Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 Melanie Simmonite says she started 20 years ago … her husband did it so it was a case of you ca n't beat them join them …
2 The issue erupted again when asbestos spilled in the factory over the first weekend in June and Raybestos management announced it had closed down that section of the factory .
3 Cornhill Insurance claimed they had no idea who he was and insisted they had no knowledge of his terrorist background at the time of his employment in 1990 .
4 The police appeal for the public 's help in identifying the voice of a girl who rung a Nottinghamshire hospital claiming she 'd had a baby and a member of staff is suspended from a centre for the handicapped in Nottinghamshire pending an internal investigation .
5 When I was in the U.S. recently for the Walker Cup match I had some time to read their golf magazines , watch television golf and talk with some of the golf club members of my father-in-law 's country club .
6 Marketing manager Richard Haste said they hoped the adverts would strengthen their position and attract more passengers .
7 In the course of the evening a note was handed in from Mrs Campbell of Jura House saying she had heard of our arrival and as she was sure there was no comfort in the Hotel she hoped we would come there in the morning and stay with them while we were on the island , assuring us also that she would do all in her power to further the cause for which we had come .
8 Clear seems to be all the rage these days , what with Miller Brewing coming out with a beer that not only tastes watered , but actually looks like water , a Clear Tab from the Coca Cola Co and Pepsi Co pushing something called Pepsi Crystal , so it 's nice to see that IBM Corp is right up there with the trend — enter one of those hallowed and long-standing computer rooms these days and like as not you 'll be able to see right across it with no Big Iron to impede the view — the transparent mainframe .
9 Tucann Design & Print commissioned artist Pete West to produce what turned out to be a stunningly atmospheric portrayal of the event .
10 There is a poppy song , ‘ What I Do ’ , in which she dances around in leggings and a bra top , and a cover of Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz 's Sixties hit ‘ The Girl From Ipanema ’ done in smoky café style , where she takes advantage of the sensual Puerto Rican looks she inherited from her mother .
11 When Vatican II met , the 1917 Code of Canon Law determined who had the right to attend .
12 Nearly 30% of Americans all over the country surveyed by the Washington Post said they feared their city would be subject to a terrorist attack .
13 The Rev Anthony Freeman said he felt a great sense of relief when he admitted to himself he did not hold to the traditional view of God .
14 But , speaking about his shattering experience for the first time , the England winger admits he feared the worst .
15 Chris Roberts in Melody Maker suggested they needed ‘ more width down the wings ’ while Martin Aston in Q compared their guitar style to Best 's deft footwork .
16 The FORON Hausgeraete GmbH company said it planned to build some 270,000 ‘ Clean Cooler ’ fridges this year and 300,000 in 1994 in the eastern town of Niederschmiedeberg .
17 On the night Sgt lilley died he 'd been drinking again .
18 The Vale of Glamorgan member said he came under fierce pressure from the constituency party and the Whips ' office .
19 The Army had taught him that , too , and the SAS acceptance tests had rammed the lesson home by sending him out over the damp Brecon Beacons with a 55-lb Bergen rucksack knowing he had to cover a certain distance in a certain time but not knowing that when he had done it , there would n't be the trucks they had promised but a vague assur-ance of a cup of tea if he kept on marching a few more miles in that direction .
20 Martin haycock says they had a terrific start and after that it was rythm rythm all the way
21 But even Yugoslav Premier Milan Panic admitted he had no control over what happened in Bosnia .
22 Roy Strait said he heard at least two men as they administered sleeping pills to the film star — then smothered her to death .
23 And there was a Yorkshire firm covered it covered that road tarmac or something they said , It 'll last twenty years .
24 He was in part correct. , But on the two occasions they had met , the president had given the Shah reason to believe he valued him , Those meetings are cameos of the perplexities of international relations , and they help explain the Shahs won confusion .
25 After the Man City match we walked back to the Adelphi but it was shut .
26 But leaned on in this way , Lord Brabourne and the Broadlands Trust felt they had no option but to accept his advice , and permission to show the Suez film was withheld .
27 A CO Fermanagh pharmacist believed he had found a breakthrough in the treatment of psoriasis — the skin disease highlighted in the Singing Detective .
28 Well , after we sold about fifty thousand , Terence Stamp decided he did n't want to be on our cover so we got Morrissey to pose in the same position .
29 Years ago a young Somerset cricketer said he did n't know why he played this wretched game ‘ because I worry about it so much . ’
30 Both the nationalist Irish News and the middle-of-the-road Sunday News reported what happened .
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