Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [adv] [verb] [noun prp] " 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 | ‘ Rather foolish of the IRB , would n't you say , ’ Carew went on calmly , addressing himself to Regan and plainly ignoring Harrison , ‘ entrusting their funds to a man who was imprisoned for embezzlement . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Liza was withdrawn and preoccupied , hardly able to converse with either her mother or Edna and almost ignoring Celia 's presence altogether . |
| 6 | The tradition of first playing for England and later becoming RFU president was continued by yet another pilot . |
| 7 | It was a very contrary thought ; after all , she had been so vague that last night together , making excuses to go back to England and honestly expecting Fernando to override them and come charging after her , exercising the caveman approach that a lot of women , in spite of their liberation , still craved — in this case Ruth , astonishingly , being one of them . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is splendid news that Mr Smith is able to renounce socialism and even better that Gordon Brown and Tony Blair and even wee Nigel Griffiths are going to pursue the ugly connections between Tory plutocrats and regulations that block the free market . |
| 10 | Well played Mills and well played Phillips at the other end . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Garvey needed to beat Bann and then hope Mark Sinnamon 's men would turn the tables on Holywood , so that they could force a play-off , but that scenario never looked likely . |
| 14 | The victory over the Galatians consolidated the state of Pergamum and probably provided Attalus I with the right occasion for declaring himself king . |
| 15 | As Oonagh Toffolo , who once nursed the Duke of Windsor and regularly visits Diana for sessions of acupuncture and meditation , observes : ‘ She is a prisoner of the system just as surely as any woman incarcerated in Holloway jail . ’ |
| 16 | Dr Hugh Dalton , MP for Peckham and later to become Attlee 's first Chancellor , had already been chosen to succeed Ben Spoor said to be an alcoholic in the Co Durham constituency . |
| 17 | In an affirmation of support to Palmer and Knowles they : ‘ Wholeheartedly and unreservedly support Manchester 's bid ’ and ‘ strongly urge International Olympic Committee members to decide in its favour . ’ |
| 18 | In an affirmation of support to Palmer and Knowles they : ‘ Wholeheartedly and unreservedly support Manchester 's bid ’ and ‘ strongly urge International Olympic Committee members to decide in its favour . ’ |
| 19 | The map gives some prominence to Lincoln and also names Lindsey ( meaning either the later Lindsey or possibly the county of Lincoln ) , and the map 's patron must have been just such a well-educated man with Lincolnshire connections as Richard de Bello , who was an MA . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Ron started his career by working in the laboratory of John Lyle & Co. at Fordneuk Street and also attended Kidderminster College . |
| 22 | Dave Cheshire and newly signed Steve Regeling , the team 's new captain , were happy to get through a difficult night without injury . |
| 23 | Perth 's What Every Woman Knows , directed by its new artistic director Andrew Mackinnon and also starring Andy Gray as the Scotsman on the make , John Shand , continues an association with Perth Theatre that began in 1955 . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | Other explorers with more time available can go down the slope to Ease Gill and there locate Leck Beck Head ; here all the streams that disappear underground on Leck Fell join those from Ease Gill in a return to daylight . |
| 26 | They took Rye and then attacked Winchelsea , but found it heavily defended by the Abbot of Battle . |
| 27 | Schwantz , a Texan who has never captured the title , picked up 16 points for third place on Sunday and now leads Rainey by five points with just two races left this season . |
| 28 | Erm that was Mark and Jeremy and unless somebody owns up they were pinging a dried pea at Lee and nearly hit Mr ! |
| 29 | Intrepidity maintained her unbeaten record in clear-cut fashion , striking the front a furlong out under Thierry Jarnet and comfortably holding Dancienne by a length . |
| 30 | They will follow in the footsteps of the celebrated William Johnston of Ballykilbeg and also visit Dolly 's Brae , site of the famous ‘ Twelfth ’ confrontation in 1849 . |