Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the police got into the van , they found plenty of evidence to connect Charley with the murders . |
| 2 | Ybreska reached out with both arms to embrace Kirov by the shoulders , his face wreathed in a rapturous smile . |
| 3 | As Ann Butler led Sarah towards the stairs , to help her out of her wet clothes and rub her down with dry towels , Jonadab seized her hand in both his . |
| 4 | He led Corbett into the kitchens , a cook brought him ale and a dish of meat and vegetables . |
| 5 | I want to knee David in the bollocks at least once today ? |
| 6 | Anderson has Kelly on the ropes with the telephone chat-up technique he started on radio . |
| 7 | Delaunay used to meet Picasso at the gatherings at the Douanier Rousseau 's , while Metzinger was a frequent visitor to Picasso 's studio in the Bateau Lavoir during the early years of Cubism , and was an important agent in transmitting the first discoveries of Picasso and Braque . |
| 8 | It was this last group which provided Paisley with the resources necessary to launch his campaign against O'Neill . |
| 9 | He will replace Dean Jones , who is set to tour England with the Australians next season . |
| 10 | Of course , some may in the early years have argued plausibly that the payments would rid England of the raiders for good , for it need not have been evident in the 990s that the problem would intensify as it did . |
| 11 | When Ruth climbed into her bed that night Miss Beard was packing for her next day 's departure and she was far more talkative than usual , regaling Ruth with the names and pedigrees of notables with whom she might be privileged to breathe the same air . |
| 12 | Pushing past old Diggory , she swept into the hall , cast one angry glance around , and found Theda on the stairs . |
| 13 | ‘ Although I 'm champion and it 's been a wonderful year I feel I ca n't truly call myself the title holder until I beat Joey on the roads . ’ |
| 14 | Rose Franklin stopped Killion at the gates of the hospital . |
| 15 | In similarly insincere terms he thanks Duncan for the honours he has received from him : These speeches are subtly calculated by Shakespeare , for their insincerity is obvious to us ( the affected metaphors , the flabby repetitions ) but not to the recipients . |
| 16 | In Italy , Giuseppe Garibaldi , had campaigned for the unification of his country for many years , gaining Venice from the Austrians , and established Victor Emmanuel as King of Italy , but it was not until 1870 that a march on Rome overpowered the French and Papal troops , and establish a united Italy with Victor Emmanuel as King in residence , in July 1871 . |
| 17 | John Hay , seeing Johnson 's fear , talked to him all the time as to a child , trying to keep him cheerful , but this measure only excited Boswell 's scorn , especially when he heard Hay trying to distract Johnson with the antics of the local goats . |
| 18 | The main joke , a cheerily philistine one , is to pitch Australia from the margins of Western thought into its centre . |
| 19 | The main joke , a cheerily philistine one , is to pitch Australia from the margins of Western thought into its centre . |
| 20 | His passion to serve the underprivileged is such that he claims to find God in the hearts of the poor . |
| 21 | Hillyard , from Dorset , in 1984 , when aged 14 , became the youngest player , to win the world title , after defeating Fisher in the semi-finals — a result which she repeated in 1987 , only to lose 5-1 in the final to the then 15-year-old Farren . |
| 22 | Three months before defeating Callaghan at the polls she announced publicly her intention of running a ‘ conviction Cabinet ’ . |
| 23 | You s your suggestion was send Brian to the shops . |
| 24 | As they approached Jerusalem near the towns of and they came to the of olives , Jesus have decided ahead . |
| 25 | Daphne , whom Cecilia suspected of being rather less well-off than she was herself , though this was not a matter to delve into , phoned her just after six on alternate evenings and she phoned Daphne on the others . |
| 26 | Has Britain against the odds re-entered a period of small government ? |
| 27 | Two of the guards shouldered their bows , grasped Twoflower by the elbows and lifted him off the ground . |
| 28 | After one year Charles suddenly divorced Desiderata on the grounds that she was barren and weak . |
| 29 | More importantly , he was not tonsured : Lothar , perhaps moved by the obligations of a godfather , could not bring himself thus to exclude Charles from the ranks of the throneworthy . |
| 30 | If England were to decline to tour India on the grounds of safety , other countries might not be so willing to visit there for a one-day jamboree . |