Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second Expeditionary Force was despatched across the Channel to France , but it WAS forced to return to Britain almost immediately because the French government asked Germany for an armistice , on 17th . |
| 2 | The research will examine the adoption of new technology within a local labour market using Sheffield as a case study . |
| 3 | ‘ Did your grandfather have any favourite hymns ? ’ the priest asked William before the service . |
| 4 | Their views might have attracted wider sympathy if the regime had been engaging in repression across the board , but although the tsar appeared to move to the right when he appointed Valuev to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Admiral Putiatin to the Ministry of Education , he was very far from abandoning the cause of reform . |
| 5 | Adrian Hadley , Salford 's £120,000 winger , has joined Widnes in a swap deal for Great Britain under-21 forward Jason Critchley and utility man Steve Wynne . |
| 6 | Once the police got into the van , they found plenty of evidence to connect Charley with the murders . |
| 7 | Rohmer tried to hit Cardiff in the face with his other free fist , but Cardiff was expecting it . |
| 8 | Strange to see Swindon in the snow and Sweden in bright sunshine . |
| 9 | ‘ Suits me , ’ agreed Lefevre with a grin . |
| 10 | They had arranged March for the wedding . |
| 11 | Ybreska reached out with both arms to embrace Kirov by the shoulders , his face wreathed in a rapturous smile . |
| 12 | Their father , John Wordsworth , a law-agent in Cockermouth , sent Dorothy to be brought up in Halifax by a relative , and before long had enrolled William in a boarding-school at Hawkshead . |
| 13 | But it does seem possible that Georgina purposely waylaid Arabella on the day before she died , and that the two of them had a row . |
| 14 | ‘ Which one ? ’ countered Nessie with a smile . |
| 15 | ‘ The question is , what do we do about it ? ’ asked Reed of the Treasury . |
| 16 | ‘ I met Harvey in a restaurant , ’ she mused . |
| 17 | Stone shook his head grimly , reminding Doyle about the cat the day before . |
| 18 | ( Opposite below ) The first of the Class 47s — or Brush Type 4s as they were known when D1500 appeared in 1962 — still hard at work rom Gateshead depot in 1987. here No 47401 , as it is now numbered and carrying the name North Eastern which it both received and lost during the 1980s , nears Greenfield on a Trans-Pennine service , the 17.03 Liverpool to Newcastle on 19 June 1987 . |
| 19 | Instead , the finger of doom is pointing at Malcolm Crosby , a Wearside hero when he led Sunderland to the FA Cup final last season , but perilously close to getting his P45 if the players that love him let him down again today at Derby . |
| 20 | ‘ Book ? ’ asked Jan with a frown . |
| 21 | Meirion Rowlands , one of the Ashleys ' most key appointments of this time , was well known as the local prizewinning sheep shearer ; he met Bernard over a pint in the pub . |
| 22 | It 's quite conceivable they were involved in it and he met Maria as a result . |
| 23 | Unfortunately having the son of the most powerful man in the world did n't seem to do the Eagles much good — they stumbled against Argentina and finally fell flat on their faces when they met Tonga in the Plate quarter-final . |
| 24 | Mr Beaton had been dumped by a road-side and picked up by police who had been alerted to the hijack and had eventually stopped MacIver in the lorry at Doune . |
| 25 | " It might be too late then , " Joseph said slapping Patrick on the shoulder , before turning back into the shop and closing the door . |
| 26 | This could restrict the list of prospective bidders and push Ferranti down a distress sale path . |
| 27 | Then they led Linkworth to the hanging-shed to punish him for his crime . |
| 28 | From an old book of local walks I read of a route up the Remarkables , the jagged range of peaks which overshadow Queenstown across the lake , and which rise to nearly 8,000 feet . |
| 29 | So it was logical to acquire Pitlochry through a share exchange , and it 'll be logical to look to a flotation . ’ |
| 30 | I wanted the sugar and rather than wait for the waiter to return or ask this boy to get it , I asked Harvey for the sugar . |