Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | " They say " There goes that Mrs Blake again . |
2 | you 'll all be sitting saying , oh I hate that Maggie Thatcher , or whatever ? |
3 | No I was n't suggesting that Mr Chairman . |
4 | By this time Harry was there too , saying : " Look here , we do n't want that McNab fellow putting his oar in . |
5 | Yes but this time we usually book that April holiday about January . |
6 | The rate was automatically determined by this formula and announced each Friday afternoon with the results of the Treasury bill tender . |
7 | The pitched battles fought each Saturday afternoon in the Kings Road between punks and teddy-boys — the curators of Fifties sartorial and musical style — seemed a tragi-comic parody of the forces of conservatism against the forces of chaos and impending change . |
8 | He reports a supposed telephone conversation between Margaret Thatcher and the Dutch Prime Minister , Ruud Lubbers , with Mrs Thatcher doing all the talking and demanding that Mr Lubbers help with her problems . |
9 | We have to report that Friday night 's domino handicap was won by Ian Mangles , who beat Les Thompson ( the chairman 's dad ) in the final . |
10 | THE CLASH went to New York and got snapped with ROBERT DE NIRO ; THE POGUES went to LA and got MICKEY ROURKE ; the Poppies , in their own inimitable manner , went to Australia and got that JOE MANGEL git out of Neighbours ! |
11 | Given that Paris shop windows are piled with ever more beautiful bed and table linen , there must be plenty of that to do . |
12 | The recruitment argument is spurious since our proposal does not affect any changes to the Grade 1 salary , or indeed those above , given that SMT salaries are not included in the SSC negotiations . |
13 | If anything , they may be relieved to have got off so lightly , given that East Germany 's aversion to a local brand of perestroika and glasnost has long been clear . |
14 | Given that Tim Robbins — and the name may not ring instant bells — is a film star , the last notion is rather like suggesting that an industrial correspondent be despatched to debrief Lemmie from Motorhead . |
15 | Given that Northern Ireland was excluded from the recently-enacted Prison Security Act , the conditions in Northern Ireland 's prisons have largely escaped the Parliamentary scrutiny that conditions in prisons elsewhere in the UK have received . |
16 | Given that Sir Adrian places so much store by integrity in top management , he views the apparent decline in business morals with some concern . |
17 | Given that President George Bush was implacably opposed to abortion under circumstances other than rape , incest and maternal risk , the bill offered the prospect of forcing him to exercise a veto which would be unpopular among much of the electorate and among a significant portion of the Republican Party . |
18 | Given that Mr Slade 's and Mr Kempton 's salaries were identical , the inspector formed the view that Mr Kempton may also have received undisclosed amounts from the company . |
19 | This is an important point of principle given that Mr Bell was accused of using his contacts to try to get cheap labour for a family business . ’ |
20 | Given that San Sebastian was then a hive of intrigue and rumour ; that there were multiple connections between the parties involved ; and that they had a common interest in retaining political initiative in their own , civilian hands , it seems not impossible that the Falangists and Carlists were aware of the negotiations between Cavaletti and Aguirre . |
21 | ‘ But given that Bryan Robson is fit , there is only one possible change in the side which has pulled off two excellent wins — and that 's Eric Cantona . ’ |
22 | Given that N. Langsdorfii could be a perennial in a mild winter and that it seeds itself even more freely , this could go from being a rarity to a ‘ pernicious weed ’ in record time . |
23 | Make that Jeremy Beadle . |
24 | Chairman Antony Pilkington acknowledged concern that high interest rates were beginning to hit some UK customers . |
25 | Chairman Antony Pilkington acknowledged concern that high interest rates were beginning to hit some UK customers . |
26 | ‘ I do n't think this Sergeant Troy will ever marry her . |
27 | ‘ Somehow I do n't think this Blandford chap has got the hang of being in jail ’ |
28 | ‘ Everybody 's getting into Fila for the winter , and I 'm startin' to see some Giorgio Armani , but it 's still got ta be Lauren . |
29 | Roger and Joan , struggling on income support and unemployment benefit , became another DSS statistic and an unwilling burden on the State . |
30 | Personally , I 'm just not looking forward to seeing some Roseanne Arnold look-alike corseted into a catsuit . |