Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [art] [noun] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | " For a man who can catch a gibbon in a Ming vase it will be child 's play . " |
2 | Solicitor Janna Neale sold her partnership in the law firm she had helped establish when she realised that her anxious and perfectionist nature made her unable to leave work any evening before ten , and even then she 'd carry clients ' cases and cash-flow worries home . |
3 | Over a cup of tea in the departure lounge he asked about the red rose I had placed by the wall , and so I told him of the red , white and blue wreath at Bayeux , of the other red roses on the graves of the crew , and of the ‘ Peace ’ rose which we had brought from England . |
4 | When there is , as physically there must always be , an and effect in the Couette viscometer it may be taken into account by performing measurements with various values of the fluid column length l or by using the exact theory for a conical end derived by Mooney & Ewart ( 1934 ) and used in the Cone and Plate Viscometer . |
5 | He says that he was told his father was alive after the first crash … by the time he 'd had the second crash in the rescue boat he was dead . |
6 | Nevertheless , Paisley was keen to establish a public distinction between these two roles , At an early election meeting in an Orange Hall in the Bannside constituency he arranged to have a friend ask him if Protestant Unionism was just Free Presbyterianism by another name . |
7 | Thon wee Marie Tress that used to work the upper circle got stuck ahint the safe in the office way him an he vernear tane the blouse affer . |
8 | Maggie scrounged what food she could , and when Sarah dipped a crust of bread in the cabbage soup she 'd made she could see the cracks in the bottom of the dish through the thin liquid . |
9 | As we were unable to cover any practical work in the January session it has been requested that further time be allocated . |
10 | One night , at home in the beach house he and Astrid , their son Alexander and I were sharing , Den had a few Scotches sitting around the piano and revealed a talent for playing ‘ Smoke Gets In Your Eyes ’ with his nose . |
11 | When they had eaten their lunch in the dining room they withdrew to their rooms for a siesta . |
12 | But when he got the job in the stocking factory he seriously thought it was for life . |
13 | If any issue is likely to arouse feelings of helplessness in the advice worker it is this one . |
14 | To evaluate long-term variations in soil erosion in the Pátzcuaro basin we collected 20 sediment cores ( 1.24–2.85m in length ) from the lake in 1988 using a simple gravity-percussion corer ( Fig. 1 ) . |
15 | At the National Gallery 's new sumptuous shop in the Sainsbury Wing I recorded three books on Gwen John ( and none on Augustus , her brother ) , two on Artemisia Gentileschi ( one being the very scholarly and feminist monograph by Mary D Garrard , published by Princeton University Press , now in paperback ) , one book on Rosalba Carriera , and most surprisingly given the feminist industry around this artist , only one on Mary Cassatt . |
16 | After serving with the Imperial Yeomanry in the Boer war he became an aeronautical engineer , using his observation of sea-birds in flight to design a revolutionary type of monoplane with swept-back wings . |
17 | Preston sought anaesthesis in the colour supplement he had brought with him and was distracted for a while by a feature on Great Journeys undertaken or contemplated by the Rich and the Famous . |
18 | After a short and furious rest in the potato store I entered the women 's hospital , inflexibly determined on an inspection . |
19 | Tess began to enjoy her new work with the chickens , and the next day in the cottage garden she decided to practise whistling as instructed . |
20 | ‘ When Vinnie swore the other day in the Blackburn game he became the first player to be sent off for swearing at a fellow professional . |
21 | Erm , only the other day in the Transportation Department we were talking about drivers hours and er , it 's obvious implication there on road safety where the government are trying to relax the provisions , for what 's the European committee are trying to tighten them up . |
22 | Heim again presented her view that the accused was faking , and added the comment that from her observations of his behaviour in the witness box he seemed to be of average intelligence . |
23 | He was also blamed for breaking co-star Paul Land 's ribs when , it was claimed , Rourke insisted on realism in a fight scene he had with Land . |
24 | From the outset many , if not most of them , have reflected their religious foundation in the admissions policy they pursue by favouring those of their own faith . |
25 | We can not sleep at the new night time , we feel tired during the daytime ( at a time corresponding to night in the time zone we have just left ) , and our appetite is upset . |
26 | Er we 've been in the longest recession in the housing market I think in memory . |
27 | When an accomplished actor like ( bridegroom 's name ) realizes he is going to have a speaking part in the wedding ceremony he jumps at the opportunity . |
28 | In the same year he joined British Gas Southern as a driver in the transport section he has now nearly completed thirty four years ' service with British Gas and has been a member of this trade union for nearly thirty four years . |
29 | There 's only the castle grounds that 's a park in the city centre you 've got to pay a quid to go in there on Saturdays and Sundays and I think these trees really matter I am concerned and I 'm going to ask questions about them and I will talk to David about it as well although the leaf stem he can keep himself . |
30 | One of the things Namibia 's new president must accept is that he lacked the two-thirds majority in the constituent assembly he would have needed to push through plans supported only by his party , SWAPO . |