Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SOC government had been set to release some 400 political detainees and POWs on Jan. 3 but the move had been cancelled after Fresard denounced it as " a pure propaganda piece " . |
| 2 | This theory holds that , although human society originated as Freud described it in Totem and Taboo , subsequent social evolution led to repetitions and expansion of that primal trauma which , although on a smaller scale than the original one , nevertheless share something of its traumatic nature and crucial consequences — particularly for the subsequent evolution of the superego . |
| 3 | First , the curt instruction to make a mayonnaise ‘ a la main ’ , though this proved much easier than expected when Eric started us off with three egg yolks and a healthy dollop of strong French mustard ( tip of the year for this amateur chef ) before adding the first drop of oil . |
| 4 | Cos he used to go shooting there and and they went in there and they should n't of done because Michael told them I 'd taken meadows back and he sa , he said when Tony told them , they , they 'd been there shooting he said well they 're , they 're out of bounds ! |
| 5 | Wishart was waiting for him , sitting behind his long , polished table almost as if he had not moved since Corbett saw him last . |
| 6 | For a minute or two all conversation was silenced while Kalchu bounced him on his lap and muttered softly through his screaming . |
| 7 | The film director said a threat was made after Mia discovered he was having an affair with her adopted daughter . |
| 8 | Balcha only accepted after Tafari suggested he should bring with him as many men as he pleased . |
| 9 | It still has to be decided whether IBM sells it or how to avoid confusing users because of IBM 's ties to Apple . |
| 10 | There was a crunch , and the truck jerked as Jekub hit it . |
| 11 | Billy brayed with laughter at something Sooty had said as Yanto joined them . |
| 12 | Jinny was paralysed until Keith prodded her and she choked out the first words . |
| 13 | ‘ You did n't ask , you did n't want to be told until Florian convinced you that there 'd never been anything between us . |
| 14 | Before Joseph can take any action , however , he is told in a dream , by the ‘ Angel of the Lord ’ , that the child is to be born because God wishes it . |
| 15 | Polly kept her head bent while Nathan helped her into her safety harness . |
| 16 | They were finally rewarded when Wadforth fired them in front from a short corner but they momentarily relaxed and Pelicans replied almost immediately with a well-worked move from a long corner which caught out the defence . |
| 17 | You know about the key , Lily ? — I 've found where Ma keeps it — ‘ |
| 18 | That one 's a bit burnt cos Bernie left it on top of the cooker Where 's the dog ? |
| 19 | Hobson 's work is mainly remembered because Lenin used it to construct his own , quite distinct , theory of imperialism . |
| 20 | ( Peter should have remembered because Howley sent him a six word telegram before his own big day . |
| 21 | The political influence of the other major radical figure , Hojatolislam Ali Akbar Mohtashemi , was drastically reduced when Rafsanjani removed him from the post of Interior Minister in his Cabinet reshuffle of August 1989 , following his election as President [ see pp. 36859-60 ] . |
| 22 | The future of Lothar and his supporters was settled when Louis met them at Blois in September : The emperor sat in his pavilion which was set up in the middle of a wide field on a hill where the whole army could see him , and his faithful sons [ Pippin and Louis ] stood beside him . |
| 23 | Leo had chuckled when Barbara told him the story of Hubert 's conversion . |
| 24 | More controversy followed when Leeds showed him the door following an incident at a North Wales training camp . |
| 25 | The problem , for instance , of Pound 's admiration for Brancusi , and of how that fits or does not fit with his other proclivities and principles , can not for much longer be left where Alexander leaves it . |
| 26 | Nothing was allowed unless Felipe allowed it , and Ana came to her room some twenty minutes later , all dressed for riding . |
| 27 | Bryson , 23 , was signed after Wessels recommended him to Geoff Arnold when the Surrey coach was in South Africa in February . |
| 28 | The Office continues with a description of a relapse of Margaret 's illness from which she was cured when Rolle promised her that she should never again suffer from it as long as he was alive . |
| 29 | This claim was widely debated because Malthus used it to suggest that poverty and starvation were inevitable . |
| 30 | Scarcely had he begun when Claverhouse ordered him to rise and when he did so , 6 soldiers were ordered to shoot him . |