Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1987 , Nottinghamshire provided England with both openers in a Test name them . |
| 2 | Nine laps later , he was thirteenth ; at the halfway mark , eighth ; seventh came when Niki Lauda went off spectacularly ; sixth when he overtook a faltering Mike Hailwood ; fifth when on lap fifty-five he overtook Reutemann after many laps of cat and mouse with the Argentine , never an easy man to get by ; fourth , his finishing position , when his team-mate François Cevert gallantly waved him by . |
| 3 | They decided to move on to Muscle Bay , which provided Gould with few prizes . |
| 4 | Law consulted Lansdowne on all matters of importance , kept him informed of the progress of negotiations over Ulster , but found him difficult to convince of the merits of compromise . |
| 5 | They kissed Edouard on both cheeks , they patted him on the back , they looked at Isobel hard and long , and they seemed to approve of what they saw . |
| 6 | They pressed IBM on these issues and the company took over and worked the land of fifteen surrounding farms . |
| 7 | Kissed Jay on both cheeks . |
| 8 | Town hit Bournemouth with all guns blazing and took the lead after twenty-nine minutes . |
| 9 | Perhaps he saw Erik on those stairs , and wanted to help us . ’ |
| 10 | Willie Watson , 211 appearances for Sunderland and later player/manager at Halifax Town , was one of the few who represented England at both sports . |
| 11 | I knew Moore for many years and can testify that he was a master of lifelike representation . |
| 12 | Emotion overwhelmed Lou for several seconds . |
| 13 | So again , if A was tenant in tail , and B tenant in fee simple in reversion , the failure of A's issue at his death , or at any later time , would vest the fee simple in possession in whatever person then represented B. In such cases ownership , we may say , was cut up into lengths called estates . |
| 14 | ( Oh , by the way , I never saw Agrippa at these banquets . |
| 15 | ‘ Keep your bloody voices down , ’ hissed Zack on several occasions . |
| 16 | Only Haynes and Logie put up much resistance and 154 all out , with conditions improving all the time , presented England with few problems ; had the situation been reversed , one knew that West Indies would have won by eight or nine wickets , but English fans were happy enough to have six still in hand . |
| 17 | Fifteen months later , under the pretext that the English had broken the truce , the French invaded Normandy from several directions . |
| 18 | Everyone then retired to the Clubhouse for some apres golf where this year 's Captain , Dugald Ferguson presented Eddie with both trophies . |
| 19 | They made most of the running ; created all the chances and had Millwall in all sorts of trouble . |
| 20 | Harris fell foul of Heston 's neurosis about actors who arrive late on the set , and found himself being reprimanded by the man who personified Moses to most moviegoers . |
| 21 | Between 4.30 and 9 a.m. every day a dozen fish trains left Grimsby for all parts of the country . |
| 22 | We left Reine with many memories and hopes of correctly exposed emulsion . |
| 23 | This system suited Ferdinand in several ways : it was relatively cheap : it gave defence against small border raids and a trip-wire to provide early warning against major invasions ; it also broke the power of the remaining Croatian noble houses , which had survived the massacre of Krbavsko Polje ; and it might provide a corps of Kaisertreu troops in case of trouble from rebellious Hungarian magnates . |
| 24 | ‘ You know Charles had Paul round several times recently , usually on Thursday evenings . |
| 25 | The Colonial Office asked Ridgeway for more details , including a transcript of the trial testimony . |