Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | for example , when the Select Committee conducted an inquiry into Economic and Monetary Union and political Union , Dr Kari-Otto pöhl , giving evidence as president of the Bundesbank , found that the ad hoc Committee questioning him contained three former Governors of the Bank of England . |
| 2 | Whereupon Debenham 's counsel said he had no more questions to ask the actress . |
| 3 | The court 's verdict on Jampa Ngodrup 's case said he had asked a young monk working at the Barkor Clinic to compile a list of people detained as a result of violent clashes between police forces and demonstrators on 5 March 1988 . |
| 4 | But currently she 's by Jason ( Beverly Hills 90210 ) Priestly 's side in the video for Roy Orbison 's chart hit I Drove All Night . |
| 5 | Cos she asked last night , I was supposed to be taking Jenny and then when Fay came she asked me if I 'd take Fay as well today so it looks as though Charlotte 's mum did everybody took everybody home . |
| 6 | As Penry 's breathing quickened she pushed herself closer without shame , desperate to keep him with her , fired with triumph at getting her own way rather than with sexual response when he laid her flat on the bed . |
| 7 | Her fellow passenger 's action showed she had also lost her royal mystique and air of untouchability — after all , no one would previously have dared ask the future queen for an autograph . |
| 8 | Athelstan 's pleasure increased when-he saw that Benedicta , her hair now braided and hidden under a wimple , had a small basket by her side in preparation for their journey to Smithfield . |
| 9 | Mr Guerin 's lawyer said he had advised Mr Guerin to say as little as possible for the time being . |
| 10 | But when Bernard 's plan backfired I needed you alive in case you could lead me to Graham . |
| 11 | The widow of another exUDR man allegedly murdered with Casey 's help said she did not believe the allegations . |
| 12 | Phil 's discovery of Laura 's need to believe she had decided whether or not a new idea would be successful was an essential prerequisite for anyone who wanted a good working relationship with her . |
| 13 | It was a guess , though scarcely a wild one , and Cunningham 's reaction confirmed it had hit the mark . |
| 14 | Antonia 's friend said she grew heady thinking about her future life with the 43-year-old Yuppie MP for Putney . |
| 15 | Liverpool 's inexperience meant they got sucked into the type of game a more experienced side would never have got involved in . |
| 16 | After Andrew Stavanger 's wife died he turned the house into three flats , and he lives alone in the top flat . |
| 17 | Not that this , as it happened , was necessary because the landlord 's wife saw we had all we wanted . |
| 18 | Lucy 's father said she had a headful of nonsense , her public would disagree |
| 19 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |
| 20 | When Dr Williams 's library opened he presented himself and asked to see the manuscript of Crabb Robinson 's monumental Diary . |
| 21 | Mr Athulathmudali 's bodyguard said he had shot at the assassin , but believed he had missed . |
| 22 | George 's secretary says she did n't know what to do . |
| 23 | When a woman 's voice answered she had to hang up , her anger was so powerful . |
| 24 | But as her husband 's health declined she took on responsibility for maintaining the farm and orchard which was the family 's main source of income . |
| 25 | The nature of Alix 's profession demanded she kept a certain amount of medical equipment around . |
| 26 | ‘ When you got the solicitor 's letter saying you 'd inherited the place it must have come as a terrific shock . |
| 27 | Boswell 's account says they rode two miles to the shore to find a herring-boat which would take them out to Raasay . |
| 28 | The cabbie 's expression told anyone interested that Christmas was probably not his favourite time of year . |
| 29 | But as Dr Dunstaple 's brain cleared he had demanded to know why there was no mustard-plaster on his stomach . |
| 30 | Felstead 's landlady says he told her that he definitely would n't be coming back . |