Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [noun prp] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But why should Brandon Gough or Jim Butler want to play even part-time second fiddle to an Institute DG ? |
| 2 | I wonder whether the same view would apply if Neil Young or Van Morrison came knocking at the door . ’ |
| 3 | We feel called to help to equip people to function in the mission or ministry God has called them to . |
| 4 | De Gaulle was often depicted as a Don Quixote tilting at windmills or King Canute trying to turn back the waves , while the reality was that France was a middle-sized power with no prospect of returning to its Napoleonic glories . |
| 5 | ACCOUNTANT Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte has announced that from June 1 it will be known as Coopers & Lybrand . |
| 6 | Should partners in the Philippines or South Africa wish to hear something of current British practice I would be delighted to offer a presentation . |
| 7 | Anyway , there 's certainly no way I 'm going to start physio on him the way things are , or at least until you or Dr Grant have given him the OK . ’ |
| 8 | I notice that neither John Scales or Alan Kernaghan have moved clubs yet so there is still hope that we 'll purchase one of them . |
| 9 | But just where the money is does n't help Ousedale 's pupils or Alan Brown having to contemplate sending some of them home . |
| 10 | Imagine if Colette or Jane Austen or Dorothy Parker or Chaucer or Shakespeare or Marcel Proust had lived in a world without gossip ! |
| 11 | Burchell & Martin Booksellers has appointed David Gray general manager , sales , to integrate and develop the company 's sales strategy . |
| 12 | Eventually , either Mr Smith or Mr Jones had remarked : ‘ Are we not going on with the journey ? ’ |
| 13 | An inconclusive result could lead to several days of uncertainty , with either Mr Major or Mr Kinnock seeking to put together a government . |
| 14 | Now whether this is significant , er obviously it 's significant to people who live here er and who witness it , erm , er whether from a legal or highway point of view we are n't able to judge probably , er , does Mr Lingard or Mr Nun wish to show them |
| 15 | Once Sheila was securely set towards the civil service as well , as if out of weakness or guilt Moran began courting her with vague , tentative offers ; if she were desperate to go to university they could still look into ways of how it could be managed and they would try to manage it somehow no matter how hard it was . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't imagine Ben Elton or Robin Williams have considered early retiral quite yet , though . ’ |
| 17 | Recently , composer-conductors like Pierre Boulez or Oliver Knussen have cajoled orchestras into playing better than they ever knew how , by extending their technique , especially in contemporary repertoire . |
| 18 | In a bid to diversify their business G & J Weir decided to move into light engineering . |
| 19 | A liaison had been struck with Spanish designer Juan de la Cierva for G & J Weir to licence build his autogiros . |
| 20 | Quite a few are from the madrigal group , or people Tom 's got to know through it . ’ |
| 21 | It 's turning into the New Orleans of Europe here , the place where Terence Trent D'Arby comes to get real or Mike Scott comes to find community . |
| 22 | In the early days of Marcus 's retreat or illness Winifred had come regularly ; Bill had not , partly because " they " had said better to leave Marcus alone , partly because he disapproved of Daniel , the Church of England , Christianity and Stephanie 's burial of her talent amongst these things . |
| 23 | THE ADAMS FAMILY Bryan Adams & Keith Scott Having spent what seemed like most of last year topping the UK charts Bryan Adams is now a fully fledged megastar . |
| 24 | To be fair to the Tories , would Lady Whitelaw , Lady Howe or Lady Ridley have subjected themselves to the magazine make-over ? |
| 25 | I tried to imagine Ronald Reagan or Margaret Thatcher agreeing to submit themselves to a monthly grilling by members of the public , and failed . |
| 26 | Not even the legendary Fangio , Stirling Moss or Jackie Stewart had managed to match that . |
| 27 | The preliminary problem was that neither William I nor William Rufus had recognized any pope since the death of Gregory VII in 1085 , and it was still doubtful whether England would follow Germany in recognizing Clement III , or France in recognizing Urban II . |
| 28 | In short , this is a fine ‘ Wind in the Willows ’ for the 1990s ; but neither Mr Bennett nor Mr Milne has written the stage version for all time . |
| 29 | Mr Mynott said a radio had been playing loudly in the office from which he made the call , but neither Mr Major nor Mr Clarke appeared to notice . |
| 30 | Neither the last Capetians nor Philip VI wished to deprive the English kings of their French fief , but they intended to maintain their rights as overlords and in particular to hear appeals from the duchy in their own court . |