Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Duchess lowered her cup of coffee and gave her young friend a compassionate look . |
| 2 | Due to the link-up QP is now a sending church and as such has a responsibility to support its missionaries in prayer . |
| 3 | The first news of the coup was a statement signed by Yanayev , Pavlov and Baklanov and distributed bythe official news agency Tass on the morning of Aug. 19 , saying that , in keeping with the Constitution , presidential power had been transferred to Vice-President Gennady Yanayev " due to Mikhail Gorbachev 's inability to perform his duties for health reasons " , and that a state of emergency had been introduced in ( unspecified ) parts of the Soviet Union for six months to overcome " the profound crisis , political , ethnic and civil strife , chaos and anarchy that threaten the lives and security of the Soviet Union 's citizens " . |
| 4 | Only one patient ( 6% ) receiving cyclosporin met our criteria for nephrotoxicity and that patient improved after reducing the dose . |
| 5 | Where the disclosure is made in confidence by a child victim to his solicitor , the solicitor 's entitlement to breach his duty of confidentiality depends on the child 's degree of maturity . |
| 6 | She dragged her eyes from the paper to the bed and the deathly whiteness of Lizzy 's skin made her spring into action . |
| 7 | Little wonder then that at this festive season of good will to all people , arguments and friction mock our pretence at peace and sometimes split the family . |
| 8 | These pictures by early-20th-century artist , Anna Guthrie , daughter of an Orkney minister , and those by the other Anna – Mrs. Hossack – gave us pleasure as well as profit ; and to Eddie Penham and John Easton , both artists themselves , the opportunity to try their hands at picture-selling . |
| 9 | A visit to West Dorset also offers a perfect opportunity to try your hand at windsurfing . |
| 10 | Along with many other groups , The Wedding Present found their product on hold and their projected Ukrainian LP was stuck in Red Rhino 's York warehouse until RCA moved in and took over the marketing of it . |
| 11 | As he lay dying , one of those present lamented his lack of issue . |
| 12 | The mock reality of fiction has its points of overlap with our model of the real world , and indeed it can be argued that readers will assume isomorphism between the two unless given indications to the contrary . |
| 13 | Then , as could happen with him , he felt a deep despondency replace his feeling of elation . |
| 14 | I am very happy that at the very moment you are admitted to your degree and become a graduate of the University of Nottingham I have the opportunity to shake your hand in congratulation . |
| 15 | The wave holds its line of foam — then covers the shore , |
| 16 | Buddhist monk covers his eyes amid tear gas fired by the security forces during a demonstration against the Indo-Sri Lanka accord in Colombo , 1987 . |
| 17 | We will require British Rail to tighten its targets for reliability and punctuality on all lines , and report monthly to passengers on how it is doing . |
| 18 | This way the buyer need not fear a situation in which the supplier will run out of essential stock , and the supplier can plan on the long term to optimise his conditions of supply . |
| 19 | In cases where an employee sues his employer for breach of statutory duty , the court will be slow to find that the employer was guilty of contributory negligence . |
| 20 | That is why I can not find it within me to sympathise with the poor punters who once besieged the offices of the Daily Mail demanding their £35,000 in prize money only to find that when the music stopped there were more winners than chairs for them to sit upon . |
| 21 | So ( it is argued ) , a party comes to power claiming a mandate to implement its manifesto of seaside promises , and in the process established policies are mindlessly repealed in the struggle to deliver election commitments and please the party faithful . |
| 22 | The Danes have also taken a more enlightened viewpoint and have enlisted the help of a ‘ swinging ’ young poet to publicize their attempts at health education . |
| 23 | The Night Superintendent clapped her hands for silence . |
| 24 | Another way of putting it is that whereas structure denotes a relationship between the elements of anything , tension denotes our experience of structure . |
| 25 | When an employee exhausts their entitlement to sickness allowance , the Director of Management and Information Services , in conjunction with the Director of Social Work , will submit a report to the Personnel Committee concerning the possible extension of sickness allowance . |
| 26 | M. was present in court and heard the President make his findings of fact and give the reasons for his decision . |
| 27 | Midnight briefly intercepted his look , then turned to the side table , exchanging a platter of carved meats for cheesecake , as if he rejected any attempt to penetrate his wall of reserve . |
| 28 | Dot unrolled her piece of twine and began to skip slowly along the pavement over the coal-hole covers towards the basement . |
| 29 | Jean-Claude 's attempt to re-create his past in music was sentenced to death like all else in his life . |
| 30 | Whilst waiting to go to Spring Harvest my visits to church became more regular and I began to realise the truth of God 's Word . |