Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strangely inferior , somehow , for Churchill to have placed so much trust in . |
| 2 | Now he acknowledged to himself that his admiration for Sarah had caused him to overlook young Martha 's attractions . |
| 3 | At the end of World War II , GCHQ , as GCCS had become , moved from its wartime headquarters at Bletchley Park , north of London , to Cheltenham , where it swiftly sprawled over two large sites — Oakley and Benhall . |
| 4 | I suppose if we look at British history there was a period in the last century and earlier where we did a pretty good job of conquering people , but we do n't feel too badly about that , but we feel pretty indignant about Germany trying to take a bit more territory at various points . |
| 5 | CA-Unicenter for HP-UX has performed so well at four major beta sites says Islandia , New York-based Computer Associates International Inc , that the company is bringing the systems management product for mission-critical applications forward and it will now be generally available in the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 6 | And no joy for West Brom in the northeast where a single goal separated those sides as Sunderland prepare to meet Aston Villa in the Coca Cola Cup . |
| 7 | ‘ The only indication we have is that somebody seems to have drawn the bolt on the yard door between Gerald failing to get in at 11.15 , and the mystery woman succeeding at 11.30 . |
| 8 | My word , that 's very true , ’ and turned with relief to Fribble , who was trying to explain about their journey and about Medoc having taken Tara . |
| 9 | Gloria said , ‘ If you want to use the Smiths ' swimming pool , ’ — for Nutty had told her quite plainly that she did — ‘ friday night is your night . |
| 10 | Okay if I could say good evening and welcome to the theatre this evening the reason the meeting has been convened this evening quite clearly is part of the process and art structure for Harlow having undertaken by the Council , the Playhouse is keen as it says quite clearly on the leaflet is to get the publics view on how best to plan this programme and it 's , and facilities for the future . |
| 11 | But hopes of seeing Dublin-born Leicestershire batman Justin Benson in action for Munster have evaporated as he is tied up with Leicestershire 's Second XI next Thursday and Friday in the hope of being selected for Leicestershire 's three-day match against Australia . |
| 12 | Life for Ginger had become a roller-coaster but she was a survivor . |
| 13 | Alone in the dining room — for Twomey had stopped softly jangling spoons and forks and fitting plates each to each , and gone , quietly as his shadow — Nicandra 's mind became a perfect blank . |
| 14 | For Twomey to have erred in any way was unthinkable . |
| 15 | Pressure for Hawke to resign increased in mid-December , with several delegations of senior ALP figures informing him that he could no longer count on the support of a majority of the parliamentary caucus . |
| 16 | Support for MacDonald had remained strong among some of the 200,000 Navajo and violence broke out during a protest march on his behalf in Window Rock on July 22 ; two men died and nine were wounded when police opened fire . |
| 17 | And the number for March had gone down to single figures . |
| 18 | There was a pause on the line long enough for Pascoe to have taken a nap . |
| 19 | Franca observed sadly , but without surprise , that her strange feeling of love for Patrick had waned and finally abated as he continued steadily to come to life . |
| 20 | Right so on on top of all this , we 've actually got as Sue 's mentioned quite a few times , we 've actually got to keep the damn thing afloat , well after introducing all this . |
| 21 | As Fael-Inis began to play , each of them drew a deep breath and surrendered , and each of them experienced the deepest contentment at hearing the silver pipes of enchantment . |
| 22 | And I always find it extremely amusing that the government of this country screams about Brussels wanting to centralize everything when they of course , are the most centralizing British government , the present conservatives , that we 've ever known . |
| 23 | But the EC President 's demand for solidarity angered Euro-sceptics , who saw it as Brussels trying to dictate British policy on a wide range of issues . |
| 24 | By 1986 support for Husayn had fallen to 3.3 per cent . |
| 25 | As Gittins has put it , ‘ The commonsense notion that all families in the past were much more solidaristic and stable institutions can not be borne out — death saw to that ’ ( Gittins , 1985 , p. 9 ) . |
| 26 | The inability of O'Neill and Chichester-Clark to satisfy those demands without destabilizing the state had created the very condition that people such as Paisley had argued had obtained from the first : the rise of old-fashioned nationalist anti-partitionism . |
| 27 | The other alleged threat to democracy has been a threat to local democracy , as LEAs have lost their power to control the secular curriculum in their schools . |
| 28 | Darlington Council has given permission for Conder Projects to develop an office block on Russell Street car park just outside the ring road halving its total spaces . |
| 29 | ‘ What 's this your mother tells me about Markham coming to work at OBEX ? ’ |
| 30 | I did n't know about all this , about Therese trying to get you out of the company and … and everything . ’ |