Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He bought a white 1964 Rover 2.6 Litre and spent much time speeding between Morrissey 's Kensington pad Manchester . |
| 2 | He leaned forward and spat between Ebert 's feet . |
| 3 | Most people in Britain have heard about Manchester 's crumbling sewers . |
| 4 | She wondered idly if what she had heard about Lionel 's proclivities or tastes in sexual matters were his brother 's also ? |
| 5 | She had heard about Edouard 's attachment to him . |
| 6 | Perhaps even more significant for the future , Anselm also told Lanfranc that he had heard about Dunstan 's rule of life for monks : would Lanfranc please send it to him ? |
| 7 | But nor does it matter ; ‘ our club ’ will have been seething with talk for days , and ‘ I ’ am bound to have heard about Stavrogin 's escapade . |
| 8 | The last time Iraq threatened Kuwait , in 1966 , the Brits flew 6000 troops into the principality where they sweated quietly for a few summer weeks until , the point having been taken , no more was heard about Iraq 's 19th province . |
| 9 | Caddie Ian Wright landed his job with Seve Ballesteros mainly because the Spanish maestro had heard about Wright 's yardage books — at the time Wright was compiling a yardage book for almost every championship course in Europe — and his unerring accuracy and detail in planning out the route from tee to green . |
| 10 | Harbury had heard about Tavett 's typewriter from one of his police contacts and did not share Rain 's inhibitions about discussing it . |
| 11 | DURING PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE WEEK 1990 , SECOND YEAR PUPILS OF PEEBLES HIGH SCHOOL HEARD ABOUT AMNESTY 'S LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN FROM THEIR LOCAL AMNESTY GROUP . |
| 12 | He had heard about Louise 's move and the thought of losing Constance had affected him more than he had imagined possible . |
| 13 | There he boldly repeated a story he had heard about Henry 's relations with the sister of Anne Boleyn [ q.v. ] and her mother . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , so you 've heard about Cabochon 's brother then , have you ? ’ |
| 15 | They were anxious to get a definite indication from the player regarding his future , but are now content to wait for Connolly 's decision . |
| 16 | But his omission is because no northern commissions were appointed — something more likely to reflect a readiness to wait for Gloucester 's advice than an intention to snub him . |
| 17 | But his omission is because no northern commissions were appointed — something more likely to reflect a readiness to wait for Gloucester 's advice than an intention to snub him . |
| 18 | DR 's GEM was happily running on Intel 8088-powered XT machines whilst Bill Gates had to wait for Tandy 's Intel 80186 processor powered PC , just to make version 1.0 of Windows run efficiently . |
| 19 | It could be the key to success because Coventry have free-running young players who can more than compensate for Quinn 's lack of mobility . |
| 20 | Schools throughout Langbaurgh are competing for Telethon 's dustbin derby by collecting plastic bags for recycling . |
| 21 | He did n't stay for Ken 's thanks . |
| 22 | Since these armies could not break through , the crucial sphere of activity became the gap that had developed between Kluck 's and Bulow 's armies , and which the Germans had no reserves to fill . |
| 23 | The PDS-3 machines , which the company says it is pitching between Sun 's Sparcstation 2 and Sparcstation 10 offerings — will be available in the UK from Pinnacle Data Systems Europe Ltd , Dunstable , Bedfordshire — formerly known as Unix Solutions and now trading under the Pinnacle name — with European distributors being lined up . |
| 24 | Alexei guessed that he was being invited to assume that the Khanate , like the gifts which he had received during Nugai 's reign , had come from Burun 's hands . |
| 25 | He had fantasized about her death almost as much as he had fantasized about Elinor 's . |
| 26 | Nobody ever got through Sybil 's guard . |
| 27 | If she had had her Moondream mask she might have seen it more , she might have distinguished between Harry 's presence in her childhood life , and her own … |
| 28 | The Hillingdon report on public library effectiveness distinguished between users ' expressed needs , and their unexpressed or unactivated needs . |
| 29 | ‘ Ah , but I insist for Hercule 's sake . ’ |
| 30 | Should he make for Robert 's assart ? |