Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Johnny Jamieson picked up a first half knock in the 2– defeat by Portadown but he is expected to be fit in time for Saturday . |
| 2 | Of course Joy had n't the first idea what it was . |
| 3 | A beastie to carry the burden From cherub to abstract flying muse , Ruth Wishart reveals only the fifth logo to be attached to the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 4 | German Euro Commissioner Martin Bangemann opened up a second front by claiming the Maastricht Treaty was a milestone on the road to a federal Europe . |
| 5 | On the fourth day Jennifer put together every last farthing they possessed and went across to Fowey to visit the apothecary , returning with a malodorous syrup which her mother vomited up within seconds of swallowing . |
| 6 | In the 1950s , Professor Paul carried out the first experiments using a form of magnetic bottle — the ‘ Paul trap ’ — to isolate ionised atoms . |
| 7 | In July 1914 air travel was still a novelty to many people and during an outing by employees of an Accrington firm of billiard table makers to Blackpool , a deaf employee named Jack Hargreaves became possibly the first deaf man ever to go up in an aeroplane when he went up as a passenger in a two-seater Fokkers biplane piloted by a Mr. H. Blackburn . |
| 8 | Dawn found me stretched out on the bench below the War Memorial in Glencoe Village soaking up the first warm rays of sun and waiting for the shop to open . |
| 9 | As Rabbi Glikstein read out the last rites at his levoyah , those words rang in my ears . |
| 10 | Conrad Allen put in a first appearance on the track in the 600 metres at Crawley . |
| 11 | I am most concerned to read in The Lifeboat that David Scott- Cowper in the ex-lifeboat Mabel E. Holland carried out the first single handed navigation of the 2,000 mile North West Passage . |
| 12 | In the same year that Accrington Stanley became only the second team to leave the league through bankruptcy — Aldershot F.C . |
| 13 | The Lions eased away after the anticipated all-action start from North Harbour and a 70-yard touch kick by Rob Andrew set up the first score in the ninth minute . |
| 14 | The Beech Naiad let out a last cry of desolation , and fell to the floor . |
| 15 | The house in Denbigh Terrace , which was his home during and after his marriage to Kristen Tomassi , had been progressively colonised by the office ; Nik Powell took over the first floor ; board meetings were conducted in the lounge ; paperwork spilled into the bedrooms . |
| 16 | Newry only had a couple of first half chances , with big Barry Hunter cancelling out the first when he intercepted a Gary Hughes shot . |
| 17 | Nice control on the ball by Gemmell Rozario shakes off the first challenge from Whitlow and feeds Black . |
| 18 | EDINBURGH 's Mark Maclean set up a last 16 meeting with World No4 Brett Martin when he beat Australia 's Craig Rowland 15-7 , 14-15 , 15-9 , 15-9 in yesterday 's opening round of the Leekes Squash Classic in Cardiff . |
| 19 | Ballyclare restored their lead in the 55th minute when promising Adrian Moore broke clear on the right and crossed for James Beattie to tap home the second goal . |
| 20 | When John Moores set up the first Littlewoods catalogue in 1932 , housewives ' shopping clubs were all the rage . |