Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] in [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told the King that he would prefer MacDonald to remain in office in order to carry out the necessary programme of economies ; but that if he failed to carry enough of his colleagues with him , then the best alternative would be for MacDonald to head a National Government containing members of all three parties . |
| 2 | When the troops withdrew in October , the anti-treaty Nez Perce met in council at Tepahlewam ( Split Rocks ) , an age-old meeting place on Camas Prairie . |
| 3 | Federal Judge William Overton ruled in favour of the petitioners that the new law was unconstitutional . |
| 4 | City : Scot Met in red at halfway |
| 5 | Ben stopped in front of her . |
| 6 | Jezrael shouted in desperation over Ember 's continued catalogue of horror . |
| 7 | He turned towards the door , but Zurachina moved in front of him . |
| 8 | Middlesbrough manager Lennie Lawrence also plans changes to his line-up with one alteration already confirmed Andy Peake returning in midfield after being rested for Saturday 's win over Plymouth . |
| 9 | ‘ Hello , ’ Myra said again , and Claudia managed to answer , asking her to do everything she could to get an address or phone number if Dana got in touch with her . |
| 10 | Ceaucescu lived in luxury at the palace while Romanian workers starved . |
| 11 | Erm actually Kay got in touch with this man and in fact she had got Andre 's name as well sort of |
| 12 | Having acquired his first saxaphone , David got in touch with jazz saxophonist , Ronnie Ross , after finding his telephone number in the ‘ phone book . |
| 13 | He could only imagine girls in the evening when they all walked along and Marie stopped in front of a shop window to see that her clothes and hair were as she wanted and they all came up behind her and did the same so they were like a group photograph on a record sleeve , wiggling their fingers and poking out their tongues and saying ‘ Yoo-hoo ’ to their reflections . |
| 14 | CA is planning to build a laboratory in Milton Keynes to provide in part for more tests with other European Organisations . |
| 15 | Via other programs , it is also possible to implement fax and modem sharing , a facility that Mainlan has in common with most other P2P network systems . |
| 16 | When Travis seemed in need of another stiff drink , Sebastian served him liberally and , Travis 's tongue more free than it had ever been , he spoke of his love for Rosemary , his wish to marry her , but how because of her sense of propriety she would n't even let him take her out , or so much as mention her name to his family . |
| 17 | In December 1835 Captain Vidal sailed in command of Aetna with twelve chronometers to measure the meridian distances from the Cape Verde Islands to a number of places on the west coast of Africa ; and thereafter to carry out surveys of that coast . |
| 18 | At the same time it was reported that the ECOWAS committee was planning to impose an economic embargo on areas of Liberia controlled by Taylor 's forces unless the NPFL acted in line with the Geneva agreement . |
| 19 | Mellanby arrived in time to be heard , and succeeded in changing the decision so that Florey was appointed . |
| 20 | Magdalene graduated in law from Leeds University and completed the Law Society finals course at the Chester branch of the College of Law . |
| 21 | The scenes were acted swiftly in her mind : when Frere turned in bewilderment to Emilia the woman would deny that any such confidence had been exchanged ; accused of mischief , Louisa would be forgiven by neither ; the ‘ intolerable slander ’ ( for such it would be called ) would furnish a pretext for Emilia 's immediate departure from Munding ; and Frere , if he remained , would be friendless . |
| 22 | The measures were designed to promote greater efficiency , reverse agricultural stagnation and help Mexico compete in readiness for the free trade agreement which was under negotiation with the United States and Canada . |
| 23 | Lookalike Jeff gets in tune for a new class act |
| 24 | Antony grinned in resignation at Connon and began searching for the tablecloth . |
| 25 | The Committee then discussed the possibility of lobbying through various political contacts and it was suggested that Tom Burt get in touch with the office of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton to see when it might be possible to have a talk with him . |
| 26 | P.H. Sawyer has drawn attention to rune stones in Denmark and Västergötland raised in honour of men accorded the English epithet thegn , and concluded that the latter area was the part of Sweden controlled by Cnut , through agents who received a title borne in England by royal subordinates . |
| 27 | And though she cherished the times when Friend soared in companionship beside her through forever , always — reluctantly , it seemed sometimes , but always — he would pluck new motes of light and weave them into new shapes for her to read , but the shapes only made sense in their beauty , not in the real world where the coarseness of eating and cleaning and going to the toilet squashed the meanings out of the corners of her eyes . |
| 28 | Cadfael returned in haste to the gatehouse . |
| 29 | What , for instance , would Ken have in common with Andrew Ray , who was then just twenty-three years old ( Ken was now forty ) and who made known and very clear the attraction he felt for a pretty girl ? |
| 30 | After all , Napoleon rests in state under the dome of Les Invalides . |