Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , terrible though it might be to imagine , Mistress Philippa had the cool nerve and composure to be a murderess , and Parchmeiner might well be her accomplice . |
| 2 | FURIOUS nanny Sheila Beeson threw an eight-week-old boy at his mother shouting ‘ Keep your damned baby ’ , an Old Bailey jury was told yesterday . |
| 3 | Subsequently Clough Williams-Ellis bought the handsome inn outside the gates of Attingham , Shropshire , which he renamed the Mytton and Mermaid and promoted as a staging post for guests en route to Portmeirion . |
| 4 | P&O Roadtanks Tanker Driver , Ian Newman found a novel way of training for the marathon |
| 5 | Beaten champion Evander Holyfield added a new dimension to the saga last night by demanding demanded a rematch with Bowe and a $15m purse . |
| 6 | Akeman Street was the boundary between what is now Tackley Park and Whitehill Farm as early as the year 1004 when King Ethelred gave the small estate of Whitehill to St Frideswide 's monastery at Oxford , and it is still a boundary though the Roman road has vanished from sight . |
| 7 | SOUTHEND swimmer Sarah Hardcastle made a successful return to competition yesterday after a six-year absence by winning the 400m freestyle at the Optrex National Winter Championships in Sheffield . |
| 8 | ANDRE Van Troost made an quick breakthrough after Somerset set Surrey an imposing victory target at The Oval . |
| 9 | ANDRE Van Troost made an quick breakthrough after Somerset set Surrey an imposing victory target at The Oval . |
| 10 | The turning point in what had become the War of American Independence came in October 1777 , when a British army under General Burgoyne suffered a spectacular defeat at Saratoga , 180 miles [ 288 km ] north of New York . |
| 11 | The Socialist government led by Prime Minister Michel Rocard survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence on Nov. 19 when only 284 deputies ( including the Communists ) voted against the government , five short of the majority needed to defeat it . |
| 12 | Patrick Milligan knew a good thing when he saw it , as he told his ‘ broth ’ , and their sister 's relationship with one of Boston 's most successful citizens was all of that . |
| 13 | Ben Crawley got the only try as Saracens beat relegation favourites Rugby 14-6 . |
| 14 | Patrick Kelly heard the underlying loneliness in her voice and knew instinctively that they were two of a kind . |
| 15 | Herr Nordern made a huge effort and controlled himself . |
| 16 | Herr Nordern gave a placatory smile and was about to say , completely untruthfully , that he — they — understood , when , to his horror , Bodo butted in again . |
| 17 | Herr Nordern gave a huge sigh of relief . |
| 18 | Ian Somerville did the electrical system . |
| 19 | When Kenneth Arnold saw a blazing car outside his home in Quedgeley in June he didb't stop to think . |
| 20 | Lord Chief Justice Taylor said a medical report on Indian-born Mrs Ahluwalia had been ‘ overlooked ’ at her trial three years ago . |
| 21 | Major General Sir William Dornberg received the pencil-written despatch in the town hall at Mons which he had made into his headquarters , and where he had transformed the ancient council chamber into his map room . |
| 22 | Jim Milligan played a full year in 1990 and gained a place in the Eisenhower Trophy team in New Zealand . |
| 23 | Flying Scot : Jim Moodie found the winning formula . |
| 24 | Kiwi manager Ian Taylor took the unprecedented step of telling the world what had happened because he wanted the ICC to investigate Pakistan . |
| 25 | In an address on Jan. 10 to mark the 24th anniversary of his accession to power ( on Jan. 13 , 1967 ) , President Gnassingbe Eyadema announced a political amnesty and a change in the financing of the ruling Rally of the Togolese People ( RPT ) , the country 's sole legal party . |
| 26 | King Jigme paid a four-day visit to India in late November 1990 . |
| 27 | John Varty and Elman Mhlongo developed a unique relationship with a family of wild leopards and gathered the most gripping and compelling sequences ever filmed . |
| 28 | Lord Justice Watkins said the Divisional Court could review an order of the magistrates ' court made for the purpose of preventing an abuse of its process and had done so on a number of occasions . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , Marco Van Basten gave a devastating display for unstoppable AC Milan . |
| 30 | Marcus Hannaford got the final touch down . |