Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faldo took his 1992 winnings to a world record £1.5m , while Norman 's only consolation was that the £190,234 runner's-up cheque made him the first player in history to breech the $10 million barrier in career earnings . |
| 2 | Although Daniel 's dark skin offers him the same protection as a mild sunscreen , it 's not enough to block all the sun 's harmful UV rays . |
| 3 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
| 4 | If she were interested in such a campaign , she could perhaps use as the model for it our own dear Speaker , whose radiant health and youthfulness make him the perfect epitome of a diet based on vegetarianism . |
| 5 | In a follow-up survey , the great majority rated it the best AIDS resource they had seen . |
| 6 | He was immediately dispatched to the scene , where his energy , intelligence and presence of mind made him the chief decision-taker in the first days after the explosion of reactor number four . |
| 7 | It was only when the high priest asked him the direct question : |
| 8 | The frictions grew steadily worse , and in an attempt to accommodate them the 1897 Vienna Congress resolved that the party become a federation of six national parties . |
| 9 | As the dreamsun showed us the insubstantial outlines of the City down in the valley , we faded to white . |
| 10 | The club paid him the princely sum of £8 , a fee that has not risen much over the years according to some of Celtic 's more dour stars . |
| 11 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything . |
| 12 | WILL AN INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISER FIND YOU THE BEST MORTGAGE DEAL ? |
| 13 | The Brazilian agent saw me the next morning . |
| 14 | Bracing the right side gives you the only opportunity to use the left side to start the forward swing smoothly and efficiently . |
| 15 | Dot gave her the violet-patterned hanky that used to belong to Henrietta Forbes-Read to wipe her eyes . |
| 16 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The brooch gave us the right clue — in fact it gave us two . |
| 18 | Three are commonly identified i.e. national , local and school , and in an attempt to clarify them the following paragraphs examine each in turn . |
| 19 | Daddy and Mummy greeted her the next morning . |
| 20 | The central location of the Plough makes it the ideal venue for both business and pleasure . |
| 21 | Brown ‘ boiled-up cow ’ type glue is holding the all-solid construction together remarkably well , and the high action makes it the perfect instrument for playing bottleneck and slide blues . |
| 22 | Someone claiming to be in the know told us the other day that the reason DEC president Robert Palmer never showed up at that mammoth Unix strategy briefing session the company put the press and analyst corp through back in February was that he saw the rehearsals and did n't want to be associated with it . |
| 23 | When the judge told him the only sentence he could pass was that of life imprisonment , Meehan said loudly and clearly , ‘ I want to say this , sir . |
| 24 | The council told us the only way we could get a home was if we were living together . |
| 25 | The Sports Council says it the best means of acquiring all-round fitness . |
| 26 | ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her . |
| 27 | His work affects me the same way — which is why I bought that painting a few years ago . |
| 28 | The first flowering plant I saw was a familiar one — the purple mountain saxifrage , Saxafraga oppositifolia to give it the scientific name . |
| 29 | Now that you are completing the preliminary studies and will shortly be embarking on the more complicated part of the syllabus , I feel that , at this stage , it would be of benefit to give you the following lessons in an endeavour to press home to you the importance and value of your continued perseverance . |
| 30 | Because they are required by law to give you the best investment advice , and unless they find out your personal details they ca n't do that . |