Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The split led to Sankara 's assassination in October 1987 . |
| 2 | The £26m deal eclipses the £13m advance which Prince got in September . |
| 3 | The first time I went I followed the route recommended by Peter ? |
| 4 | EQUITY & LAW , The Netherlands ' 60ft yacht skippered by Dirk Nauta , yesterday became the first of the smaller boats and 15th so far to finish the first leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race to Punta del Este in Uruguay . |
| 5 | A note of involuntary admiration crept into Gertrude 's voice for a moment . |
| 6 | As usually happens , the ‘ sponsorship role ’ of the Electricity Division led to Murray becoming not so much a controller of the industry as an honest broker between the BEA and the Whitehall machine in general . |
| 7 | The case arose after Jeffrey M. Masson , a psychoanalyst , attempted to sue a journalist , Janet Malcolm , for writing an article about him which included several quotations which were not among the transcripts of the tape-recorded interviews which she had conducted with him . |
| 8 | The case arose from Beltran 's claim that Aquino had hidden under her bed during a coup attempt . |
| 9 | Court Four of the Royal Courts of Justice in London was packed with judges and barristers to hear the support lent to Lord Lane , who announced in February that he was stepping down at the age of 73 , 18 months before the compulsory retirement age for judges . |
| 10 | When Parliament met in May 1685 it proved to be overwhelmingly Tory in sympathy , there being only fifty-seven Whigs in a House of Commons totalling 513 members . |
| 11 | All the commentators said they had no chance , except Bob Hawke the Prime Minister , who of course lived in Canberra and had to say that , and me , former tipster for The Sydney Morning Herald and occasional commentator and writer on the game . |
| 12 | For the next thirty years the Duke and Duchess lived in Paris . |
| 13 | For the next thirty years the Duke and Duchess lived in Paris . |
| 14 | This concession led to Cripps and Laski joining D. N. Pritt as " Unity " supporters on the Labour NEC . |
| 15 | The cheeky crook pounced after Scotland Yard detective Mick Roberts put down his 75lb monster outside a tent at a gardening competition . |
| 16 | If he fixed a price with the buyer , and the buyer asked for Modigliani 's address , the painter was likely to give away his work at a lower price or offer it as a present if the purchaser was shrewd enough to take him out for a meal and a few drinks . |
| 17 | Friction arose between Reed and Brando who wanted to play Christian as a fop . |
| 18 | The movement was also the best example of the ‘ spirit of the times ’ working within Nonconformity ; if evolutionary progress led to Lord Rosebery 's ‘ Efficiency ’ , a decline in unnecessary competition and a new emphasis on cooperation and order as opposed to unregulated competition , then the twentieth century demanded a better organized Nonconformity to assume the place hitherto occupied by the Church of England . |
| 19 | He just waved her away and turned his back on us , and while he was n't looking Mum whispered in Billy 's ear : ‘ Yer wunt ter keep that up fer yer bung ! ’ |
| 20 | It was over forty years before a trail led to Whitewright , Texas , where they were being offered for sale by the descendants of Joe Tom Meador , the lieutenant in question , who had died in 1980 . |
| 21 | The ban led to New Zealand 's suspension from ANZUS , the trilateral defence treaty signed in 1951 , and an effective freezing of relations with the USA , including an end to the exchange of intelligence information and the holding of joint military exercises . |
| 22 | They said the massacre occurred on Sunday in the village of Sikdarpara , near Muangdaw , as the Rohingyas offered prayers at the end of the holy month of Ramadan . |
| 23 | According to officials of the Brazilian National Indian Affairs Institute ( FUNAI ) , the massacre occurred in Roraima state , near the Venezuelan border . |
| 24 | The young Denknetzeyan fled to Moscow , once more following the backwoods routes . |
| 25 | It is true that during the 1991/92 presidential year a certain amount of friction occurred between Moorgate Place and the district societies , but it should be made clear that this was almost entirely due to the funding problems and not because of any breakdown in the relationship between the national president and the district society presidents . |
| 26 | Such a case occurred at Kirkcaldy in 1828 . |
| 27 | A poignant case occurred in India , in which Cecil 's great-niece was the victim . |
| 28 | The case occurred in August , 1981 , around the same time as the Leonard Arthur trial . |
| 29 | The case occurred in Rochdale , and again featured a Down 's baby , this one also physically handicapped . |
| 30 | This American brand surfaced in New York in the early 1960s . |