Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly the huge wooden arched door was sprung open and Fernando Serra stepped out of the gloom of the house and into the almost indecent brilliance of the sun . |
| 2 | Peace People development co-ordinator Patrick Corrigan looks back on the mass rallies of 1976 . |
| 3 | They sat in the parlour , on the evening of Saturday , September 2nd , waiting for Menzies ' man Allan Stewart to come back with the news from Blair Atoll . |
| 4 | The colourful draperies of the various stands and tents billowed and flapped gently , as the denizens of Little Tuckett strolled about on the freshly clipped lawns of the vicarage garden , taking in the various delights on offer . |
| 5 | ‘ Kenneth Baker came up in the House to offer congratulations . |
| 6 | All nine members of the crew were killed when their RAF Hercules went down during a treacherous low level flying mission through the Grampians 19 days ago . |
| 7 | Writing about this film thirty years later John Clellan Holmes recalled how as an adolescent he had been initiated into manhood by the momentary revelation of ‘ the soft , white trembling curve of Jean Harlow 's breast ’ , but even at the time Welford Beaton argued that it had succeeded at the box-office because more than any other picture we have had , it demonstrates that the true mission of the screen is to supply visual entertainment' . |
| 8 | In the 3rd division Hereford got off to a flyer against Chesterfield at Edgar Street . |
| 9 | Nearly fifty years ago Peggy Lucas walked out across an airfield to fly a Spitfire for the first time … now she 's about to come bang up to date with a helicopter . |
| 10 | Nearly fifty years ago Peggy Lucas walked out across an airfield to fly a Spitfire for the first time … now she 's about to come bang up to date with a helicopter . |
| 11 | For several minutes Morse looked down at the turbid , turgid river ; and his thoughts were as restless as the waters below him . |
| 12 | Muir , omitted from the event last year after an administrative error , needed just 15 ends to help heal the wounds as he sent New Zealand 's Gary Lawson tumbling out of the championship . |
| 13 | Herr Nordern sank on to the sofa and , astonishingly , found himself holding his wife 's hand , and feeling hers firmly gripping his . |
| 14 | Herr Nordern wove unsteadily across the living-room into the bathroom and plunged his face into cold water . |
| 15 | As Ian Macdonald points out in The New Immigration Law ( Butterworths , 1972 ) : |
| 16 | At the first opportunity Sarah went again to the Foundling Hospital , but she did n't approach by Guilford Street in case the porter came out of his lodge and recognized her . |
| 17 | Programme assistant Ian Edgar stood in at the last minute . |
| 18 | Newport were in shreds as Marcus Hannaford cleaned up for the third try . |
| 19 | In the story Melric goes off on a quest to various fellow magicians to seek help . |
| 20 | As Sabrina stood outside the hotel on the Place de la Gare staring up at the Cathedral 's spire silhouetted against the dark , sombre skyline , she let her thoughts drift back over the hours since their departure from New York 's John F. Kennedy Airport . |
| 21 | Charlotte Fischer , Emma Sokell and Sarah Spittle ran both for the College and the University Blues Team , and Vicki Edwards and Katherine Walker played for the University Women 's Tennis Team . |
| 22 | Lisa Stansfield looks forward to the Eighties |
| 23 | Ngo Van Loc reached out in the darkness and clasped both his sons ' hands tightly in his own . |
| 24 | Roger Courtney went back to the raiding of the SBS which we will follow in later Chapters . |
| 25 | Parry , nicknamed Popeye because of his bulging forearms , dropped two shots in five holes and title favourite Faldo moved menacingly alongside the Australian to share the lead on level par , while Lyle was the last of the 28 starters . |
| 26 | That " No provision for the economic rehabilitation of Europe , " appeared was a profound weakness J. M. Keynes pointed out in The Economic Consequences of the Peace ( 1919 ) . |
| 27 | Then Gary Gregory leaned over to a pal viewing the programme with him and said : ‘ Can you keep a secret ? |
| 28 | In these circumstances , M. Mitterrand looked forward to a ‘ Yes ’ vote of as much as 70 per cent . |
| 29 | As we entered the kitchen Pat looked up at the roof and the large gaping hole caused by a shell that had passed through two floors then smashed through the kitchen door , ending up in the garden . |
| 30 | A few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune . |