Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [conj] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Nearing Sligo , we passed Collooney , where General Humbert and his French-Irish army had defeated the British . |
2 | Milan , with La Scala and its famous fashion shops is another popular excursion . |
3 | He could n't see Fernando Serra and his beautiful companion or the crew dispersing for the night . |
4 | When Theseus and the other Athenians arrived in Crete they were met by King Minos and his beautiful daughter Ariadne . |
5 | At the Church Meeting on the 9th , we appointed Jim Brooks as our new church secretary in succession to Malcolm Brown who had intimated in June his desire to step down from the post . |
6 | Enter freelance writer Ian Lucas and his enquiring mind . |
7 | The PAC on Dec. 9 elected Clarence Makwetu as its new president following the death in October of Zephania Mothopeng [ see p. 37765 ] . |
8 | Within the hour , a telegram was on its way to London claiming the reward for information as to the whereabouts of Patrick Lundy and his female servant . |
9 | KEEPING an eye out for crooks , it 's TV cop Jon Iles and his real-life pal Lorna Ewin . |
10 | But later editions of today 's Sun newspaper say Colonel Stewart and his 40-year-old wife , Lizzie , are now living apart and have consulted solicitors . |
11 | It was when Colonel de Basil re-started Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes that his major choreographers , Massine , and later , Balanchine , turned their attention to the symphonies , concertos , chamber and other music by composers such as Tchaikovsky ( Fifth Symphony for Les Présages ) , Brahms ( Fourth Symphony for Choreartium ) , Beethoven ( Seventh Symphony for Seventh Symphony ) , Mozart ( music for Mozartiana ) and Bach ( Double Violin Concerto for Double Concerto . ) |
12 | they see Murray Walker as their Holy Pope |
13 | Yes , but one of them I 'll sign in your presence Maisie and her twenty year old son , not hundred per cent happy about it , I 'd prefer older people cos youngest like that are inclined try to put their music on a bit loud or invite their friends in when mum 's away , you know , and . |
14 | Ken talked a lot about suicide , but in Orton 's company it had to have sexual connotations , as though he were constantly — and whatever the subject of his conversations — having to keep up with the Joneses , in this case Orton and his assorted friends if not specifically Orton and Halliwell . |
15 | From the first moment I saw Inverness Doogie and his Welsh wife , Miranda , I had them down as a sort of suicidal Sonny and Cher . |
16 | STEVE Coppell is backing a post-Gary Lineker England attack of David Hirst and his former Crystal Palace star Ian Wright . |
17 | In December new land was discovered which Colbeck called Scott Island and its prominent feature , a stone column , Hagitt 's Pillar , was given his mother 's maiden name . |
18 | And indeed , it was then that I felt a new resolve not to be daunted in respect to the one professional task I have entrusted myself with on this trip ; that is to say , regarding Miss Kenton and our present staffing problems , But that was this morning . |
19 | British Airways is claiming libel damages from Mr Richard Branson and his rival Virgin Atlantic Airways in tit-for-tat court proceedings . |
20 | CHURCH matters will never be far away for Sellafield technical support officer David Ivey and his new wife , Marilyn . |
21 | RACKETS : Tonbridge professional David Makey and his erstwhile pupil Jonathan Longley had a hard-fought second round victory in the Lacoste British Open doubles championship at Queen 's Club , when they beat home professional David Johnson and Julian Snow 4–15 , 8–15 , 15–8 , 15–12 , 15–9 , 15–8 . |
22 | In the middle house were Mrs. Cotton and her middle-aged son Fred who was , to use a Wiltshire expression , ‘ a bit light in the top storey . ’ |
23 | Manager Jean Cundy and her assistant Cherrie Elliott took the plunge and dressed as rabbits for the day , which was hailed as a great success . |
24 | Somehow I felt I could not , or did not want to , explain about Miss Havisham and her strange house . |
25 | And a strange sight it was , this tiny dark-hared person sitting there with her feet nowhere near touching the floor , totally absorbed in the wonderful adventures of Pip and old Miss Havisham and her cobwebbed house and by the spell of magic that Dickens the great story-teller had woven with his words . |
26 | Meanwhile my sister and that fool Pumblechook never stopped discussing Miss Havisham and her considerable wealth . |
27 | Even though Mr. Darcy is deeply offended by Elizabeth 's low rank in society and that of her family 's behaviour , especially Mrs. Bennet and her younger daughters , Darcy still proposes to Elizabeth . |
28 | It was an article of faith which led to disputes with the RCM and lively discussions between Rebecca Sieff and her younger sister , Elaine Blond . |
29 | The agreement was signed in Bonn by Albanian Environment Minister Tritan Shehu and his German counterpart Klaus Töpfer . |
30 | First of all , of course , the Pillar of our Society Molly Braithwaite and her devoted team who gave their time , endless endeavours for it to take root . |