Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Can you remember when you er Mike had it behind the settee at Pigmere Close and he played it backed ? |
2 | There was little Coleman could do in the circumstances except fill out an IAP-66 authorization form for Syrian George and take him over to the embassy for a J-1 visa to admit him to the United States for a course of study at UAB . |
3 | And that er , technology transfer covers submersible pump technology which will be the standard pump line and the Czechs will have a non exclusive erm , li er licence to sell it in the Soviet Union which is a prime market er , and in other areas behind the old iron curtain . |
4 | Mr Wendt 's income puts him on a par with Peter Wood , founder of the Royal Bank of Scotland 's Direct Line insurance company who was paid £1.84m last year , but leaves him well ahead of other leading company chairmen . |
5 | The initial of the novel 's title promises withheld meaning , and is therefore more appropriate than Pynchon 's original title for the novel ( World on a String ) , but the absurdity of Stencil 's activities disqualifies him as an analyst of a hidden principle in modern history , signalled melodramatically as the ‘ Ultimate Plot which Has No Name ’ . |
6 | Jarvis 's money brought him in a tiny income , on which it was just possible to subsist if he walked everywhere , never went to the cinema , ate anything nice , smoked , drank , bought new clothes nor used the phone . |
7 | ROY KEANE last night revealed he will hold off Nottingham Forest 's attempts to tie him to a new long-term contract . |
8 | DINAMO Tbilisi , as expected , have lodged their appeal against UEFA 's decision to disqualify them from the European Cup ( writes Lyle Jackson ) . |
9 | On June 17 the Colorado leadership issued a statement deploring and rejecting the Assembly 's decision to debar him from a second term . |
10 | ‘ PDAG passed a motion opposing the Government 's decision to abolish it as a democratic forum involved in education and the transfer its work to Government quangos , ’ said society education spokesman , Ffred Ffransis . |
11 | WEST HAM stalwart Tony Gale last night hit out at the club 's decision to place him on the transfer list . |
12 | But Gloucestershire 's decision to place him on the restrictive List One of available players has been initially supported by the TCCB registration committee . |
13 | IRAS 's orbit takes it round the Earth every 100 minutes , passing within 9o of the poles on a path 900 km high , well above the water vapour in Earth 's atmosphere which absorbs much of the infrared radiation from space . |
14 | Subsequent analyses of observations from that day , when the satellite was well-placed for observations , showed a short burst of gamma and X-rays followed about a minute later by energetic neutrons that kept on coming until the satellite 's orbit carried it behind the earth . |
15 | The sweeper 's story reminded me of a tale told at Ross Carbery , County Cork . |
16 | Robyn 's look left him in no doubt . |
17 | The convoy 's route took it along the M53 motorway through Cheshire and Wirral to Birkenhead 's East Float Dock . |
18 | The convoy 's route took it along the M53 motorway through Cheshire and Wirral to Birkenhead 's East Float Dock . |
19 | The fact is that Orwell 's route takes us through a largely white part of England . |
20 | Filaret owed his eminence less to his holy office than to his son 's willingness to treat him as a co-ruler . |
21 | Miss Fogerty 's heart smote her at the sight of her patient 's distress . |
22 | She got an answer soon enough — the city 's mayor confined her to a lunatic asylum . |
23 | Winter had to aim Mandarin for the middle course but his mount started wandering off to the left before pressure from the vice-like grip of the jockey 's thighs pointed him in the right direction . |
24 | Elsewhere , individual protesters were being held down while Mosley 's guards beat them over the head and about the face . |
25 | United almost contributed to their own downfall , but Blackpool 's finsihing let them off the hook . |
26 | Vitor 's eyes met hers in a steady look . |
27 | One of Nogai 's brothers slapped him on the shoulder , but Burun shouted , ‘ Which target were you aiming at , Nogai ? ’ |
28 | Nicolo 's mouth captured hers in a slow , insolent kiss . |
29 | With Dara once more clinging firmly and rather painfully to her arm she was walked back to the small , intimate table they had been sharing on the edge of the small dance-floor , but Ace was quickly on to his feet , side-stepping Dara 's attempt to greet him with a kiss . |
30 | [ William Golding , The Inheritors ] It requires careful attention to realize that here we are seeing , through the uncomprehending mind of Lok , a man 's attempt to shoot him with an arrow . |