Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun prp] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wears her usual dull black leggings , and for the cool April evening she has put on a black woolly top . |
| 2 | ‘ He left this for the little Romany Rei I reckon you be he so take it bor an plant no gorja curses on his grave . ’ ’ |
| 3 | As the leading Amsterdam specialists we can offer you the widest variety of pre-bookable excursions at very special prices . |
| 4 | Can a row about the endless Saturday afternoons he now spends bent over the bonnet of his old car be used as a vehicle for their underlying struggle ? |
| 5 | Sources in the US say Data General will this week take the wrapping off the eight-way AViiON multi-processors it has been dropping hints about for some time ( UX No 389 ) . |
| 6 | In the light of the belated rally for the lamentable Governor of Massachusetts , Michael Dukakis , a rally sparked by his ( reluctant ) mouthing of the populist Jackson agenda he had earlier shunned , the next Jackson campaign for the US Presidency ought to fly all the way home to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue , hitherto known as ‘ The White House ’ . |
| 7 | This gives it the versatility of a Strat or Les Paul and with the power of the untapped HFS pickups it really is the best of both worlds . |
| 8 | Not one of the many East Berliners I spoke to at several crossing points said they meant to stay in the West . |
| 9 | The last years of Queen Victoria 's reign and the beginning of the Edwardian era saw the rise to fame and prosperity of the great London hotels we know to-day ; the Savoy , the Ritz , the Carlton , the Berkeley , Claridges ( even then known as " the home of kings " ) , the Piccadilly , the Hyde Park and — the only one which has since disappeared — the Cecil . |
| 10 | But on the eve of the All Ireland Leagues it is n't all gloom and doom , and the Irish international No 8 remains defiantly upbeat and optimistic . |
| 11 | She closed the door behind her and joined him on the pavement and as she took several breaths of the crisp October air she suddenly felt how good it was to be alive . |
| 12 | I 've been trying to think what we what the n whether it was D Company or C Company but I ca n't recall , that was the Company , that was , I just D Company of the er South Staffs of the whole Walsall area you see , that was D Company . |
| 13 | In the first two of the three Arnold sinfoniettas it is fascinating to compare the American performances with those of Ross Pople and the London Festival Orchestra on their Hyperion disc , which has the obvious advantage of offering all three sinfoniettas . |
| 14 | Furthermore , as mentioned above , Article 36 of the 1977 Geneva Protocol I imposed a duty on states to consider in the development or acquisition of new weapons whether their use would be illegal in some or all circumstances . |
| 15 | Even if the early 1980s mark the trough of the latest Kondratiev cycle we have little idea of what is happening to the UK economy unless we can explain what gives rise to these long waves , Long-wave theorists rely upon fluctuations in innovation by firms for most of their explanatory power . |
| 16 | Apart from North Sea projects on the drawing board , progress is expected during 1993 towards the development of the huge Mars discovery it shares with Shell in the Gulf of Mexico and the oil reserves it has established by pioneering exploration work in Colombia . |
| 17 | As leader of the militant Ulster Unionists he not only voiced the six counties ' wish to remain under the King and the Parliament at Westminster , but organised a large force of Ulster Volunteers , for whom arms were landed in 1913 . |
| 18 | I drank nothing at lunch , despite the horrendous Malvinas Surprise I ordered ( a triple mixed grill swaddled in steaks ) . |
| 19 | These five were very similar to the Ipswich group ; all except one were women ; all lived alone ; only one had a closely involved relative ( and like the similar Ipswich case it was a working daughter who needed help to care for her mother when she was unavailable ) . |
| 20 | The girl seemed to love kids , but like the first Mrs Morey she did n't produce any . |
| 21 | But against a resolute Portadown defence they were getting little change . |
| 22 | The equinoctial gales make a couple of attempts to scare us , but like an old Shetland pony we turn our backs to the wind and stick it out . |
| 23 | Like an overgrown Bisto kid I sniffed and aaahed my way to the source of the oaky-smokey smell , where I met a man whom I am very pleased to know . |
| 24 | As a long-time Japan watcher I am continually surprised by the Japanese capacity for tolerance and forgiveness of both private and public infractions . |
| 25 | As a faithful NME reader I thought you would have had better things to do than badmouth good groups , such as improve on your public relations , meaning , I wrote to you about three months ago regarding Pink Floyd to find out if they would be doing any concerts . |
| 26 | The champions have tremendous belief in their own ability , and while it 's premature to compare them with the great Kilkenny sides they look well enough equipped to retain their title . |
| 27 | The City is one of the few places left with the old London buses you can jump on and off . |
| 28 | Even through his distress , Francis Morgan was obviously struck by Catherine Crane 's looks and as the party distributed itself into the big Land Rover he managed to sit next to her . |
| 29 | ‘ We are not talking about births , ’ Verity , veteran of TV hits ranging from Dr Who to Minder reveals from the luxury London office she shares with her Great Dane , Arthur Daley . |
| 30 | On Saturday he was back in his own Opel and despite struggling for grip in the slippery Fermanagh forests he played safe to finish 35 seconds behind the Ford Escort Cosworth of Leckey . |