Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edwards ' brilliant support play earned him four tries before the break and six in the second half to take his season 's tally to 15 — six ahead of Halifax centre Greg Austin . |
| 2 | Q. Blanket weed caused me tremendous problems in my Koi pond last summer , and I want to avoid the same thing happening this year . |
| 3 | Similarly organisations that find themselves in difficulty ; where the profits are not coming through , where there is pressure from shareholders for a significant improvement in profit performance ; here again , the chairman and the Board are likely to reach out to executive search consultants to find them new talent . |
| 4 | Money may have disappeared down a black hole ( the budget was $40m according to Hurd , though industry sources put it nearer $50m ) , but it has all been spent on spectacle , not marquee names : Ed Harris ( from Jacknife ) and Mary Elizabeth Mastroantonio star as an oil-rig foreman and the project engineer , both brought in to rescue a striken nuclear submarine . |
| 5 | Ironically , Bourdieu 's action theory means we human scientists are more constrained by structures than in Lévi-Strauss 's or Althusser 's structuralism . |
| 6 | Club members ask me all kinds of health questions . |
| 7 | A few Opposition Members told us that smoking costs the national health service £437 million a year . |
| 8 | One nice Liberal lady is embarrassed to read on her instructions from head office : ‘ Beware opposition volunteers giving you false numbers . ’ |
| 9 | The Emmanuel College list gave him minimal information about matriculation and tripos results . |
| 10 | Rollins , the ultimate ugly American , is late for a plane , all the tube trains have stopped running and the only way he can get the London Underground employees to pay him any attention is to scream ‘ THE SMITHS HAVE REFORMED ! ’ |
| 11 | Did the fact that he is accompanied by a doctor on the campaign trail help to lose him last week 's TV showdown with Clinton ? |
| 12 | I seem to remember hearing that the ‘ proper ’ fantasy leagues give you some sort of bonus points if your defenders kept a clean sheet . |
| 13 | And for people accompanued by small children , there is a unique automatic baby listening service to give them complete peace of mind while enjoying their stay . |
| 14 | Two years later he made 83 for Victoria against the West Indians , and in the following season , 1931–32 , his unbeaten 111 against NSW at Melbourne , which saw his side to an amazing victory when their target was 434 , persuaded the Test selectors to make him 12th man for the final Test . |
| 15 | A leading textile and clothing employer told me last night that if we implemented the social clause it could cost thousands of jobs within his company . |
| 16 | Shortly after his return Gresley appointed him assistant carriage and wagon superintendent , in which capacity he introduced numerous innovations including modernized train interiors ; a completely articulated five-coach train set carried on only six bogies , in whose kitchen electric cooking was pioneered ; and also twin articulated sleeping cars . |
| 17 | Nicholson will be glad when he can remove for the last time the putty nose , hairpiece and false front tooth the make-up wizards gave him each day to make him a mirror-image of bully-boy Hoffa . |
| 18 | Over a period of three weeks they were shunted back and forth between Germany , London and Cairo until the Home Office granted them temporary admission . |
| 19 | To make a profit , drug dealers sell you short measures or mix all sorts of dangerous materials in with drugs to give them a bigger share of the profits or to finance their own drug habits . |
| 20 | She could not speak the family 's language , and each evening Felix taught her some words . |
| 21 | The job search took him seven years , and by that time he was ripe for retirement . |
| 22 | Andrea bought him , you know the big ja he 's g always got a pocket full any time at all ooh that jar Andrea bought him that Christmas full of toffees |
| 23 | Business mythology has it that computer firms in Japan are no good at software and will never break the dominance of IBM , the world 's biggest computer company . |
| 24 | ‘ Why did ye let that oul bastard treat ye that way ? ’ |
| 25 | One possible fusion fuel cycle involves D-He 3 reactions . |
| 26 | ‘ The American record company sent us this singer , which was completely the wrong thing for me . |
| 27 | I hope they get through but the Post Office got it last night , did n't it ? ’ |
| 28 | A knowledge of appropriate theory and the techniques of curriculum development gives him certain tools to work with . |
| 29 | If you are lucky enough to be fairly wealthy or if some of the points mentioned in connection with recent Budget changes give you genuine cause to wonder whether you are taking advantage of the concessions available to you , you should talk to an accountant . |
| 30 | For instance , Du Pont STAINMASTER carpets give you certified quality plus built-in stain and dirt resistance for lasting good looks . |