Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NME of this period is a mutant hybrid where reviews of Engelbert Humperdinck , Andy Williams , The Doors and Led Zeppelin sit uneasily side by side on the page . |
| 2 | Later Marie Wassilieff too was to claim that she had persuaded Modigliani to take up painting again . |
| 3 | Peter immediately replied , ‘ I would like Susie to give up work and stay at home , so that I can be sure that she is not cheating on me and not planning to leave . ’ |
| 4 | Military pressure on Mr Gorbachev to find a quick way of ending the war stems from a bigger worry : that , by letting America take over conduct of the war , the Soviet Union will see its influence suffer in the region , especially if American troops stay on once the fighting is over . |
| 5 | In loud , sepulchral tones , this vision warned James to give up war and consorting with wanton women . |
| 6 | To find out what potential customers think of Foodbase , we asked Steve to set up stall in a local health food shop . |
| 7 | It was 8 p.m. when Adam saw Goodenache coming up Yorckstrasse . |
| 8 | This was an attempt to force BT to pass on productivity gains to the consumer . |
| 9 | You know , I told you that day Ju I saw Julie walking down top of Broadway ? |
| 10 | Prince Charles yesterday parodied Hamlet to illustrate how literature could be destroyed by bad use of language . |
| 11 | In 1656 , Colonel John Washington left England to take up land in Virginia which later became Mount Vernon . |
| 12 | McAllister had gone out , but only to speak to Rose , who had managed to obtain a new post as a maid-of-all-work , and , her half-day off also being Wednesday , had come to ask McAllister to go up West with her again . |
| 13 | Even the back pass could have been salvaged had Beeney realised how crap it was a second earlier , and even then , he could have tried to kick it to either side on Gray , as opposed to trying to kick it as hard as possible … straight at gray . |
| 14 | On Sept. 9 an official from the French Ministry of Economy and Finance announced that France would help Congo to pay off debt arrears owed to international financial institutions in order to enable the resumption of co-operation between Congo and these bodies . |