Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] do [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Russell J. then said that ‘ Mrs. Jones did sufficiently understand the general nature of the document ’ but repeated that ‘ the absence of independent advice is fatal to the claim . ’ |
| 2 | The sergeant wondered aloud whether Maggie Parkin did secretly believe in her husband 's guilt . |
| 3 | If Saint Winifred did indeed conceive and decree her departure with the wagon for Ramsey , and if a saint 's plans can not be disrupted by man , then surely she must also have willed all that happened after … the ambush by outlaws , the theft of the cart and team , the abandonment of the load , and with it , her reliquary , to be found by my tenants , and brought to me here . |
| 4 | Mr Customer Smith did however acquire a dubious reputation for dealing in prize goods . |
| 5 | Ray McGuinness did superbly to cut out a dangerous ball from Willy Nwukanma . |
| 6 | True , Mr Taylor does now appear to have safeguarded the contractual rights of players who soon will be working in the new League for their old employers . |
| 7 | During 1986 , Mr Scott did once enter the kitchen , and when he did not see his wife assumed she was visiting relatives . |
| 8 | United had one more chance six minutes before the end when Martin Foyle did well to turn on the ball ; in the edge of the penalty area he hit a shot low and hard towards the corner of the net but it just drifted wide of the far post and United 's chance had gone . |
| 9 | For the boys , Robert Chapman did well to win the bronze medal in the 1982 boys ' butterfly and Philip Traviss brought his bronze tally up to three with third place in the 1980 boys ' freestyle . |
| 10 | ‘ Nevertheless , I have come to the conclusion , after much hesitation , that Mr. O'Brien did falsely represent to her that the charge was limited to secure £60,000 and that it would be released in a short time , when the £60,000 had been raised by remortgage . |
| 11 | A dental specialist , Dr Bernard Sims , has told the court that if the original whack from Lenny McLean did indeed break Humphreys 's jaw , he would not have been able to speak coherently afterwards . |
| 12 | Stephen Pears did well to block Soloman 's shot but could do nothing to prevent Steve Butler tapping the ball into the open goal . |
| 13 | But in September there were obviously fresh instructions : ‘ The United States does now place a reservation upon all of its pre-Geneva substantive positions , ’ said the delegate . |
| 14 | Bouge De La do however have an act to follow . |
| 15 | Irish keeper Tommy Wright did well to shove over a fierce shot fired in by Altin Reaklli after just 30 seconds . |
| 16 | Stations like those at Atbara , Port Sudan , and El Obeid did indeed have the look of an English country or Scottish Highland station , with the building on an island platform , adorned with travel posters and fine lamps . |
| 17 | The team was regarded by many , including James Michener , as having a negative impact : ‘ I strongly suspect that the Harlem Globetrotters did more damage racially than they did good , because they deepened the stereotype of ‘ the loveable , irresponsible Negro ’ ’ ( 1976 , p.145 ) . |
| 18 | If Andrew Orkney does indeed lead over Anchor Bridge , jumps the last two obstacles cleanly and wins the great event it will be a story entirely appropriate to its ridiculously romantic pattern . |
| 19 | If it is the case that Hizir Bey did indeed hold a muftilik that , in effect , Fahreddin Acemi was Mufti in Edirne while Hizir Bey was mufti in Istanbul the situation might constitute a parallel to the earlier one of the possibly overlapping tenures of Molla Yegan in Bursa and Fahreddin Acemi in Edirne . |
| 20 | All Witney 's hard work was rewarded six minutes from time ; Mark Walton done brilliantly to keep the ball in play the slipped the ball back to Paul Lewis who crossed first time , and there was Steve Jenkins to head home and snatch a well-deserved point . |
| 21 | Six minutes later Cliff Powell also went close but Paul Whittington did well to tip the ball over . |
| 22 | With ten minutes to go , Paul Whittington did well to tip the ball over the Milton bar on two occasions as Lane pressed for the equaliser . |
| 23 | It hardly matters whether either of these stories is true , we know that cork was available , although not in France , and that Dom Pérignon did eventually use cork-stoppers for his wines , as corked bottles were dug up at Hautvillers when Moët & Chandon renovated the abbey in the late 1970s during its operations to turn it into a museum . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , Bishop Thomas does rather proceed like King Lear at times , and of course it 's tough on the family . |
| 25 | They came closest when stand-in striker Paul Warhurst turned to hit a volley that keeper Michael Serr did well to keep out . |
| 26 | Diego Maradona did most to restore Napoli to the top , creating headed goals ( 18 and 45 min ) for Andrea Carnevale and scoring a virtuoso third ( 84 ) . |
| 27 | I heard them no sooner I turned to walk away which I did after a brief moment 's hesitation when I wrestled with the foolish notion of somehow eliciting a confession out of the florid man that he was lying and that Leicester Square did indeed exist ; not realizing then that he was right , and that there really was no such place as Lei-cester Square . |