Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had always pitied Kathleen and never liked Cormac , who had not tried to protect his sister , but now as she lay awake at night she saw him for what he was : a pitiable victim of his mother 's obsession . |
| 2 | A month later , the NATO Council met in Lisbon and surprisingly ignored US atomic capabilities . |
| 3 | Furthermore , William of Jumièges was probably writing in the 1050s , after Edward the Confessor had promised the English throne to Robert 's son William , and it was fairly clearly this which led him to repeat Dudo of St Quentin 's story of the English king who entered into a pact with the Normans and later received Rollo 's assistance against rebels , to include accounts of Anglo-Norman relations in the days of Æthelred and Cnut , and to end his description of Cnut 's conquest of England and marriage to Emma by stating that he had wished to explain King Edward 's origins to those who were ignorant of them . |
| 4 | About ten members toured the reed bed scheme at Billingham and later had discussions about local environmental improvement programmes . |
| 5 | On waking I had a look at Nigel and then telephoned Alan , to find out when he would be ready to drive him to the crematorium mortuary . |
| 6 | H. B. Silverman and M. J. Dunbar watched narwhals off Baffin Island and repeatedly saw males cross their tusks and strike them against each other . |
| 7 | He started his tour in Cantyre and only saw Islay from " the lumbering old coach which still runs between Campbeltown and Tarbert " and dismisses it in a single page of material which he could have taken from anywhere . |
| 8 | He started his tour in Cantyre and only saw Islay from " the lumbering old coach which still runs between Campbeltown and Tarbert " and dismisses it in a single page of material which he could have taken from anywhere . |
| 9 | The victory over the Galatians consolidated the state of Pergamum and probably provided Attalus I with the right occasion for declaring himself king . |
| 10 | Owers played his first full game for three months in the derby win over Middlesbrough and then gave boss Malcolm Crosby a welcome cup final headache . |
| 11 | Now , I must confess I had n't seen much of Mr Wogan before I met him because , when I got my television set at Low Birk Hatt , Richard Megstone , the nice young gentleman who looked after the Youth Hostel in Baldersdale and kindly took care of my electrical things , said I had a choice — either BBC1 or Channel 4 . |
| 12 | Lucinda Craig Harvey , who shared a house in London with Sarah and later employed Diana as a cleaner for 1 an hour , first met her prospective charlady during a cricket match at Althorp . |
| 13 | The two German drivers and their load had been booked to sail with Sealink and then tried P & O. |
| 14 | Ron started his career by working in the laboratory of John Lyle & Co. at Fordneuk Street and also attended Kidderminster College . |
| 15 | Dave Cheshire and newly signed Steve Regeling , the team 's new captain , were happy to get through a difficult night without injury . |
| 16 | He grinned at Rain and Mona and happily promised Eliot : ‘ You 're going to love this one , I reckon we 've got it right this time . ’ |
| 17 | They took Rye and then attacked Winchelsea , but found it heavily defended by the Abbot of Battle . |
| 18 | she had guessed Taczek had not told her the whole truth of his relationship with Mills but now had confirmation . |
| 19 | They were as relaxed as you 'd expect a couple of dogs to be in the midday sun in the West Indies and clearly had life exactly as they wanted it . |
| 20 | United owed much to goalkeeper Rees , who had earlier saved superbly from Holden and later denied Adams , first with a block with his feet then by kicking over a dipping effort from the right . |
| 21 | Such hopes had been encouraged when a United States delegation visited Islamabad and New Delhi and apparently offered US services ( including satellite information ) to ensure a balanced troop pull-back from the LAC . |
| 22 | Intended as a rough and ready hang-out , where Rourke and other tinseltown bikers could wear their leather and bandannas , it was actually situated in an upscale Beverly Hills mall , and was forced to close when locals complained about the noise made by those big Harleys and equally outsized Hollywood egos . |
| 23 | The delegation , which was led by Faisal al-Husseini and also included Elias Freij and Maher al-Masri , presented Baker with an 11-point statement emphasising other things that the PLO was the " sole , legitimate leadership " of the Palestinians . |
| 24 | He greeted Corbett warmly , ensured that the garron was safely returned to its stable in Inverkeithing and then rowed Corbett out across the Forth . |
| 25 | She felt a thousand miles away from the gentle professor , who used to cross out the expletives in Sheridan and even bowdlerized Macbeth . |
| 26 | I returned to Britain and just shook hands with a very nervous Clifford Mamba . |
| 27 | In 1882 he joined Tangye Ltd. in Birmingham and soon became head of the lifting machinery department and an expert in hydraulically operated machinery . |
| 28 | Oil slicks in Alaska and elsewhere helped Vikoma , the group 's environmental cleaning equipment manufacturer , which specialises in separating oil from water , and although Salvesen brick , is suffering in the second half from a 30 to 40 per cent cut in demand as housebuilding nosedives , the first half was prosperous and full year trading profit should be on a level with 1988 , says finance director Brian Fidler . |
| 29 | ‘ I spoke to Edwards about Bull and so did Stan Flashman , but Alex Ferguson tells me Martin Edwards did n't speak to either of us because he was with him all afternoon . |
| 30 | Then he named them , along with Liverpool 's Rob Jones and still injured John Barnes , as the five he believed might embellish further an encouraging performance by a Paul Gascoigne-inspired England . |