Example sentences of "[verb] john [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three minutes later he brilliantly beat three men and found John Van ‘ t Schip , whose low shot was deflected away by the desperate boot of Jeff Hopkins . |
| 2 | On arrival at Dale Fort Field Centre ( overlooking Milford Haven ) in 1963 , I found John Barrett 's staff using a project on their A-level biology courses involving the comparison of dog-whelk shells from exposed and sheltered shores . |
| 3 | Anne found John Redmond beside her , gazing intently at her but only talking about dancing . |
| 4 | He fled to the prop-room , where he found John Harbour and Babs , huddled whispering round the fire with Freddie Reynalde . |
| 5 | On 27th November 1974 , on a Complaint by the Council of the Law Society of Scotland , the Solicitors ' Discipline ( Scotland ) Committee found John Duncan Haward Soper , Solicitor , 48 Great King Street , Edinburgh , guilty of professional misconduct in respect of his failure to discharge his joint and several responsibility along with his former partner to keep proper books of a trust and in respect of his failure to comply with the provisions of Rule 4 ( 1 ) ( a ) of the Solicitors ' ( Scotland ) Accounts Rules , 1952 , as amended . |
| 6 | for instance , in May 1987 it found John Craven of phoenix Securities to be the new chief executive of Morgan Grenfell , another assignment on behalf of Sir Peter Carey , who has since moved from the Department of Trade to become chairman of this major merchant bank . |
| 7 | But she did not need John Major to tell her what was going on . |
| 8 | It is said to have included John Buchan . |
| 9 | Another quite common occurrence would be : A : Do you know John Smith ? |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a legendary Blue Peter challenge , ’ said Anthea , who joins John Leslie and Diane-Louise Jordan on the programme next week . |
| 11 | More probably , however , Cordoba is yet another potential champion from Michael Stoute 's Newmarket production line , an opinion the son of El Gran Senor can underline by galloping off with today 's Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket , writes John Karter . |
| 12 | THE MISSING link reappears at Goodwood this afternoon in the shape of Ile De Nisky ( 2.45 ) , the horse who represents the prime piece of evidence in the argument over the comparative merits of Nashwan and Old Vic , writes John Karter . |
| 13 | THE GASH sustained by Carroll House after he proved himself a cut above the rest of Europe in Sunday 's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe looked a lot less serious than had been feared when Britain 's new equine hero was examined on his return to Newmarket yesterday , writes John Karter . |
| 14 | ‘ TOMORROW the world ’ may be the case for Sheikh Mohammed this weekend when his horses seek global domination in big races in the United States , France and Italy , writes John Karter . |
| 15 | England Under-15s will be looking for better finishing when they play Northern Ireland in a Victory Shield international at the Goldstone Ground , Brighton , tonight , writes John Price . |
| 16 | THE European Community Cross Country Cup competition comes to Britain this weekend for the first time , with races at Hartsdown Park in Margate tomorrow , writes John Rodda . |
| 17 | LIBERAL Democrats on Sheffield City Council are asking to be told about the financial state of GB Universiade , the company organising the World Student Games in 1991 , writes John Rodda . |
| 18 | ‘ TUNES FROM pop 's age of innocence , ’ writes John Peel , ‘ visited by a charabanc-load of brawling E-generation brats . ’ |
| 19 | DESMOND DOUGLAS , 36 , a legend in British table tennis over the past decade has moved up a place to No 3 on the new England men 's ranking list , writes John Woodford . |
| 20 | THE SENDER of the letter threatening Luca Cumani with violence unless he saddles the heavily backed Shellac in Saturday 's Cambridgeshire will have been appeased , temporarily at least , by the fact that the colt was one of 42 horses declared yesterday at the five-day stage for the race , writes John Cobb . |
| 21 | KEVIN BROCK is keeping his fingers crossed that Newcastle 's reserve match at Aston Villa tonight is n't a victim of the weather , writes John Wardle . |
| 22 | BULGARIAN Nikolai Todorov will put 5,000 on the gate when he goes on trial tonight for Middlesbrough , writes John Wardle . |
| 23 | DAVY Mills is on his way ‘ home ’ to Glentoran , writes John Laverty . |
| 24 | More than 20 teams , ranging from under-12s to under-18s , will be involved , writes John Mason . |
| 25 | The 30-strong party will be announced on Monday , writes John Mason . |
| 26 | FRANK BUNCE , an outstanding World Cup centre for Western Samoa last October , is one of three new caps in New Zealand 's team for the first of three centennial season Tests in a week against a World XV , writes John Mason . |
| 27 | Amid much grand talk about the dawn of a new era , an assorted bunch of international players , only some of whom are world-class , set out tomorrow to add to New Zealand 's miseries by ruining a 100th birthday party , writes John Mason . |
| 28 | LUTON could , once again , avoid relegation to Division Two if they improve their ‘ horrific ’ away form , according to manager David Pleat , writes John Ley . |
| 29 | LONDON — A group of prominent white South Africans , including Wimpie de Klerk , brother of President FW de Klerk , began a series of meetings with the banned African National Congress in Britain yesterday , writes John Bulloch . |
| 30 | IN A CHANGE of policy designed to help bring about a ceasefire in Angola , John Major , the Foreign Secretary , will today hold talks with Jonas Savimbi , the leader of the Unita rebels , writes John Bulloch . |