Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Doubts about their availability arose last week , when the German Hockey Board announced an alteration to the Bundesliga season because of the 1994 European Nations Cup .
2 A reprisal for her unwillingness to co-operate last night ?
3 Best believes Brady 's return to the fold would enhance the prospects of Irish success in Italy , but the most gifted Irish footballer of his generation insisted last night that there was no question of him changing his mind and resuming his international career .
4 He also sold up and left because the only alternative in these miserable circumstances is to spend the rest of your life living next door to someone who will never speak to you again .
5 ‘ We are in receipt of your telex dated 26th June , 1973 .
6 ‘ Have you brought a sample of your urine taken first thing in the morning ? ’
7 ‘ We 'll maybe have better luck with our spring cleaning next year . ’
8 In my letter dated 3rd February 93 to your predecessor I drew attention to the road works on the west side of Gubberford Lane Scorton just south of the railway bridge .
9 The hon. Gentleman will no doubt welcome the fact that unemployment in his constituency fell last month , as it did throughout Scotland .
10 Tithe Barn Lane — reinstatement of surface : In your letter dated 7th November 1990 you said that the carriageway ‘ will be reinstated as soon as possible after the removal of the stump ’ ( of the fallen tree ) .
11 The Parish Council has several times contacted Wyre Borough Council about this and I have letters from your department dated 24th January 1991 and 6 February 1991 on this matter .
12 I have not yet received a reply to my letter dated 21st May 1992 asking for information about temporary caravan sites and caravan rallies .
13 Frosterley Star quest : Relatives and friends of Sara Anne Hawkins will be glued to their television sets next month as the young singer takes part in Esther Rantzen 's Search for a Star .
14 He brushed aside charges that the Government had reneged on its election promises last year by comparing the Government borrowing crisis with the early years of the Thatcher Government in which , he said , taxes had to rise before they could be brought down after borrowing was stabilised .
15 They were now on their way to join 1st Commando Brigade on the ridge this side of the River Orne , on our left nearest to the coast and probably next to No. 3 Commando .
16 Those expatriate Conservative voters in Singapore must have choked on their gin slings last week when they opened their copy of the Straits Times .
17 MR BRYAN GOULD proposed a decisive break with the programme on which Labour lost last week 's general election when he launched his campaign for both the party 's leadership and deputy leadership at Westminster last night .
18 Most of the guests on his show live next door — they just pop in on the way home from work .
19 WE closed the book on our share tips last night and are pleased to report another year of success .
20 She wrote : ’ Thank you for your letter dated 9th October 1991 which I have read with great dismay .
21 Thank you for your letter dated 1st May concerning the claimed public footpath from Snowhill Lane to Long Lane .
22 Thank you for your letter dated 6th April .
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