Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had come all the way from Chatham in Kent , bringing Beryl in bridesmaid 's dress . |
| 2 | ‘ What 's up with him ? ’ asked Perdita in amazement . |
| 3 | ‘ What did Raimundo do ? ’ asked Perdita in awe . |
| 4 | Melanie could not have supported a laughing , singing Victoria for breakfast and Uncle Philip might have struck the baby , which would have been dreadful . |
| 5 | * IF * Wilko was ever to go I would want Strach as manager at Leeds . |
| 6 | THE NEXT TIME Heathcliff came to Thrushcross Grange , he met Isabella by chance in front of the house . |
| 7 | Beckenbauer , who led Germany to World Cup triumphs as captain and coach , is known as Kaiser Franz to his fans . |
| 8 | Privately , Roxburgh and his assistant , Craig Brown , wondered if the questionable temperament which embroiled Ferguson in court cases arising from incidents off the park would ultimately hinder his progress . |
| 9 | She stabbed Ben to death with a pair of dress-making scissors and then tried to kill herself . |
| 10 | He wanted other states to see Romania as part of neither bloc . |
| 11 | All hell broke loose , Mount Stewart was besieged by the media , and one Fleet Street paper went as far as accusing MacDonald of duplicity . |
| 12 | It would , however , be a great mistake to dismiss the event as an act of folly without any serious consequences , for the proof of the existence of a serious candidate led to the definite rebirth of Bonapartism as a political force in France and it was this movement which was later to carry Louis-Napoleon to power . |
| 13 | Ludwig Erhard , who succeeded Adenauer as Chancellor in October 1963 , was an experienced minister , the man held responsible for German economic success since 1949 , deeply committed to the US alliance and who , at 66 , could look forward to a long career as Chancellor — given the record of his predecessor . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought I 'd drop round to see Irena after work , ’ she said . |
| 15 | ‘ Maldita , she is dead , ’ gabbled Umberto in Spanish . |
| 16 | ‘ I met Truman through Babe Paley , about 1952 . |
| 17 | It goes every day and I can assure you that your cousin who is helping Germany to victory with her work will receive them very quickly . ’ |
| 18 | Rent fear splits Jim from wife |
| 19 | I mean Hambleton for example having just produced their draft local plan , but other districts are not quite in that position . |
| 20 | Mighty Quinn , made famous by Manfred Mann , was changed to Mighty Wyn as a tribute to Newcastle 's leaping centre forward , a Kinks ' song was amended to ‘ What are we living for , to see Sunderland in Division Four ’ and who can forget ‘ Half-a-sixpence is better than , Arthur Horsefield ? ’ |
| 21 | Rugby Union : Hull kicks RAF to victory |
| 22 | The 12,000 crowd expected in Sheffield will be the largest the Coopers have ever played in front of but the publicity that would accompany Olympic success for Great Britain could make Ian into hockey 's first Gazza-figure . |
| 23 | After Olybrius 's death in 472 it was he who appointed Glycerius as emperor . |
| 24 | London Scottish sevens coach and former scrum-half Andy Cushing has been helping PORTUGAL in training and , without any doubt , in spite of a temperamental outburst from Pedro Neiva that earned him an early shower and a one-match suspension , it showed . |
| 25 | It was early evening when I got into London 's vehicular scrummage and I had plenty of time to see Toby in hospital . |
| 26 | Met Dana in class . ’ |
| 27 | For it was certain , Leith considered , that with the evidence Naylor Massingham had of seeing Travis in bed at her flat , and again seeing her with Travis in that hotel dining-room , he was going to want more from Travis than any declaration of , ‘ Leith is n't my girlfriend , so do n't sack her ’ . |
| 28 | Many of the PAN 's traditional supporters appeared to abandon the party to support Salinas for fear the left might win . |
| 29 | Kennan met MacArthur for lunch on 1 March ; MacArthur stated that there had previously been only one successful military occupation in history and this had been Julius Caesar 's achievement in the subjugated barbarian provinces . |
| 30 | She used to regularly get tickets for Hancock 's Half Hour radio shows simply for the chance to see Ken at work — ‘ Men used to fight to escort me to the broadcasts . ’ |