Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [adj] [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nottinghamshire are looking for their first win in a one-day competition at Trent Bridge this season . |
| 2 | Despite two good performances to date , Wirral Ladies are still looking for their first win in the Ladies County Championship . |
| 3 | David Rush , Brian Mooney and Warren Hawke stand by as Sunderland go for their fourth win in a row . |
| 4 | WELSH hopes of their first win against the old enemy for 15 years were crushed by England 's pack power and midfield organisation in Swansea last night . |
| 5 | The authority of the Prime Minister was also undermined during December by the confusion generated by demands that Japan should mark the 50th anniversary of its 1941 attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbour with a clear apology . |
| 6 | Emerson got a carbon copy of his first try after a swift counter attack , Stevens , came across from his wing into the centre to slice through the defence for a fine individual score , and left winger Paul McAteer raced in from 20 metres . |
| 7 | Newport3 NEWBRIDGE moved to joint third place in the Heineken League with their ninth win in an ill-tempered game where David Roberts , the Newbridge flanker , and Frank Hillman , the Newport prop , were sent off midway through the second half for fighting . |
| 8 | Norwich 's victory opened up a four- point lead at the top of the table with their fifth win on the trot . |
| 9 | STUDENTS in their thousands gather at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall , Taiwan 's holiest of holies , to demand democracy ; teenage idealists begin a fast ; daubings ( one is the Chinese character for ‘ pig ’ ) disfigure Chiang 's monument . |
| 10 | The policy decision was to maintain the sterling area , above all in its 1940 form as a zone of exchange control . |
| 11 | A Paul Diamond double strike , the second of which was a delightful chip , helped Second Division leaders Dale to their fourth win on the trot . |
| 12 | Now the tourists find themselves the underdogs with Will Carling expected to lead England to their third win in the sides ' 10th meeting . |
| 13 | Individuals working on their own concentrate on the task ( content ) , not the task plus social interactions ( content and process ) . |
| 14 | Said widow and her late husband had been kind to on his 1991 visit to the USA , and had originally met via very old friends of ours here — husband of whom had been one of Jack 's first students in New Zealand in about 1950 ! |
| 15 | After the Guardian pointed out on December 8 that Kingfisher did indeed face a prima facie competition problem , he told another newspaper that during his 1986 bid for the then Woolworths , he had been obliged by the OFT to pre-sell Comet to Granada to avoid a monopolies investigation . |
| 16 | From the moment Glenister pounced on the ball in the fifth minute for his first try as the Blackheath scrum were shunted over their own line , the writing was on the wall . |
| 17 | With four minutes to go , Stimpson dived over for his second try in the right-hand corner . |
| 18 | Another soft ground specialist , Green Lane , looks set for his fourth win in a row in the Krug Trophy . |
| 19 | Pepper was on hand , as always , to take the pass from Kilford 's fine break down the left for his third try under the posts and seven minutes later he cut through some dispirited defence to provide the scoring pass to wing Richard Byrom . |