Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sprinter Linford Christie joins Frank Bruno in the ranks of MBEs . |
| 2 | She stood in the hazy light cast by the bulb in the ceiling , looking uncomfortable and angry , as she phoned Eddy Russell of the Drugs Squad with the information about Della Torre and the lorry due to arrive at Dover the next day . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been expecting it ever since I heard that they found Uncle Mosse underneath the floorboards . |
| 4 | If there was any other way without keeping Mr Gomorro in the cells we would have done so . |
| 5 | Author Bill Bryson joins Philip Howard of The Times and Katharine Whitehorn of The Observer to explore the eccentricities of English . |
| 6 | He coached Arsenal to the Double , helped guide England to the semi-finals of the World Cup and is acknowledged as one of the supreme tacticians in European football . |
| 7 | Prologue to an era Perth Theatre 's new director is keen to build on its success , writes Allen Wright Among the traditions he is determined to uphold is Perth 's grand pantomime , to which Walter Carr will return next Christmas |
| 8 | Reid , playing in a slightly changed side having dropped Michael Sheron to the substitutes ' bench , was unhappy about an earlier , seemingly accidental , challenge on Niall Quinn by Phil Whelan . |
| 9 | Hendry was nowhere near his best in the afternoon session but with Wattana , who beat Jimmy White in the semi-finals also making mistakes , Hendry was able to go into the interval with a narrow 4-3 lead . |
| 10 | United , even if they have sold Strachan and Whiteside , still have Hughes , who scores goals Roy of the Rovers only dreamed about . |
| 11 | Maybe it was because I 'd seen Ronnie Lane of The Faces — who was my hero at that age — wearing a pair on TV . |
| 12 | Nothing is unrelated to health , ’ says Carola Caribe of the Women 's Permanent Workshop ( Taller Permanente de la Mujer ) in Argentina . |
| 13 | We had met Ms Keir at the offices of MVTR , where she seemed to be having trouble with her tape machines . |
| 14 | ‘ 1992 has been an exciting year , ’ says Michael Morse of The Dolls House in Covent Garden . |
| 15 | He interrupted Mr. Hallworth with the words , ‘ Why the hell do n't you get on with what you are paid to do and witness her signature ? ’ |
| 16 | Frome has already expressed his willingness to help Mrs Crumwallis with the refreshments . |
| 17 | Second seed Amanda Coetzer of South Africa joined Martina Navratilova on the sidelines when she was beaten 7–6 6–2 by 17 year-old American Chanda Rubin . |
| 18 | My Government will continue to administer Hong Kong in the interests of its people and to cooperate in implementing the Sino-British Joint Declaration . |
| 19 | Kenneth Fulcher demanded to know where his wife was and confronted Kevin Leonard on the stairs of his home . |
| 20 | For those who fancy an afternoon off the unbeaten track , Eccleshall visit Eastwood Hanley in the Potteries tomorrow . |
| 21 | Aged nine , I joined the library and was introduced by a boy called Sid Staveley to the photographs in Lord Russell of Liverpool 's The Scourge of the Swastika , a bulging book bound in jaundiced polythene which was kept in the adult section . |
| 22 | Higher taxes could well sink Mr Kaifu with the voters : a 3% consumption tax in 1989 lost the ruling party the upper house . |
| 23 | Above and beyond all else , the visible presence of communist ideology , Aragon insisted , released Antoine Bloye from the limitations of naturalism and projected the novel into the sphere of socialist realism . |
| 24 | On alternate Sundays , it was Jonna 's habit to walk across the moor , having crossed Hodge Beck by the stepping-stones , and go to tea at the Braytons ' house . |
| 25 | Charles was gazetted Second Lieutenant in June 1939 and not many weeks afterwards he and Clarissa were embarrassed to encounter Charity Rainham outside the flats . |
| 26 | Ivanisevic will meet Michael Chang in the semi-finals after Chang 's 6-3 , 6-4 defeat of Czechoslovakia 's Petr Korda last night . |
| 27 | Yellow card : The Takeover Panel has rapped Michael Knighton on the knuckles for pulling out of his £20m bid for Manchester United . |
| 28 | THE TAKEOVER Panel has rapped Michael Knighton on the knuckles for his failure to see his £20m bid for Manchester United football club through . |
| 29 | I was forced to put Micky Deere between the posts and the referee 's insistence that he remove his bi-focals meant he was two fathoms below useless . |
| 30 | He only asked the vicar not to use Hail Marys with the Stations . |