Example sentences of "[noun prp] [subord] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been born and spent the first 10 years of his life in pre-war Germany where his father , a German-Jewish lawyer , was head of the legal department of electrical giant AEG ( now part of Telefunken ) . |
| 2 | Ann is leaving her home in Haslemere this February for a new life in Caracas , Venezuela where her husband has been posted . |
| 3 | Lothar received his earliest education in Rome , probably at the Benedictine abbey of St Andrea al Celio where his teacher was Peter Ismael . |
| 4 | Although Gilbert and Ward found little sign of political protest in the areas of Colombia , Venezuela and Mexico where their research was carried out ( Gilbert and Ward 1985 ) , Castells documents protest movements in Mexico City ( Castells 1982 ) . |
| 5 | Other faces who will be missing are winger Rob Egerton , who will be in the United States where his wife will be studying , while both Steve Cutler and Jeff Miller have announced their retirements . |
| 6 | This perhaps was more obvious lobbying for Scott than his initiative over the Memorials . |
| 7 | Andropov died early , but Chernenko 's sickly reign in the Kremlin was brief and when Andropov 's protégé , Gorbachev , came to power he was even less sympathetic towards Ceauşescu than his patron had been . |
| 8 | Cecily the courtesan made constant barbed remarks , hinting she knew more about Watkin than his wife did . |
| 9 | An' I du n no 'ow long I 'll be livin' 'fore I 'm sick like yore ol' lady 'angin' rahnd ver launjrette an' waitin' up fer ol' man an' 'avin' Gawd knows 'ow many kids 'angin' rahnd me an' ‘ Mummy this ’ and ‘ Mummy that ’ my Gawd if you mus ' know Sharon all my life all I fuckin' wanner do is shine up there like a dancer or sunnink . |
| 10 | Yassir Abd Rabbuh , deputy secretary-general of the DFLP until his dismissal in April [ see p. 38167 ] , was elected secretary-general of the new more moderate , non-marxist wing , which was close to Arafat 's Fatah movement . |
| 11 | For example , it was quite a story in December 1985 when Mrs Thatcher briefly appeared to have allowed Michael Heseltine , Secretary of State for Defence , to campaign publicly against the Cabinet 's position that the Westland helicopter company could do a deal with the American firm Sikorsky if its shareholders so wished . |
| 12 | She always knows me Auntie Jean because me Auntie Jean what favourite from being young |
| 13 | The centre was not able to open its doors until 3pm on Saturday because its computer failed . |
| 14 | Prior to the setting up of the CIVC , the single most effective body responsible for guarding the quality of Champagne today , a decree was passed on 28 September 1935 creating an inter-professional organisation called the Commission Spéciale de la Champagne , which soon became known as the Commission de Châlons because its meetings were held in the Prefecture ( the administrative centre ) at Châlons-sur-Marne . |
| 15 | New Scientist , basing its report on information from well — placed anonymous sources , argued that British sailors had died needlessly in the Falklands because their ships were floating fire traps . |
| 16 | He returned home from the Falklands because his crew could stand no more of the Antarctic . |
| 17 | They stared impassively at Corbett while their leader talked to Thomas in a tongue that Corbett did not know , though it sounded like birdsong , high , clicking and quick . |
| 18 | Stair , who usually ignored Neil since his brother had given up his privileged life and become an East End doctor , occasionally felt that he had some sort of duty to him ; he was , after all , his heir . |
| 19 | It would bring to £100,000 the amount Greater Glasgow Health Board has paid Anne McWilliams since her accident almost ten years ago , a judge had been told . |
| 20 | My parents went to visit the Rajput States while we boys continued to go for rides in the mornings and picnics in the afternoons . |
| 21 | In practice , very few Romanians would have recognized Valentin Ceauşescu before his family was exposed to public denunciation after his parents ' fall . |
| 22 | But Wyatt was known to have leanings towards classical architecture , and by choosing Scott after his intentions for the Foreign Office were well known , Stanley indicated that he also required a Gothic building . |
| 23 | But he dispels that notion when asked how seriously he considered a dangerous brain operation in Mexico before his family talked him out of it . |
| 24 | Thomas , aged 27 , who fled to Tenerife before his trial ended , was rearrested on his return to England last month . |
| 25 | The Armée 's massive size proved a positive handicap to Napoleon as its supply problems became horrendous . |
| 26 | With her was her brother Charles — who inherited the home and the title Earl Spencer when their father died in March — his wife Victoria and their daughters Kitty , two , and six-month-old twins Eliza and Katya . |
| 27 | Critics generally agreed it was funny , but some admitted to feeling uneasy about laughing at Frank Spencer as his world collapsed around him . |
| 28 | Stockton finished third from bottom in the A Division last season but with the signing of left arm spinner Masood Anwaar as their professional for 1992 they could well be vying for a place in the top five in September . |
| 29 | But with both productions the intensity of the acting of Daryl Back as Helen Keller and Hildegard Neil as her teacher and companion Annie Sullivan was undeniable . |
| 30 | No doubt many Inspectors will remember Mary from their visits to Tiree when their attempts ( in previous days of surprise visitations ) to remain incognito were often defeated by the local spying system . |