Example sentences of "[noun] as [pers pn] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both hardened internationals , they could n't cope with John Fashanu and Robbie Earle as they plundered the first and third goals for Dons . |
| 2 | She rubbed sinuously against him as she felt a deep thrill at his arousal , and shut her eyes as he removed the last fragile barrier . |
| 3 | He hugged himself against the sudden freezing wind then scrambled to his feet as it whipped the first drops of rain through the open door . |
| 4 | It may enable him or her to highlight some salient point , or to focus pupils ' attention on a particular question as they view the next sequence . |
| 5 | Helen Alfredsson , winner of the 1990 Weetabix British Women 's Open , was heading the European contingent , being five under par as she mounted the tenth tee . |
| 6 | The hunter from the Mendip Hills in Somerset smashed the track record as he became the first to complete the Cheltenham-Liverpool Foxhunters ' double since Grittar in 1981 . |
| 7 | He made the announcement in the Commons as he moved the second reading of the War Crimes Bill which makes prosecutions possible . |
| 8 | He made the announcement in the Commons as he moved the second reading of the War Crimes Bill which makes prosecutions possible . |
| 9 | The important thing is to get the relationship right between the horizontal and vertical colours as they produce the third colour when they cross . |
| 10 | THE link between dance music and drugs such as Ecstasy is a big worry to Catherine as she plans the next moves in her budding pop career . |
| 11 | He saw the spot of bright buttercup colour as he rounded the last curve before the crossroads . |
| 12 | The sun shines on the ferry as we do the last of the packing , The kayaks have lifted snouts and two holes , one at each end , closed and sealed by hard rubber covers . |
| 13 | He has described the moment which put him and his mount into Grand National legend as they approached the twenty-third fence : |
| 14 | Chris Broad looked set for a good knock as he crashed the first four of the day … but Gloucestershire then got themselves into trouble against the bowling of Gordon Harris … |
| 15 | PURSUIT OF LOVE shot to 5–1 favouritism for the 2,000 Guineas , on May 2 , with an emphatic two-length victory in yesterday 's European Free Handicap as he became the 200th winner trained by Henry Cecil for Lord Howard de Walden . |
| 16 | We could feel the tension among the large audience of Spaniards and British and Americans , a tension that relaxed into applause as I blew the last candle out and the room lamps came on . |
| 17 | His chuckle was rich , and his eyes creased in amusement as he narrowed the last little gap between them . |
| 18 | For half an hour or so she had Barbara Paulus , ranked 21st to Durie 's 102nd , chasing shadows as she won the first set 6-2 . |
| 19 | As property prices in London were moving upwards , Eva 's shrewd plan was to decorate the flat as we had the last house , sell at a profit , and move on . |
| 20 | No one can predict what will make news as we enter the next ten years of Central , but as long as the talent survives , we 're promised entertainment well worth watching . |
| 21 | WESTERN nations will have older and dwindling populations as they enter the next century , and their fluctuating birth rates will also pose problems , a conference on future trends heard yesterday . |
| 22 | Theodora 's eye reached the top of the spire as she drank the last of the sherry . |
| 23 | Steering the RCN through the gravest provocation and confrontations — over industrial action , inadequacy of resources , management reorganisations , and the latest debacle over the implementation of a new clinical grading structure — he is strategically well placed to voice a considered opinion on the future of the profession in Britain as we enter the next decade . |
| 24 | A more appropriate image of Britain as it approaches the twenty-first century is of the economy governed by a not-so-hidden engine , working for greater inequality , both in rewards and life chances . |
| 25 | The British commander , Brigadier Andrew Cumming , 45 , said : ‘ This is a great boost for morale as we enter the last few furlongs of the first Operation Grapple tour . ’ |
| 26 | She re-read the previous page , but by the time she 'd got to the bottom again it made as little sense as it had the first time . |
| 27 | Fenella must have heard me , as she appeared at her door as I reached the first landing . |
| 28 | The voice held the same polite incredulity as it had the first time . |
| 29 | This fantasy was so vivid to her that she would even rehearse this line out loud , looking at herself in her mirror as she smoked the last cigarette of the night , after she 'd taken her face off , after all the noise was over and we 'd all gone home . |
| 30 | Julie pointed out with devastating logic as she corrected the last of the school-books piled up on the large oak refectory table in front of her . |