Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | daft anyway and nine times out of ten you 've got to look at him and speak to him and that because he ca n't understand and er bloke gave him the verbal . |
| 2 | At an ARC symposium last week , convened to mark the ARC 's decision to rename itself the Agricultural and Food Research Council , delegates called for action to save the British malting industry which is hit by falling demand for Scotch whisky . |
| 3 | Peter Mueller 's experience brought him no great success , either racing or on the French roads ; the new roundabout in Bourg St Maurice , on the road to Val d'Isere , had nearly caught us out , and later we heard that Mueller had crashed and written off his car . |
| 4 | The company 's chairman says its the only consignment they 've ever handled |
| 5 | Penry 's displeasure gave her a sudden , desperate longing to get back to wherever — and more importantly whoever — she belonged . |
| 6 | ‘ Pete 's brother-in-law built him a massive speaker cabinet with 12 speakers in it . |
| 7 | Henry Cecil 's colt proved himself a thorough stayer when running on strongly at the end of the 1 ¾ miles of the St Leger on rain-softened ground at Ayr , but the Champion is run over half a mile less . |
| 8 | Saturday 's quintet gave him the remarkable tally of 15 wins from the 35 races run on the Flat in Ireland in 1992 . |
| 9 | Passage of the new measure ( which had already been approved by the Senate in September 1989 ) precipitated an unprecedented constitutional crisis because of King Baudouin 's refusal to give it the royal assent . |
| 10 | He said Mrs Mawdsley 's husband phoned him the following evening to say she had seen her doctor and had been signed off for a month . |
| 11 | That night Anthony 's wife sent me the following balm from Chequers : |
| 12 | ESP 's and Martin 's method gives you a greater length of fret to play over , and lessens the chances of the strings falling over the edges when using the kind of vib that Kirk sometimes does . |
| 13 | Taheb 's litter carried them the short distance within the compound to the towering , dark house of the Controller of the Silver Mines . |
| 14 | Mr Portillo 's promotion makes him the youngest Cabinet minister since Dr David Owen was appointed Foreign Secretary under Labour . |
| 15 | The king 's favour made him the special target of the reforming Ordainers , who in 1311 called for the exclusion from court of both Henry and Isabella , the resumption of his grants from the king , and the transference of the custody of Man to ‘ a good Englishman ’ ( a phrase which reveals one reason for his unpopularity ) . |
| 16 | Not only did David 's suggestion earn him a Winning Ideas Gold Award and the tidy sum of £1,000 but also a luxury trip to the Imola San Marino Grand Prix . |
| 17 | Different treatments work for different people , so Bethan 's doctor prescribed her a topical antibiotic instead — a cream to apply to her face . |
| 18 | ( George 's conviction made him the first high-ranking member of the CIA ever to be convicted of felony offences while conducting official duties . ) |
| 19 | Dave Wensley 's hat-trick in the opening 10 minutes of the final period gave Tigers a 6-5 lead and with 28 seconds left , Alan Gould 's goal made it a 7-5 win for Telford . |
| 20 | ‘ Sunnie 's courage and fighting spirit throughout Jackie 's imprisonment made her a national figure , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ Unless she killed Matthew and Alfred 's death gave her a heaven-sent scapegoat . ’ |
| 22 | Three days before the inquest on Everett 's death makes it a suggestive coincidence , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 23 | They moved to the Caribbean in 1984 after Mr Clarke 's mother left him a small banana plantation in her will . |