Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] [noun] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Knowing that the carp will not have as much energy as when I first hooked it , I pile on the pressure in no uncertain terms , and the fish swings round and immediately makes for the same lily bed it took refuge in previously .
2 Not one of the many East Berliners I spoke to at several crossing points said they meant to stay in the West .
3 During one of the many radio interviews he undertakes during the week , he is asked to name the first record he ever bought for a programme called Super DJ On Line .
4 Sometimes the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service ‘ Meals-on-wheels ’ service can help if old people can not prepare food for themselves and are unable to get to one of the many luncheon clubs they run .
5 But on the eve of the All Ireland Leagues it is n't all gloom and doom , and the Irish international No 8 remains defiantly upbeat and optimistic .
6 Whether it was to share his moment of regret at the passing of time , or to express disillusion with Parkin himself — she had made some comment in the car about how he was one of the few television reporters she knew and respected — Dexter did not know .
7 From the controls of our very own Sherman and his partner Steve Dray , comes one of the few techno records I 've heard that has a real big city passion and a cinematic panorama to it .
8 It might remind him of a few school episodes he will have made sure to forget . ’
9 You think you can be safe by getting rid of a few hippy revolutionaries you used to know ?
10 He was also the company 's standard bearer at the town 's annual common riding and as a former Master upholsterer he previously represented the Corporation of Hammermen in a similar capacity .
11 With the same time limit they gave you ? ’
12 ‘ Even if it is flu , with a little damage limitation we might just prevent the rest of the ship going down with it . ’
13 From the same ministry contracts he was able to elicit official references — on departmental letter-heading and addressed ‘ to whom it may concern ’ — to bolster his standing with the suppliers and with other customers .
14 Even when private landownership spread in the latter Tokugawa era it did so under this premise .
15 In Yorkshire the houses of the period tend to be of stone rubble while in the former Wiltshire downlands they are more often than not made of cob , a mixture of chalk , straw and manure , or of flint rubble .
16 In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! !
17 In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! !
18 In general , children stay in the same percentile band they were in at birth .
19 Shafts of sunlight gleamed through the avenue of trees , warming the air so that she felt no need to wear the jacket she had brought with her as a precaution against the temperamental nature of Danish weather , holding it casually instead over one arm , perfectly comfortable in the same linen dress she had worn the previous evening .
20 In the same tea chest he came across a cube-shaped case made of orange plastic .
21 The sergeant 's irritation was sharpened by Blanche lying back , eyes closed , and wallowing in the same opera music she had played the morning before .
22 In a few minutes Tim we 're going to walk to the post office .
23 In a few days time we 'll be sitting him on top of a bonfire and standing around in the cold night while we light up the sky with loads of colour .
24 In a few seconds time he might be face to face with the man who had killed Daniel .
25 In a few months time we are hoping to start a lunch club in the hall on 2 or 3 days per week , providing a three course lunch for a very small cost .
26 It 's time we had ministers who will listen to Social Services and in a few months time we shall have them , a Labour Government .
27 well we ca n't go into the reasons for that but I said let's respect the reasons I said if that 's how you feel I said , you 're a man you you must make your own decisions I said probably in a few months time you 'll come
28 It 's safe to say that in a few years time they will be playing Las Vegas . ’
29 I know it 's my fault she 's here , I suppose in a few years time I 'll wish I 'd been here , but now I want to be out enjoying myself .
30 They say they simply want clubs to be subject to the same planning restrictions they face .
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