Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | John Gould , a research student at the University College of North Wales in Bangor , has travelled to Orkney after hearing of the plight of the whales . |
2 | A LOVELORN Italian woman dying from cancer has travelled to Plymouth in search of her British wartime sweetheart . |
3 | Yoash Kahn , who has taught in England for many years but who also has strong links with education in Israel , recalls his hostel days with affection , even if he did have problems adjusting to the regime . |
4 | PAUL LAKE 'S girl-friend has flown to America to be with the Manchester City star thanks to a Maine Road whip-round . |
5 | One analysis carried out has pointed to Bohemia as a source in that instance ( Roosens et al . |
6 | Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales by what percentage unemployment has fallen in Wales since June 1987 . |
7 | Mr. Peter Walker : Between June 1987 and January 1989 , seasonally adjusted unemployment has fallen in Wales by 40,900 , from 12.6 to 9.2 per cent. , a decrease of over 27 per cent . |
8 | Finally sport : Oxford United have made a new signing this afternoon ; Jim Magilton has joined from Liverpool for a hundred thousand pounds . |
9 | I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the carefully targeted aid that she has given to Zambia in recent years . |
10 | Will he refute the Prime Minister 's suggestion that inward investment has come into Wales as a result of lower personal taxation ? |
11 | Whenever I go in a minicab on my way to a radio or television programme — the companies are kind enough to take us in a car — I end up discussing with the driver how he has come to Britain in the fairly recent past and now has a job driving round London . |
12 | Ron Adams has come to Bullingdon from Liverpool . |
13 | Ron Adams has come to Bullingdon from Liverpool . |
14 | I 'm , we 're very proud that the G M B has come to Portsmouth at last er and er that your flag is flying in the Guildhall square . |
15 | And Dons boss Joe Kinnear reckons the time has come for Fashanu to be reconsidered by England in time for next month 's World Cup qualifier against Norway at Wembley . |
16 | Xorandor explains that he lives on radioactivity , that he has come from Mars in search of food , and that he has been stealing the waste to feed himself . |
17 | Erskine , long resident in Stockholm , is known for the warm , humane domestic , public and commercial buildings he has designed in Sweden over the past 50 years . |
18 | Sir Hugh , in his first major interview for 12 months , said the 15 bombs the IRA has detonated in London over the past few weeks were comparatively minor . |
19 | Finance director Keith Todd announced that ICL has gained one point of market share in the UK , in a declining overall market — stealing back a little of the market share that IBM UK has won from ICL over the past 20 years . |
20 | But the company has an opportunity to make other gains through a 50 per cent stake it has secured with BP in five surrounding blocks where an intensive exploration programme will begin later this year in an attempt to discover other ‘ elephant ’ fields . |
21 | One such plant has operated at Laredello near Florence since 1905 while the largest present application is at Geysers Falls , California . |
22 | In previous years , the city has seen off Calgary in Canada and Frankfurt in Germany . |
23 | Jan Cochran has written to Pat about the above and , amongst other things , has asked if we are planning to invite the voluntary sector to contribute . |
24 | Mr Harvey McGregor has said in McGregor on Damages , ( 15th ed Sweet & Maxwell 1988 , para 1588 ) : It may be argued that the benefit of a mother 's personal attention to a child 's upbringing , morals , education and psychology , which the services of a housekeeper , nurse or governess could never provide has , in the long run , a financial value for the child difficult as it is to assess . |
25 | Shylock describes the persecution he has suffered from Antonio in Act 1 , Scene 3 , lines 102–104 . |
26 | He has moved to Chester-le-Street from Wyre Borough Council in Lancashire . |
27 | Tom Sebastian , formerly with Transworld , has moved to Orion in a two-book deal which includes the political thriller ( ‘ also a compelling love story ’ ) Special Relations , which will be a lead next January . |
28 | Gary Penrice , the Bristol Rovers striker , has moved to Watford for £500,000 . |
29 | Gary Penrice , the Bristol Rovers striker , has moved to Watford for £500,000 . |
30 | He succeeds Anneli Janhonen , who has moved from Helsinki to Geneva to head the Information Department of the Lutheran World Federation . |