Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] the [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My story concerns the last England cricket tour of South Africa in 1964–65 , when during the first morning of the Durban Test the pitch was so utterly dead that Peter Pollock , at full pace , could hardly get the ball bail-high and England 's batsmen were obviously headed for a huge total . |
| 2 | Well , one of the first things I did on applying for this job was to announce my intention to end the repellent Billy Bullshit column . |
| 3 | ‘ And you truly do need my help to locate the ephemeral Svend — not to mention your sister . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I will do everything within my power to make the new London salon a success , ’ she said aloud . |
| 5 | There my father wore the first pair of plus-fours and my mother had the first Eton crop ( an accident of her father 's home hairdressing ) . |
| 6 | Meanwhile the surprise winners of East Germany 's election , the Conservative Alliance have suffered a set-back in their plans to reunify the 2 Germanies . |
| 7 | It is sad to see that conservation bodies seem to have halted their attempts to purchase the key Cairngorms estate of Mar Lodge . |
| 8 | And yesterday their lawyer told the Old Bailey : ‘ It brought home to them the serious nature of what they had done . ’ |
| 9 | After being cook on the last Whitbread she announced her intention to enter the next Whitbread in her own yacht , with an all women crew . |
| 10 | To its south lies the smaller Hatfield Moor , still quite large enough to get lost in . |
| 11 | While her boss took the unsuspecting Carolyn out to lunch , workers hoisted her H-reg Volkswagen Polo 20ft into the air with a borrowed crane and parked it neatly on the roof . |
| 12 | It helped , albeit in an unpleasant way , in her campaign to become the next Mrs Jack Butler . |
| 13 | Did n't you say that those youths who got their friend drunk the other Saturday were not the kind of visitors you liked here ? ’ |
| 14 | Her father had been an equerry to the Queen and to King George VI before that ; and before her grandfather died in 1975 and her father became the Eighth Earl Spencer and moved to Althorp , the family had lived in a house on the Sandringham Estate . |
| 15 | Rachel groaned as her alarm sounded the following Monday morning and , rolling over , she flicked the button to silence it , then lay for a few minutes staring at the ceiling . |
| 16 | oh her tempers getting the same Les |
| 17 | Her mother believes the British Riding Society should look at alternatives to riding hats . |
| 18 | After thought , she asked her mother to bring the remaining Potters — Bill and Frederica — to Christmas dinner in the cottage . |
| 19 | Defending champions Puma Welwyn will be obviously doing all in their power to retain the coveted Vauxhall Trophy when they begin their defence in earnest against Hallamshire . |
| 20 | IT was double joy for Kilkenny yesterday as their Minors won the All Ireland final by also beating Galway in a lively and entertaining decider . |
| 21 | In his proclamation pardoning the six Bush asserted that " the common denominator of their motivation — whether their actions were right or wrong — was patriotism " . |
| 22 | More remote , but lovely , is Valcebollère , a stone village perched at the end of a valley , where M Lafitte and his wife run the cosy L'Auberge les Ecureuils hotel . |
| 23 | This he did as a public duty until the early nineteenth century , despite the problems of growing age ; his subordinates included the zealous Lord Pelham , later Home Secretary . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , Bush reiterated his commitment to maintain the 39,000 US troops stationed in South Korea " so long as there is a need and we 're welcome " . |
| 25 | Above all , the empire was the only place where he could make good immediately on his claim to represent the real France . |
| 26 | New Zealand newcomer Blair Hartland watches anxiously as his edge eludes the driving Allan Lamb . |
| 27 | McCarthy 's bid to become the Democratic nominee for president was getting up steam , and his following included the liberal Hollywood establishment , among them Paul Newman , Joanne Woodward , Robert Redford and Warren Beatty . |
| 28 | Unbeaten in three runs already this season , his victories include the four-mile Kent Grant National and the classic Lord Ashton of Hyde 's Cup at Heythrop last week . |
| 29 | Geoff is on his way to marry the rich Dorothy , to pay off his debts … . |
| 30 | The mayor of Darlington in Pennsylvania , J Ronald Ward , wrote : ‘ I heartily support your efforts to preserve the historic Stephenson 's Stockton Darlington Railway line . |