Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was symbolized in 1908 when the World Sunday School Association held its sixth conference in Washington , under the presidency of F. B. Meyer , the Baptist who succeeded Newman Hall as minister of Christ Church , Westminster Bridge Road . |
| 2 | When President Kennedy met Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna in 1961 , the soviet leader scoffed at the Shah . |
| 3 | He became director of the Manchester City Art Galleries 1945–52 , and remained there until he succeeded Ellis Waterhouse as director of the National Gallery of Scotland 1952–70 . |
| 4 | In his Life he made William X of Aquitaine protest against Louis 's meddling in the Auvergne , with the words : ‘ If the count of Auvergne has committed any fault , it is my duty to present him at your court on your order , because he holds the Auvergne of me as I hold it of you . ’ |
| 5 | He expected William Temple to back Henson and was grieved to find that his hero was weak because he refused to stand up and fight . |
| 6 | I asked Roger Mortlock from Oxaid why the leaflet was so explicit . |
| 7 | I asked Roger Pawsey of Cants , Mark Mattock , Gareth Fryer , Ken Grapes of the Royal National Rose Society and Robert Harkness , five of the country 's leading rose experts , to name their personal choice of the most highly scented hybrid teas and floribundas . |
| 8 | Sealy died in 1813 , and Eleanor Coade appointed William Croggon as manager . |
| 9 | Khan met King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on Oct. 4 . |
| 10 | En route to taking the waters in western Europe , the tsar met General Nazimov at Vil'na and learned that the gentry of the north-western provinces remained keen on freeing their serfs . |
| 11 | On March 17 , Mamedov appointed Rakhim Gasiyev as Defence Minister . |
| 12 | He also led MCC teams to New Zealand ( 1960–61 ) and North America ( 1959 and 1967 ) . |
| 13 | Diana met Sarah Ferguson through polo , and they became firm friends |
| 14 | He profited initially from exports of English wool through Calais , and he remained heavily involved there : he was mayor of the Staple in 1552 , 1555 ( when he entertained King Philip of Spain in the city ) , and 1558 . |
| 15 | Others exist in the hillfort which became Dolebury Warren outside Bristol , and a fine earthwork example , all of 15 centimetres ( 6 inches ) high , remains on Minchinhampton Common near Stroud in Gloucestershire . |
| 16 | SCARBOROUGH manager Ray McHale last night re-signed Ian Ironside from Middlesbrough to solve the club 's goalkeeping crisis . |
| 17 | On Jan. 25 Havel appointed Jozef Baksay from Public Against Violence ( PAV ) as Minister of Foreign Trade , a post which had been vacant since the death of Slavomir Stracar in August 1990 [ see p. 37737 ] . |
| 18 | To keep you up to date with the story so far : Katabatic first met Waterloo Boy over fences in the Captain Morgan Chase at Aintree in April 1990 , the pair finishing third and fourth behind Nohalmdun . |
| 19 | When it first opened , it sold Molson Ale on draught , which is not a bad drink at all . |
| 20 | Mind you , Ralph did go the whole hog with it : he got Gaby Sturmer as PR doing photographs and write-ups and turned out some lovely leaflets . |
| 21 | Some time ago Pat Gaudin asked DSPG Members for details of any task/ standing groups with which they were involved , in order to prepare a comprehensive register . |
| 22 | On a lighter note , if the ‘ body ’ got David Mellor into trouble , we now have a new Minister for Culture ( called National Heritage ) . |
| 23 | One may now reconsider the evidence about the death of Fahreddin Acemi since it is common ground amongst the writers connected with the later tradition that Molla Husrev succeeded Fahreddin Acemi as Mufti . |
| 24 | The World Council of Churches , the association of Protestant and Orthodox Christian churches around the world , elected Konrad Raiser as its new General Secretary on Aug. 24 ; a German national and professor of systematic theology at the Ruhr University in Bochum , Raiser succeeded Emilio Castro of Uruguay . |
| 25 | There are other examples that underline the folly of this increasingly popular practice : Alec Stewart 's average in Tests in which he has picked up the gauntlets lags behind that of Jack Russell ; Richard Blakey 's batting has gone into reverse since he succeeded David Bairstow at Yorkshire . |
| 26 | When ITT in I 986 agreed to be merged into CGE-Alcatel , there were fully , or majority , owned ITT subsidiaries in West Germany , Belgium , Italy , Spain , Austria , The Netherlands , Denmark , Norway , Sweden , Switzerland , Australia and Portugal . |
| 27 | ‘ Are we not to help the survivors ? ’ asked Miss Logan in perplexity . |
| 28 | Three days later King Bhumibol effectively legitimized the coup when he formally appointed Gen. Sunthorn as NPKC head . |
| 29 | On Feb. 19 , Chatichai , already aware that the military were plotting against him , appointed Gen. Arthit as Deputy Defence Minister . |
| 30 | On his first day in charge , he sold Andy Ritchie to Motherwell . |