Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had given Arabella Buckley a quick glance then . |
| 2 | Auerbach had previously heard Minton give a Sketch-Club criticism at St Martin 's School of Art . |
| 3 | Peru had strongly denounced the US invasion , and had joined Venezuela , Colombia and Mexico in calling for early elections to be held . |
| 4 | Third placed Middlesbrough are playing two spinners . |
| 5 | Adrian Hadley , Salford 's £120,000 winger , has joined Widnes in a swap deal for Great Britain under-21 forward Jason Critchley and utility man Steve Wynne . |
| 6 | Although Miyazawa denied that his faction had received Kyowa money , he was pressed by the opposition to explain his role in the affair . |
| 7 | When they were blindfolded Zack entered the cellar , with two men behind him . |
| 8 | Experience had taught Stirling that the RAF were generally much more co-operative about supplying him with reliable intelligence . |
| 9 | During the rebellion both Rent and Norfolk had given Mortimer grounds for doubting their loyalty . |
| 10 | Then , by pure chance — but seeing it as an act of providence — she had heard Lin Foh call down for an early supper , for him and his CI5 guardian . |
| 11 | They 've already given Calibra pride of place in their showrooms . |
| 12 | Yardley was proud that he was one of the few bowlers who could claim to have dismissed Bradman three times in Tests . |
| 13 | Yardley , a second- or third-change bowler throughout his career , was rightly proud to be one of the very few who could claim to have dismissed Bradman thrice in Test matches . |
| 14 | Among them was Abdelaziz Bouteflika , who had served as Foreign Minister for 16 years , Belaid Abdessalam , a former Energy Minister who had publicly criticized Chadli 's energy policy , and Kasdi Merbah , the previous Prime Minister . |
| 15 | The advantage of this form of development is highlighted by the success of the recently floated Wetherspoon Organisation , where from a portfolio of 44 trading units , 28 have been developed from unlicensed property and a further 18 sites have yet to be converted . |
| 16 | So the very act of searching became symbolic of the drastic changes that have recently shaken Bolivia . |
| 17 | Having worked his way through the Spartan mill of St. Cyr , he opted to join the newly formed Chasseurs Alpins . |
| 18 | Steve Stoutt , Grimsby 's defender , has joined Lincoln for £10,000 and plays today . |
| 19 | They had arranged March for the wedding . |
| 20 | HAD GENERAL Manuel Noriega been overthrown by rebel troops , it would have meant the end of a two-year political crisis that has wrecked Panama 's economy and brought political embarrassment and frustration to the United States . |
| 21 | Their father , John Wordsworth , a law-agent in Cockermouth , sent Dorothy to be brought up in Halifax by a relative , and before long had enrolled William in a boarding-school at Hawkshead . |
| 22 | Pedro Gomez had sensed Trent 's unease prior to their sailing . |
| 23 | When Connery decided to hang up his licence to kill and super-spy toupee after five successive 007 epics , the producers Cubby Broccolli and Harry H Saltzman chose Big Fry man George Lazenby from Australia as the actor who best filled Ian Fleming 's description of Commander Bond ( save for the Australian accent ) . |
| 24 | Her recent television credits include leads in the series Buccaneer , The Professionals , The Consultant , Into the Labyrinth , Lytton 's Diary , Magnum , Seagull Island , and her film credits include The First Great Train Robbery , The Bitch , Morecambe and Wise 's Night Train to Murder , Miss Moneypenny in Never Say Never Again , Universal City , After Darkness , and she has just completed Salome , playing Herodias . |
| 25 | It was not to be , for although we were all keyed up like first violins , having heard Churchill 's great ‘ Their finest hour ’ speech on June 15th with les soldats Francaises listening as well , Whitehall had decided that better arrangements had to be made for children than care in one of the best London hospitals . |
| 26 | Mr Fitzwater reiterated President Bush 's denial earlier in the day that the United States , which has indicted General Noriega on drug trafficking charges and has been seeking to oust him for nearly two years , had initiated the revolt . |
| 27 | Born on 27 January , 1756 ( the feast of St John Chrysostom ) , in a house on the Getreidegasse , the boy was christened Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus . |
| 28 | Further food for thought : Cohen Griffith , the winger Kettering signed for £3,000 from Leicester United last season , has joined Cardiff for 20 times that amount ; the GM Vauxhall Conference leaders Darlington will defend a 10-match unbeaten start , the best in the competition 's 10 years , tomorrow at Enfield ; and Dunstable have withdrawn from the FA Cup following the 38th-minute abandonment of the tie with Staines when what was left of their team walked off after the dismissal of three colleagues . |
| 29 | Sudanese radio reported on June 25 that the interim administration in Ethiopia had given SPLA forces based there a deadline ( unspecified ) before which they had either to disarm or to leave Ethiopian territory . |
| 30 | Roger Alwen , the club 's joint owner , said : ‘ We have given Greenwich the opportunity to lead British football into the 21st century . |