked weeks of violence in the Johannesburg region between ANC and Inkatha supporters . |
| 15 | Scottish Enterprise said it had carried out an audit at Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Ltd after the allegations were made in a series of unsigned documents passed to the press and the SE chairman , Prof Donald MacKay . |
| 16 | ‘ He 'd rolled around a bit with Angela Brickell , ’ I said , ‘ and that 's where we come to the biggest Against . ’ |
| 17 | For Courtney this was a return to Africa , for he had been a big-game hunter and had once canoed down the Nile from Lake Victoria . |
| 18 | That reminds me , did I tell you that the trustees have turned down a request from Annabel ? ’ |
| 19 | Mitchell , who had turned down a place in Scotland 's team for the world cross-country trial to concentrate on his marathon commitments , clocked 2hr 21min 56 sec . |
| 20 | Talking about his future , Keith says that he has turned down an approach from Rugby and it 's up to Gloucester now whether they keep him on . |
| 21 | GALA have turned down an invitation to Currie rugby sevens on Sunday , April 4 — anticipating that they will be involved in a title decider with Melrose three days later . |
| 22 | In one of the many meetings on Nov. 8-9 , Rajiv Gandhi , leader of Congress ( I ) ( which with 193 of the 525 Lok Sabha seats had led the opposition to Singh 's government and had constituted the largest single party block ) , apparently turned down an invitation from President Venkataraman to form a Congress ( I ) government . |
| 23 | He had reportedly turned down an offer from Kaunda of the post of labour minister and a position on the central committee of UNIP — a decision which was said to have had much to do with the MMD's decision in April to choose him as its presidential candidate [ see p. 38133 ] . |
| 24 | But the guy who joined Cyril at that time , Cliff Barton , was a buddy of mine who lived opposite me , and who had turned down the gig with Mayall . |
| 25 | Nona 'd grown up a lot in New York . ’ |
| 26 | And there is a good account of the infamous Nixon/Kennedy TV debate when Kennedy 's aide even turned up the heat in Nixon 's dressing-room to make him sweat more . |
| 27 | Rupe roots for his mate Bob Rupert Murdoch has stirred up the possums in Australia , his former homeland , by praising his mate Bob Hawke , the Prime Minister , and dismissing Andrew Peacock , the opposition leader . |
| 28 | Jim and Tina had made up a foursome with Jean Hay and Bruce Mackenzie . |
| 29 | In his heart , Gedge had mapped out a life for Rigby and himself . |
| 30 | We 've missed out a shot of Bernard which has to be done over Miriam 's shoulder — which is now 30,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean with the rest of her . |