Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 That one e erm I mean I 'm a I was just I I said twenty pound O six , it was a quick calculation , it ends up at seventeen per cent margin .
2 To make the top rectangular picture , I used a card mount in palest pink , behind which I stretched some cream silk .
3 For the central , gold oval design , I used a dusty pink satin backing , on to which I arranged some cow parsley leaves , gypsophila , small ‘ Marjorie Fair ’ red roses , some ‘ Princess ’ pink potentillas and astrantia .
4 The card background I used for this photo frame was an extremely pale peachy pink , on which I placed some rose leaves , heuchera flowers and green spiky leaves , with ‘ Marjorie Fair ’ and ‘ Yesterday ’ roses forming the central focus .
5 After her husband 's death in 1947 she co-founded the Albert Howard Foundation , which in 1953 merged with the Soil Association , of which she became honorary life vice-president .
6 We were showing a Jessie Matthews film called Evergreen , one of her first films , in which she wore long silk stockings .
7 Cruzan , 33 , had been in an irreversible coma since a 1983 car accident in which she suffered severe brain damage .
8 The children were divided into two groups for the test phase in which they received successive discrimination training , learning to press one button in response to one of the pre-trained cues and a second button in response to another .
9 While a lack of entry qualifications did not rank as the most important reason overall for not doing a course , the 14% who did need entry qualifications may suggest that some of the non-enrollers had insufficient information about the courses they were applying to and , consequently , applied to courses for which they had insufficient entry qualifications .
10 They found that there were no significant differences between the signs in the frequency with which they elicited some speed change from the driver ( in the Johansson and Rumar study there were very considerable differences in memory performance depending on the sign used ) , although the degree of this change was related to the information on the sign .
11 E7.93 The European Environmental Bureau : To note that the Director was nominated as the UK EEB members ' representative to an EEB conference on coastal protection development held in Denmark on 1st & 2nd May for which he received European Commission funding .
12 And this is supported by recently-appointed Employment Minister David Hunt 's statement in which he said British Government backing is unconditional .
13 Despite his postscript , in which he condemned free enterprise systems and declared himself an apologist for socialism in Europe , I am pleased to be able to take up the remarks of the hon. Member for Liverpool , West Derby ( Mr. Wareing ) .
14 Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir , at a rally in central Sudan , in which he criticized foreign relief organizations for " defaming Sudan by begging on behalf of the Sudanese people " .
15 His favourite was the making of a copper coinage for England , with which he approached successive lord treasurers between 1579 and 1613 .
16 Alix wore a white dress bought ready-made from a department store , her younger sister was a sort of bridesmaid in a flowered print , and her little brother wore a grey suit with short trousers and a pale-blue tie , on which he spilt some strawberry ice-cream .
17 While most commentators were agreed that the LDP 's election performance was sufficiently good to ensure Kaifu 's short-term survival as Prime Minister , many felt that the manner in which he handled forthcoming trade negotiations with the United States would be crucial to determining his standing within the party by the time of the next scheduled leadership contest in October .
18 At last year 's Europeans , Keith was undefeated , his semi-final victory over England 's Del Harris , in which he saved five match balls , being one of the most memorable , and important , of his career .
19 In the early part of his career he had made a number of smaller , better films such as The Stripper ( 1963 ) and The Best Man ( 1964 ) , before embarking on bigger and more portentous projects such as The War Lord ( 1965 ) and The Planet of the Apes ( 1967 ) , both with Charlton Heston baring his teeth and chest ; Patton ( 1969 ) , an ambiguous biopic about a modern war lord ( for which he won Best Director Oscar ) ; and Nicholas and Alexandra ( 1971 ) , a tedious and simplistic Tsar-trek .
20 Throughout the round Alliss hit the ball almost as well as he did during a competitive career in which he won 23 Tour titles and represented Britain and Ireland eight times in the Ryder Cup .
21 The Government 's green paper on the future of the BBC spoke inspiringly of the particular needs and interests of the UK 's constituent nations , which it said any recast structure should reflect .
22 ‘ When Edwards spoke to me we discussed other football matters , such as Webb leaving , Mark Hughes might be going and United returning with an increased bid for Hirst .
23 The corollary to that sad case actually was when after we 'd moved them we got another phone call six months lad er later from this very lady who was leaving the house and moving out .
24 One of Roche 's most famous clients was the mighty CBS , for whom he undertook four CEO searches in the nine years between 1971 and 1980 .
25 Beneath it he wore black velvet leggings , and his feet were encased in black slippers , decorated with gold embroidery .
26 I only repeat what I said last time Chairman that if the , that if people do not understand the management of the countryside , that they leave it well alone .
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