Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Lord King has handed over executive authority at British Airways to his deputy , Sir Colin Marshall .
2 Liverpool will probably want around £750,000 for the player who Tranmere tried to take on loan earlier this season .
3 Does Steven stay to wrap up report he planned to wrap up before lunch or leave it till next day ?
4 First , Gare has set up customer and market groups for electricity transmission and distribution ; power generation ; nuclear fuel enrichment and reprocessing ; and pharmaceutical research .
5 The first days of the war saw the Saltash Territorials ordered to break up camp at Exeter and proceed to Falmouth .
6 For example , he arrived at the contentious conclusion that the dramatic increase in recorded crime during the period of post-war economic growth in the United States had ruled out poverty and deprivation as being causes of crime .
7 Whether Branson had taken over Virgin Atlantic or it had overtaken him was difficult to tell .
8 The TEC have taken over responsibility for the service in keeping with their aim to encourage commitment to training .
9 Sales will be direct and via existing third-party distributors , though ICL plans to sign up specialist Unix and office software VARs in all regions .
10 ‘ True it is that we ai n't in the habit of entertaining the likes of you , sir , most of the gentry as stops here in Newark preferring to bait down Saracen 's Head with that there Mr Thompson , but — ’
11 Merrydown has bumped up production facilities to cope with the expected demand .
12 The announcement everyone had been waiting for came on time as British Telecom proposed to put up telephone bills by five per cent .
13 In addition , the creation of the UDC has pushed up property prices in the area , making it even more difficult for the residents .
14 The most recent edition of the Kent county council 's ’ Railing Update ’ ran the headline ’ KCC to help sort out shambles ’ .
15 If Nicholson had strolled down Sunset Strip , he would have caught sight of Dean at Googies or one of the other coffee joints where Dean would meet with Natalie Wood and Dennis Hopper .
16 Out of the former PNI , Sukarno had taken up partindo , and within one year its membership soared to 20000 .
17 However much she was questioned , Edna had shut up shop , as it were , whenever Celia mentioned her mother .
18 One of the girls made a crack that Rachaela had put on weight due to the food .
19 At home we switch on the video and fall asleep in the chair almost before Mavis has opened up shop .
20 Satan has set up camp in their souls .
21 Now Betterware plans to set up shop elsewhere in Europe , with Spain the likely first stop .
22 UN acts to set up war crimes court
23 As Cameron started to pick out wood to finish the forward half of the roof , Iain said to him quietly , ‘ Sandy McGlashan is not the only man with troubles .
24 Although Invergordon had cut back production like most other distillers , Dr Greig stressed that there would be no closures or job losses , though he also said that life was ‘ becoming more competitive all the time ’ .
25 Admittedly , these were early days in the season , before the tough training schedule at Richmond had beefed up fitness levels .
26 Overstrain had brought on tuberculosis in 1939 and I had been having a lot of trouble with my eyes .
27 ( Martin had taken up residence there by 1667 , following his marriage , and Jean by 1668 , the year his eldest son died ( Arch .
28 His plea came as America confirmed Serbs had set up concentration camps in which thousands of Bosnian and Croatian civilians were detained or tortured and killed .
29 Joshua Morris had given up hope of ever reaching the promised land .
30 Until now , Atkinson has played down title talk , referring to his team as ‘ half decent ’ and describing their position as bookies ' favourites as ‘ barmy ’ .
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