Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [adv] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Malcolm Crosby of Sunderland almost became the first caretaker manager to win the FA Cup until Liverpool doused them with reality .
2 The Treaty of Berlin partially settled the first by handing out bits of Turkish territory to the powers mainly concerned ; Russia was allowed Bessarabia and some of Asian Turkey , Great Britain obtained a lease of Cyprus , and the Dual Monarchy was allowed to occupy and administer the Turkish provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to garrison the Sanjak of Novi Bazar .
3 And now in the er Trophy games this evening , these are the latest scores , Brentford nil Wickham two , Burnley nil Carlisle one , David on target there after forty , Bury one Stockport two , Cambridge against Gillingham , Cardiff against Torquay , Exeter against Plymouth , all goalless , Hull nil Scarborough two , Northampton one Hereford one , Portvale against Wrexham still awaiting the first goals there , Rotherham nil Huddersfield one , and York City one Hartlepool nil .
4 All-rounder Dipak Patel took a Test-best 6–50 as New Zealand routed Zimbabwe for 137 in their second innings in Harare yesterday to win the second Test by 177 runs and take the series 1–0 .
5 A government official said the army would halt its clean-up operation against unauthorised armed men in Kabul today to mark the fourth anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops .
6 Friars from all over Britain converged on York yesterday to celebrate the first arrival of their order in this country .
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