Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun prp] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rock ‘ n ’ rail Some months before the troubles developed in East Germany , one of the world 's more arcane organisations , the Ireland-German Democratic Friendship Society , announced plans to celebrate in Dublin the 40th birthday of their comrades ' dictatorship in the East . |
| 2 | According to G.B.S. the last thing of importance that had happened in this agricultural community was , perhaps , the Flood . |
| 3 | We 'll stay put in old West Ken , ’ but Oliver had seen it all , and I came to America the first time on May 25th . |
| 4 | But he made it clear when he arrived in Perth the next day that he disagreed with Marsh 's sacking , an interesting observation given that the players ' code of behaviour specifically states that they are not permitted to comment on selection decisions . |
| 5 | Giap arrived in Beijing the next day , the first high-ranking Vietnamese official to visit China openly since CPV general secretary Le Duan visited in late 1977 [ see p. 28913 ] . |
| 6 | Phat struck the motionless corpse of the coolie who had died beside Hoc a third time before he realized that the wretched man had passed forever beyond pain and productive labor . |
| 7 | A Dunbartonshire gentleman attached to the Duke of Montrose became involved in what he described as ‘ a foolish ploy [ which ] happened at Glasgow the first day at the Circuit held ther with some of our friends & Barrowfields , wher we were all fyned ’ . |
| 8 | I think he would have tore into Russell the next second , with his fists or his revolver , but now the Spencer was levelled at his belly ; almost touching it . |
| 9 | As 8,000 refugees escaped into Croatia the last bridge was blown up . |
| 10 | The first person says a name and place beginning with A. The second person says one beginning with B and so on . |
| 11 | We 're hoping to say with on Thursday night , and then Friday & Saturday I will be at Hanbury Manor ( what a hardship ! ) , sharing with Heather the first night and Auntie the second . |
| 12 | Susanna married Dr John Hall in June , 1607 , and Will 's granddaughter Elizabeth was born in February the next year . |
| 13 | My two weeks VR training finished , I returned to Blackpool the next day to start putting on the Ice Show at the famous Pleasure Beach — quite a change ! |
| 14 | If she could fit in a few days ' break in order to attend the wedding in Andorra she would , she promised , and Peter returned to Rocamar the next day , leaving Sarella to close one chapter of her life and get on with the next . |
| 15 | Charles 's success in landing a job provoked in Robyn the first twinge of jealousy , the first spasm of pique , to mar their relationship . |
| 16 | This meant many of the staff could be travelling for days on end , racing against deadlines , and , just when they were at their most exhausted , might receive a summons to fly to France the next day , which usually meant leaving at 5.30 am . |
| 17 | Despite the chill he caught on New Year 's Day 1934 while watching a game at Bury , Chapman decided to go to Sheffield the next day to watch the Wednesday , Arsenal 's next opponents at Highbury . |
| 18 | The final one required to complete his tour was given to Dan the next day , on June 25 , 1944 . |
| 19 | The executive responsible for it was reportedly banished to Siberia the next day , explaining why John O'Keefe is now in charge of Unix marketing . |
| 20 | Will 's brother Edmund died that winter — he was only twenty-seven — and Will 's mother died in September the next year . |
| 21 | ‘ Richard ’ , for the female of the species , derives from Richard the Third rhyming with ‘ bird ’ , but was now well past its sell-by date . |
| 22 | After they were finally discovered to be there , the minister pleaded for them to be allowed to stay the night , and guaranteed they would be at the Children 's Panel Hearing in Kirkwall the next day . |
| 23 | We went to Scotland the next day , first by plane , then by train . |
| 24 | ‘ Never been able to drink instant since I went to America the first time . |
| 25 | Adam had gone to Greece the next day and not reappeared until September . |
| 26 | He would telephone in his copy but did n't want to be overheard by the family who might be critical , so he decided to call on Fosdyke the next day and use the telephone in the house his fan was guarding . |
| 27 | At the meeting er , of the Financial Resources Committee that I attended on Wednesday the first thing we discussed was the er the giving so far , up to the end of February from the various provinces and we , by the end of February er , the total was up to thirty thousand pounds less than we required er which could mean that the end of the year it could be a hundred and eighty thousand pounds less than required but er of all the |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | By 21 November agreement on the Executive was reached and its composition was announced at Westminster the next day . |
| 30 | I do n't want to even think about the two mistakes I made at Wembley the last time against Spurs . ’ |