Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | The RSPCA decided he had abandoned the fish when he left his home in Alwyn Road , Maidenhead , Berkshire to run a pub for a friend . |
2 | The Pentagon said it knew of 59 dead and 66 wounded , and of 1,500 prisoners from the 6,000-strong Panamanian Defence Force . |
3 | The Albert Dock was constructed in 1881 ; extending from the Victoria Dock it completed a water channel across the whole of the southern promontory . |
4 | Meanwhile , the Vatican said it had accepted an unprecedented Chinese invitation to send a top official to Peking to attend a sports ceremony this weekend and meet government officials . |
5 | The DoE believed it had the decision to join the 30 per cent Club ‘ in the bag ’ and briefed journalists to that effect . |
6 | The DoE said it considered the road to be ‘ capable of carrying the existing and projected traffic volumes for the foreseeable future ’ . |
7 | Now there is a waiting list of would-be residents for vacancies in existing houses or in new ones , and parents in Providence , Rhode Island , have asked the Wizanskys to help them set up a similar scheme . |
8 | But his career all but ended that August day in 1967 when the MCC announced he 'd been suspended from bowling suspected of throwing for the rest of the season . |
9 | The S.M.O. said you had been a very good night special in Hope . |
10 | The CSO cautioned it regarded comparisons of the volume figures as distorted by the impact of the dock strike on August and September returns . |
11 | It has never been used for that purpose , although Sir Anthony Eden contemplated invoking it for government propaganda during the Suez crisis , and during the Falklands recapture it provided the legal basis for the Government 's use of BBC transmitters on Ascension Island to beam propaganda broadcasts at Argentina . |
12 | As Minton 's relationship with the Roberts deteriorated he began to gather round him a gang of male students at Camberwell who became known as ‘ Johnny 's Circus ’ . |
13 | The UVF denied he had any connection with it . |
14 | She was admitted on a Tuesday , and her husband and son visiting her on the Friday found she 'd had no food in that time . |
15 | According to police , the Macleans said they had no objection to the film , as long as they were n't involved . |
16 | At the Washington talks it had been agreed to postpone the summit meeting between Gorbachev and President Bush scheduled for Feb. 11-13 . |
17 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
18 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
19 | In the December issue we asked readers what they considered to be their most treasured possessions in the home and whether they preferred to use or admire them . |
20 | The Seagate drives I used for this article required 2 jumper connections made on the master drive , and all the connectors removed from the slave drive … |
21 | In the February issue I warned you that I was going to bite the bullet and buy a real computer . |
22 | The ANC said it had agreed to a ceasefire , nothing more . |
23 | PHIL NEAL ( right ) and the England bosses he played for Robson ( above ) , Revie ( inset above ) , and Greenwood ( top ) |
24 | In 1976 , the Smithsonian supported a scientist for 16 months on the island of Aldabra in the Seychelles to study what appeared to be a static population of goat . |
25 | The trucks were meanwhile waiting in freezing weather and a UNHCR spokeswoman said the Serbs insisted they had orders from General Ratko Mladic , military chief of the rebel Serbs , to stop the trucks passing . |
26 | A neighbour of the Reillys said they lived like hermits . |
27 | For instance if the policyholder is a married man with two young children and the value of the claim is $100 for the family , then to deduct four excesses would mean that the corporation would not make any payment for an incident where the Policyholder thought he had taken out cover . |
28 | In foreign policy first priority was given to implementing that part of the Geneva accords which provided for elections throughout Vietnam , originally scheduled for July 1956 . |
29 | When I went through the Blackfriars underpass I felt as though I had been hit by a brick , ’ she said . |
30 | The Shah said he wanted the French to keep Khomeini ; if he went to Syria or Lybia he would be even more dangerous . |