Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] a [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Authorities also disclosed that an explosives timing device like those in other terrorist bombings was recovered at the New Jersey home of suspect Nidal Ayyad , a chemical engineer who investigators believe has bomb-making know-how . |
| 2 | Statutory provisions also exist which suggest that a volenti plea can succeed in the absence of agreement . |
| 3 | ‘ I stopped when a police car pulled up because I thought it was stupid to go on running . ’ |
| 4 | If so , will he ensure that a police officer accompanies every military patrol whenever humanly possible ? |
| 5 | They hope that a jobs package will go some way to defusing criticism over a perceived lack of direction on tackling the long dole queues . |
| 6 | MDC noted that a careers roadshow , which had attracted £1200 of sponsorship , would be held on 26 October 1991 at the Jesse Boot Centre , University of Nottingham . |
| 7 | The big black car stopped and a police officer opened the back door . |
| 8 | An RUC spokesman confirmed that a police operation was carried out by C13 in the Shankill area after a member of the public alleged that demands for money had been made . |
| 9 | The defence claimed that a police officer had assaulted Mr Quinn . |
| 10 | One day they were told that a police officer wished to see them in connection with the charges already preferred . |
| 11 | The court heard that a police officer on the scene said Ms Leyshon 's burns were so bad she looked like something from a horror movie . |
| 12 | Police were called and a police surgeon later certified Mr Heddle dead . |
| 13 | The vehicles were badly damaged and a police officer was hurt . |
| 14 | Cripps denied that the books had been improperly kept , saying that an accounts clerk had been appointed to look after them after his own health had broken down in 1917 . |
| 15 | Quantity is easier to consider than quality , of course , and I have found that a promotions committee can be thrown into bemusement and mild disarray by suggesting that many of the publications on a candidate 's CV might better have not been published . |
| 16 | We therefore feel that a Pensions Act is now necessary in order to consolidate existing legislation , clarify the major areas of uncertainty which currently exist in trust law , and to introduce new safeguards which we believe to be necessary . ’ |
| 17 | It was decided to take the deceased to hospital by car , but on the way she collapsed and a police officer from a local police station made an emergency call urgently requesting an ambulance . |
| 18 | Since the festival began , fifty people have been arrested and a police helicopter fired at with flares . |
| 19 | Joanne feels that a points system would be the answer and that that would put an end to all the arguments . |
| 20 | Three teenagers have been charged with aggravated vehicle taking after a police officer was injured during a high-speed chase across two counties . |
| 21 | He had almost reached that turn when a police car came around another corner three hundred yards ahead . |
| 22 | Counsel for TJ submitted that the evidence of identification should be excluded because a police officer involved in the investigation took TJ to the parade from the place where he was currently detained , in breach of Code D 2.2 to PACE . |
| 23 | A simple method of telling whether a jufti knot has been used is to compare the horizontal knot-county to the number of warps . |
| 24 | Detectives believe he was killed after a drugs deal went wrong . |
| 25 | The incident ended when a police marksman shot Keith Pringle , 24 , of Thirlmere Road , Darlington . |
| 26 | A siege in Lyonette Road , Darlington , ended when a police marksman shot Pringle in the jaw . |
| 27 | A 47-hour siege in Lyonette Road , Darlington , ended when a police marksman shot Pringle in the jaw . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ It has been established that a police sergeant on patrol arrived at the scene within minutes . |
| 29 | Can I bring you erm back to the U K and what we can do in the U K , although I agree with you , we need to be looking with certain organisations at regulation on a Trans-Atlantic basis , but from a U K point of view , erm the Good Committee Report has suggested that a pensions regulator should er be brought into being . |
| 30 | The Foreign Office says the body is being held while a police investigation is carried out . |