Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tall dark girl got off the London train and as she passed through the barrier at Stowerton station she asked the woman collecting tickets where she could get a taxi . |
| 2 | He got off the Mini , he that went flying up street , she came out of the next door . |
| 3 | On 26 March , back in Chicago , Coleman applied for a US passport in the name of Thomas J. Leavy , using the birth certificate given him by the CIA in 1982 and the documents issued in Washington . |
| 4 | He applied for an MRC scholarship in clinical research at the Gustave-Roussy after seeing the application papers in a friend 's office . |
| 5 | O. Charlton applied for the England job the time Bobby Robson got it and did n't even receive a reply from Lancaster Gate . |
| 6 | When his court-appointed attorney , Michael Deutsch , filed a discovery motion on 30 August for documents that might show Coleman had been acting under orders when he applied for the Thomas Leavy passport , the DEA , the DIA and the CIA all declined to comply on grounds of national security . |
| 7 | Her confidence and conviction that she was somebody special served her well when she applied for the UN job . |
| 8 | Since the England manager acted as one of Ward 's referees when he applied for the York job , it was no surprise when Taylor turned to one of his trusted lieutenants to take charge of England 's Under-21 squad for the end-of-season international tournament in Toulon . |
| 9 | Stourport along with Bromley qualified for the Crystal Palace finals . |
| 10 | These Diploma holders , together with a further four members who qualified for the FSD under the Lombard Scheme , bring the total number of FSD holders to 387 worldwide . |
| 11 | In 1878 he tramped through the Cevennes with a donkey named Modestine and discovered the delights of Travels with a Donkey . |
| 12 | He took with him a recording of the female whales at play which he made off the Azores as part of his post-graduate efforts to analyse sperm whale sounds . |
| 13 | I recognized them as hands who rode for a Mr. Wolgast who supplied beef to the reservation up at San Carlos . |
| 14 | On the first day he announced his new sponsorship deal with Everest — a return to the firm who supported him in the 70's when he rode for the Edgar yard . |
| 15 | This arose as the UK government wished to ensure that the UK share of Community fishing quotas went to benefit UK fishers . |
| 16 | The hon. Member for Ross , Cromarty and Skye ( Mr. Kennedy ) asked about the MacSharry proposals . |
| 17 | David Murray became chairman at Ibrox in 1988 and , asked about the Liverpool manager 's record in the transfer market , said : ‘ Sure Graeme has spent a lot of cash but he 's sold well as well . |
| 18 | IN pursuance of the said agreement and in consideration of the sum of FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS now paid by the Purchaser to the Vendor ( the receipt of which sum the Vendor hereby acknowledges ) the Vendor as beneficial owner hereby conveys unto the Purchaser ALL THAT Garage known as Number 47 West Street aforesaid in the County of Gloucester all which said property is more particularly described in the annexed plan and outlined in red TO HOLD the same unto the Purchaser in fee simple together with the benefit of but subject also to a restrictive covenant contained in a Conveyance dated the Twenty-fifth day of May One thousand nine hundred and thirty-four made between the Stroud Brewery Company Limited of the one part and William Thomson deceased of the other part but otherwise free from incumbrances . |
| 19 | TWO Dutch balloonists who ditched during the Atlantic race were rescued by Navy helicopter and flown to hospital at Truro yesterday . |
| 20 | Stevenson readily admits that his business talents did not blossom early — ‘ I was a most inept apprentice , ’ he says — but he successfully qualified as a CA and joined a subsidiary of the British Steel Corporation . |
| 21 | They led through a Steve Fulton goal at half-time and looked to be cruising when Charlie Nicholas struck a second a minute after the interval . |
| 22 | The temperature remained high so Spencer called Humberside and asked for a QDM ( bearing to effect a return ) . |
| 23 | ‘ I saw Rosemary 's Baby , fell in love with Mia Farrow , went to the barber and asked for a Mia Farrow cut . |
| 24 | And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released . |
| 25 | One exception is that the Menil Foundation specifically asked for the Philip Wilson Publications imprint for the eagerly-awaited Volumes II and III of David Sylvester 's Rene Magritte , catalogue raisonne , Vols . |
| 26 | Since 1968 , there have been over 60 films ( with at least a further four coming out early this year ) made about the Vietnam war , all carefully examined in a recently-published volume called Hollywood 's Vietnam . |
| 27 | The 25-year-old QPR striker , who once had the blood of a slaughtered sheep smothered on his forehead and boots in Turkey , was the only new name Graham Taylor announced for the November 18 game . |
| 28 | As a reporter gene we used a 2μ-CYC1 promoter-LacZ plasmid derived from pLG 312 ( ref. 28 ) containing the adenovirus major late promoter element GTAGGCXCACGTGACCGGGTGT ( ref. 29 ) inserted between the Sma I and Xho I sites . |
| 29 | ON the eve of the election , a rumour rippled through the Ashdown camp that another party had made an informal approach for talks with the Liberal Democrat leader . |
| 30 | Prolific and reliable , the 170 maps he produced for the London Magazine alone ( 1747–83 ) would prove sufficient companion for the entire history of his time . |