Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [art] [noun pl] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On July 31 , for instance , unidentified fighters attacked a police station in Bendery , killing two people . |
| 2 | Austin Currie condemned the police action in blocking their route , and said that NICRA would be organising more parades , which would not stop at Thomas Street : ‘ O'Neill and those Orange bigots behind him [ will ] realise once and for all that we are on our way forward . |
| 3 | Mr Hammond described the yards area as the heart of the oldest part of Darlington . |
| 4 | The 1927 Cinematograph Act imposed a distributors quota of 7.5 per cent , and an exhibitors quota of five per cent , both rising to 20 per cent , but it did nothing in itself to shift the economic balance in favour of British producers . |
| 5 | ON SEPTEMBER 5 — a week before he was first seen on campus — Marc Lepine acquired a firearms certificate from the Sûreté du Quebec . |
| 6 | ANDES headquarters were returned and the ministry opened a grants programme for the children of the 33 teachers assassinated the previous year . |
| 7 | Announced in January 1982 , and finally put into effect two years later , the AT&T break-up startled the telecommunications world in general and not least the western European state monopoly telephone administrations . |
| 8 | A DRIVER rammed a police car during a high-speed chase , Teesside Crown Court heard . |
| 9 | LORI MCNEIL added the DFS Classic to her list of titles when she beat friend and fellow American Zina Garrison 6–4 2–6 6–3 in a patchy final at Edgbaston yesterday . |
| 10 | With 32 years experience in the carpet business , Richard Williams joined the Contracts Division in October as Special Projects Manager based in London . |
| 11 | The group blamed the profits shortfall on a slump in demand for office furniture in the final quarter , weak sales at Athena ( down 3% ) , and £3.5m in exceptional items covering reorganisation costs and write-downs . |
| 12 | K. P. Unnikrishnan relinquished the Communications portfolio to Janeshwar Mishra as Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) , retaining Surface Transport . |
| 13 | Martin issued an accounts book for farmers with his name and address on it . |
| 14 | Lara 's 111 not out off 140 balls gave the visitors victory with more than five overs to spare , and sent the South Africans tumbling out of the triangular one-day series , which also features Pakistan . |
| 15 | The process illustrated the powers resident in even an untried and hitherto hesitant Prime Minister . |
| 16 | She stared in astonishment as a waiter pushed a drinks trolley into the room . |
| 17 | Consultants undertook the highways valuation on a depreciated replacement cost basis . |
| 18 | The building of the aircraft — this was the real thing not a toy — and the fabrication of many working parts to fine tolerances brought the students face to face with many new situations . |
| 19 | Liverpool topped the arrests league with 258 offenders followed by Preston 's 223 . |
| 20 | It was six minutes before Didcot attacked the visitors goal as Mark O'Hara shot into a crowded goalmouth . |
| 21 | It would also be discrimination contrary to the Act if an LEA adopted an admissions policy of dispersing ethnic minority children . |
| 22 | Danny graced the Spurs team of course , er completed the double with them , when he was captain , and I know a lot of Spurs supporters will remember those days . |
| 23 | A few months later , Brian joined the police force as a dog handler . |
| 24 | On Jan. 2 over 100,000 people joined an FFS demonstration through the streets of Algiers , shouting slogans such as " No to fundamentalism ! |
| 25 | Liverpool coroner Roy Barter heard a police statement from van driver Brian Antrobus that he pulled out to overtake and was unable to avoid the crash . |
| 26 | Prosecution said a police search of a house in Mayo Street , Belfast on November 27 , 1990 , in which Wilson was present , uncovered a small amount of cannabis hidden in the kitchen waste bin . |
| 27 | Shortly afterwards , in the same year , a report by MPs criticized the appointments procedure for some senior officers as ‘ ramshackle … haphazard and amateurish in the extreme ’ . |
| 28 | For example , in October 1988 Polly Peck made a rights issue of 1 new share for every 4 held . |
| 29 | In Simcock v Rhodes ( 1978 ) 66 Cr App R 192 the court held that an offence was committed where a group of 15 youths told a police sergeant to ‘ fuck off ’ . |
| 30 | While we were in Christchurch there was a ‘ Festival of Romance ’ , in which we went to several concerts , exhibitions and lectures , and on the final night the orchestra played a fireworks concert beside the lake in Hagley Park . |