Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [vb past] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was researching my book , The Sporting Gentleman 's Gentleman , stories from Scottish keepers , stalkers and gillies , Jimmy Ross of Rothes told me a different tale about Arthur Wood and his ‘ wee Blue Charm ’ . |
| 2 | Jeff Winter of Middlesbrough found himself the first guinea pig . |
| 3 | The Queen 's visit went ahead and ‘ the genial and warm-hearted people [ of Ghanaj gave her an unprecedented reception . … |
| 4 | Because of that , the National Farmers Union of Scotland gave me a lengthy and accurate brief . |
| 5 | Their strictures on the ‘ maximalism ’ of the Bolsheviks , on the ‘ premature ’ nature of the October revolution , and on the backwardness of Russia gave them a broad area of common ground with the liberal view . |
| 6 | He was president of the British Mycological Society ( 1927 ) and the Association of Economic Biologists ( 1928–9 ) , and in 1938 , the University of Aberdeen awarded him an honorary LLD . |
| 7 | MCI Communications Corp reports that the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago awarded it a 10-year multi-million dollar contract to provide circuits for the new FedNet communications system will combine the networks of 12 Federal Reserve district banks and three new centres into one network ; FedNet will offer the banks high speed data services and is responsible for circuit installation and maintenance . |
| 8 | And although the old woman 's premonition was an unhappy one and mention of Daniel caused her an immediate spear of pain , she nevertheless felt purged ; she always felt some elation after being in the company of the story-teller . |
| 9 | A survey in the crucial state of Ohio gave him a slender lead . |
| 10 | The Amir of Qatar gave her a pear-shaped pearl , a gold necklace and the ultimate prezzie , ‘ a bowl of lapis lazuli , mounted on two prancing gold horses , themselves being diamond encrusted . ’ |
| 11 | The walk from the campsite near Hrabusice gave us a real taste of Paradise . |
| 12 | In the quarter-finals , following a goalless home draw with Real Madrid , a double from Radchenko brought them a brilliant 3-1 win in the Bernabeu . |
| 13 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
| 14 | Later joining the intelligence corps , his attachment to Special Operations Executive in German-occupied north-west Greece and afterwards with the British Information Service in Athens gave him an abiding affection for and an understanding of the Hellenic scene . |
| 15 | On the occasion of its 30th anniversary , the University of Novi Sad in Yugoslavia awarded him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science ; and this month at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science he is to receive an Honorary DSc from the University of Wales . |
| 16 | Students from Camberwell made it a regular haunt . |
| 17 | Another school-dinner lady in Wigan told me a typical tale : |
| 18 | A vicar in Battersea told me the other day that when he went to the church festival of Christmas at the local primary school — one of the schools within his parish — there was plenty of Father Christmas and jingle bells , but not one reference to Jesus . |
| 19 | For Foster the resurfaced family tradition of unionism and his newly acquired loyalty to Paisley made him an active and enthusiastic supporter of his political activities . |
| 20 | Going to M.I.T. taught me a great deal about linguistics in many areas ; but one of the things one easily learned at MIT at that time was a sense of conviction — the assumption that MIT led the world , and that other people 's opinions need not in general be treated seriously . |
| 21 | And Maggie came round the table and standing over Phoebe gave her a long silent hug . |
| 22 | Sweden 's 7-5 win over France gave them the overall title by virtue of more individual wins , because while France enjoyed victories over Italy and Scotland , the unbeaten Swedes halved their contests against the same opposition . |
| 23 | J. B. Priestley 's celebration of the ‘ little holiday steamers ’ which ‘ snatched glory out of defeat ’ at Dunkirk gained him an enormous radio audience . |
| 24 | The folk at Fanmore gave them a good fight last week , and drove them off with five men dead , and they 've not been seen since . |
| 25 | Admittedly the absence of Brian Reid gave him the 250 at Carrowdore and then Derek Young 's injury at Kirkistown handed him the Open Road Racing Ireland award , but he has certainly had a year to remember and his performances in the 600cc series have all been high class . |
| 26 | His time at Newcastle gave him the unique opportunity to take the building society into Europe when it became the first UK society to offer a full range of services on the mainland of Europe on opening a branch in Gibraltar in 1990 . |
| 27 | Joyce 's time at Battersea brought him no closer to getting a degree or to having the money to pay for a conventional education . |