Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh er telly 's got a buzz on it and I could n't get it off , I think I made it worse . |
| 2 | Your Royal Highness , it follows to me er Council have debated the Riding Report er a lot of it they did not accept , many of the ideas were referred back for further reconsideration and that is in the hands of the Central Management Committee at the moment and we are proposing to develop the ideas and come back to Council and the wh whole report is not forgotten . |
| 3 | Oh dear , well I could say er work has got a lot easier for a start , a lot easier and they ai n't as , they ai n't as , there ai n't so much night work as there used to be . |
| 4 | I mean , their loan periods are somewhere about twenty five years whereby you probably realise in this country if a young er person wants to start a firm and he 's go to the bank they 're not gon na give him much scope at all ! |
| 5 | No.4 Troop had caught a section of German defenders early in the battle as they ran to their alarm posts , but other Germans , many of whom had seen action in Norway in 1940 , tenaciously defended the strongpoints including the improvised fortifications of the Ulvesund Hotel . |
| 6 | Her appearance on the cover of the NME sans chemise has caused no end of consternation and misguided comment . |
| 7 | Moran said : ‘ Director Jack Walker 's money has enabled the manager to put down a good foundation and if we can get Roy coming in alongside the likes of Alan Shearer , the club will really be going places . ’ |
| 8 | After some prompting , the defendant gave the police his name and address , and then at his mother 's prompting began to leave the scene , using foul language as he went . |
| 9 | John and Maureen took their first-ever fortnight 's holiday in their 16 years in the Harrow and returned to be told the Benskin 's board had rejected the plan to turn the pub over to management . |
| 10 | But to get them , Midland 's board has put a price on its business , and is left with no defence against a bidder prepared to offer more . |
| 11 | Special considerations : the appellant 's counsel had informed the sentencer that the appellant was prepared to sell his house to raise the funds to pay compensation , and that the house was subject to an offer to purchase which would leave the appellant with an equity of almost £17,000 . |
| 12 | He said British Rail 's decision to stop manning the town 's station from 3.15pm every day ignored the needs of disabled travellers . |
| 13 | Only bad light and rain , which prevented play in the final session , saved the tourists from total embarrassment after Allan Border 's decision to bat gave the Kiwi bowlers the chance to exploit movement on an Eden Park wicket that looked deceptively flat . |
| 14 | Whatever the fate of the Picassos , there can be no doubt that the Minister 's decision has altered the character of Dutch museums fundamentally . |
| 15 | However , by February 1991 the idea of bringing the WEU within the EC 's orbit had gained the approval of WEU Secretary-General van Eekelen , and NATO Secretary-General Manfred Wörner ( Germany ) had also welcomed an increased EC involvement . |
| 16 | If the husband 's shirt has lost a button , he says , ’ Mary , Mary , why is my shirt without a button ’ , to the Black ’ girl ’ not to his wife . |
| 17 | Where the defendant 's negligence has placed a person in danger and the plaintiff has attempted a rescue , the court will be slow to find the rescuer contributorily negligent . |
| 18 | When assessing the plaintiff 's conduct the court will make allowance for the fact that the defendant 's negligence has placed the plaintiff in a dilemma . |
| 19 | If there is uncertainty as to whether the defendant 's negligence has caused the damage , it has to be determined what degree of probability of damage occurring has to be established by the plaintiff . |
| 20 | Probably — yet , with Vitor 's presence seeming to fill the room , a sense of self-preservation had insisted she erect some barrier between them . |
| 21 | A MYSTERY Santa 's honesty has saved a pensioner 's holiday of a lifetime . |
| 22 | Norton 's Coin had won the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 23 | All this and David 's Mum having saved the day saying , ‘ Do n't worry , I 've called the press . ’ |
| 24 | Now Fergie 's mum has entered the fray . |
| 25 | Jan 's mum has acquired the status of a legend . |
| 26 | Some 200 Azerbaijan Popular Front fighters occupied the Interior Ministry and the television centre after the republic 's parliament refused to endorse the appointment . |
| 27 | Mr Fallon said : ‘ I welcome Caldaire 's willingness to move providing the conditions are right . ’ |
| 28 | The group 's chairman had visited the North in January . |
| 29 | Tony 's GP had prescribed the medication for his sleeping difficulties , but he had only taken it on two occasions , finding the tablets to be of little help . |
| 30 | Miranda 's heart had looped the loop as she happily accepted an invitation to lunch at Rules , his favourite restaurant . |