Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should they attempt to influence the bishops , Archbishop Felici warned them on the first day of the new session , they would lose their privileges , a threat that caused considerable resentment as much among the fathers as among their advisers . |
| 2 | One banking employee told me of the demise of her bank branch . |
| 3 | Daughter Helen , 25 , needed constant attention after whooping cough left her with a mental age of just two . |
| 4 | The frontier post spotted him from the photos we rushed to the western frontier . |
| 5 | Friday evening saw me at the National Gallery with her boyfriend and , quite literally , hundreds of other people , to the opening of the annual exhibition , sponsored this year by BP , of the Scottish Artists and Craftsmen . |
| 6 | The Cherry and Whites came to their senses then , and Martin Roberts kick started them with a penalty . |
| 7 | Oh yeah , he told me afterwards right , that he , the only reason he was angry was because Friday night reminded him of the time in his past or something ! |
| 8 | Ernie was built in the strong mould of the traditional full-back of the time , but he was cool under pressure and had a keen eye for a volleyed clearance to avert any threatening danger , so that it was entirely fitting when the Football League honoured him with a place in one of their representative sides in the autumn of 1921 . |
| 9 | The prince 's personal press secretary Dickie Arbiter ferried them round the Queen 's estate at Sandringham , Norfolk , so they could film the photographers snapping the royal shooting party from a public road . |
| 10 | During production , or soon afterwards , the Alexis Master adapted it for the use of St Christina of Markyate ( born c .1096 , q.v. ) by adding the Alexis and Emmaus drawings , intended to echo incidents in Christina 's own life . |
| 11 | Bobby Lavender asked me about the target range . |
| 12 | Your article on hedgehogs in the March issue reminded me of an incident last summer . |
| 13 | The research team referred to in the follow-on milk ad took it as an established fact and were interested in finding out what effect this minimal rise in blood loss had on a baby 's iron levels . |
| 14 | Coun Bob Brady , committee chairman described it as an exciting project which would be part of the town 's City Challenge programme . |
| 15 | The agreement provoked an outcry in Hong Kong where both the Law Society and the local bar association condemned it as a threat to the independence of the judiciary and contrary to the 1984 Joint Declaration . |
| 16 | On their return to Orkney , however , the Social Work Department put them into the Camoran Children 's Home in Kirkwall . |
| 17 | The outskirts of her home town excited her as a magical cavern will a child . |
| 18 | But the Senior Management Team saw him as a somewhat shy and introverted person and sought to persuade him to be more outward-looking and to be the teacher in the Art department to liaise with the Needlecraft department , a development which they were keen to see . |
| 19 | It was only when The Sun newspaper displayed it on a girl in a highly provocative pose that she realized how easily the purity of the image could be sullied . |
| 20 | He said his hectic work schedule led him into a downward spiral where he needed a drink to relax and help him sleep . |
| 21 | A sun umbrella sheltered them from the wan May sunshine . |
| 22 | As the New York Daily News put it on the eve of the ballot : ‘ The Muck Stops Here ! ’ |
| 23 | The team were then treated to a meal and the mill manager presented them with the Challenge Trophy [ through gritted teeth ] and before the lads could get the lens caps off their cameras , they took it back , saying that the cup would stay at Rank 's but Rentokil 's name would be put on . |
| 24 | Ten years ago , when Davey Boy was a mere unknown moving to America and desperate to make a name for himself , the Hit Man helped him on the ladder to success . |
| 25 | The Home Secretary told me in an answer to a written question recently that he has no plans to remove young people from the penal system . |
| 26 | In both cases the RapidCad exhibited full IEEE compliance even though the Cyrix test program reported it as a 486 ! . |
| 27 | Leonard , who plays more golf in the summer than bowls , partners Irish international senior skip and Lisnagarvey club mate Noel Graham in their bid to win the Irish pairs title for the first time since the brilliant Fisher and Ringland combination won it for the Lisburn club in 1970 . |
| 28 | One Bank of England official described it as the biggest scandal since the South Sea Bubble . |
| 29 | His final campaign photo-opportunity took him to the North-West and the Accrington Brick and Tile Company . |
| 30 | Raised from Lock Oich in the Scottish Highlands in July , the Hurricane crashed there on August 31 , 1941 after an engine fire disabled it over the Highlands . |