Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pollensa and Alcudia were in the north of the island and Fernando owned nothing in that region . |
| 2 | Pepys met him in 1665 . |
| 3 | A writer called Thomas Carlyle described it in 1824 as ‘ A frightful scene … a dense cloud of pestilential smoke hangs over it forever … and at night the whole region becomes like a volcano spitting fire from a thousand tubes of brick . ’ |
| 4 | WG is alleging that Alan Carr , who remained as Alkar 's chairman , overstated Alkar 's profits by anticipating payments and inflating stock , causing WG to overpay him in subsequent acquisition instalments . |
| 5 | Even his close confidant Manning described him in later years as imprudent . |
| 6 | De Gaulle had long believed that the PCF 's tendency to align itself with Moscow invalidated it in crucial respects , and in November 1945 he had refused to give the PCF one of the three ministries that he regarded as essential to national security . |
| 7 | While Helen 's day was filled by the demands of her young charges and the vain attempts of Mrs Webb to train her in some orderliness in domestic affairs , Edward continued to tend her father 's grave . |
| 8 | ‘ Ice ? ’ he enquired , as he reached for a glass and Shiona seated herself in one of the armchairs . |
| 9 | In particular , the powerful Beni-Gomez family schemed continually against Rodrigo until Alfonso banished him in 1081 . |
| 10 | Gedge drafted a letter , Gregory rewrote it in grammatical ( and gracious ) English , and Solowka produced a final copy in his neatest handwriting . |
| 11 | According to Dr O'Toole , Dr Baltimore told her in 1986 that she could write a letter to Cell about it , but that he would publish a rejoinder . |
| 12 | I believe Surere encouraged him in this . |
| 13 | France and Switzerland were the only two which mattered in 1880 ; Portugal joined them in 1910 . |
| 14 | The homage sworn by Raymond of Toulouse was a great triumph for Henry II , but did Eleanor see it in that light ? |
| 15 | Their personal safety was guaranteed by an old-fashioned exchange of hostages : senior Iraqis travelled to Arbil to put themselves in Kurdish hands — taking a risk , given Mr Hussein 's record in disposing of unwanted colleagues . |
| 16 | This appears reactionary because Freud states it in such general , ahistorical terms . |
| 17 | Valadier restored them in 1821 in travertine which is distinguishable from the original marble workmanship ( 157 ) . |
| 18 | The notices were poor and Ken cocooned himself in one of those invisible cloaks that he believed protected him from any contact with the outside world . |
| 19 | This was certainly how Keynes saw it in one of his last memoranda , in February 1946 . |
| 20 | It is indeed a case of ‘ what you will ’ in decoding this and all other linguistic signs , but it is Iago who has made Othello construe it in that manner , and will continue to do so . |
| 21 | Editor , — An important reason why paracetamol-methionine is rarely prescribed is that when Sterling Winthrop introduced it in 1986 under the brand name Pameton the Department of Health refused to add it to the list of medicines prescribable within the NHS because it saw ‘ no clinical need . ’ |
| 22 | And , as the Canadian writer Eric Downton put it in 1986 , ‘ societies with Confucian-Buddhist roots are proving more effective in coping with the industrial and technological challenges on the eve of the twenty-first century than [ are those countries with a ] predominantly Christian-Hebraic heritage . ’ |
| 23 | Notably , Bruce Willis and Julia Roberts play themselves in some of the most crucial scenes . |
| 24 | She had five children , and her own independent income , and Creevey married her in 1802 . |
| 25 | It defines material which ‘ any reasonable person ’ ( a judge , for example ) would find ‘ shocking , disgusting and revolting ’ , as Lord Denning the then Master of the Rolls defined it in 1976 . |
| 26 | Zack told him in three angry sentences . |
| 27 | As a result Mossad involves itself in any type of operation that it feels helps Israel or at least deters its enemies . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't know Albie involved you in this . ’ |
| 29 | Seconds later Talalayev found himself in another inviting position but this time sent the ball skywards and out of danger . |
| 30 | In 1985 , its Labour majority was bigger than that of the Tories and the people of Derbyshire re-elected it in 1989 : they are satisfied with Derbyshire county council 's policies , and when we have the general election they will kick out the Under-Secretary of State and the hon. Member for Amber Valley ( Mr. Oppenheim ) , the man with the Pampers on . |