Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 William Temple got him an honouring invitation , as a delegate to the vast ecumenical conference at Edinburgh in 1937 .
2 Kenneth Caitlin lit himself a cigar , blowing the smoke out in huge puffs that swirled around his bald head .
3 King David shows us the way when he says , ‘ It is good to give thanks to the Lord … and make thy praise our pride . ’
4 Thankfully the recent revival has generated a new enthusiasm for the use of LM potencies giving us a feeling that , at last , their time has come .
5 For it had obviously been a palace once , the high Gothic arches of the medieval windows and the carved stone Romeo-and-Juliet balconies giving it a fairy-tale air .
6 David Beaton poulticed it every time he could get the old man to stay at peace long enough , but as soon as it started to heal Eachuinn would be up and about , restless , until the deep puncture festered and broke out again .
7 United got off to a flyer with Richard Hill giving them a lead after just eight minutes .
8 His cheesecutter hat and Burberry overcoat gave him the look of a working class spiv .
9 He admitted that Estella was his housekeeper 's daughter , adopted by Miss Havisham to give her the chance of a better life .
10 Lucy Jackson underlined what the NDO had said about using local press photographs and materials being ready before the event to ensure possible publication .
11 Then the Arsenal match gave us a chance to restore some pride — and I think we have done that . ’
12 He and another left-hander , the more dashing 21-year-old Robert Samuels , provided Jamaica with the batting stability they have so often lacked and captain Courtney Walsh gave them the bowling penetration with a tournament record 36 wickets at 11.30 each that combined to regain the Cup for Jamaica from Barbados , their third success in the last five seasons .
13 Not only did they drench her in a water fight when she did n't have a change of clothes and throw her on the muck heap , but on Friday evening offered her a roll filled with Doggie Dins , so she spent the rest of the night throwing up .
14 In recent times I have been able to go down to the hostel , where my good friend Richard Megson gives me the opportunity to wash in lovely hot water .
15 KEITH RAMSEY 'S match-winning shot for Manchester Giants in the 105-104 victory over Sunderland 76ers on Tuesday night made him the toast of the Stretford Sports Centre , particularly as all of their supporters had been confined to the bar .
16 Yet , unable to refuse the implied reproach , Celia sat down in the antique rocking chair she had bought and allowed Miss Maynard to pass her the child .
17 In many societies David McKnight tells me the man who does the circumcision who actually chops off the foreskins as it were , owes you a wife for it and he says in many of them if you give a man your foreskin then you 've got a right to demand a wife .
18 Working with what might appear an impossible topic , Kathleen Meyer shows what a master can achieve .
19 David Moorcroft called it a day , and Steve Ovett cried in public and was urged to .
20 Bedale magistrates fined him a total of £200 with £127 costs .
21 Linda Fraser gives us a bird 's eye view of this festive meat and makes saucy comments about cranberries
22 There is a theory that the Syrians favour the perpetuation of the Aoun regime to give them a pretext for keeping an undiminished presence in the country .
23 There is a theory that the Syrians favour the perpetuation of the Aoun regime to give them a pretext for keeping an undiminished presence in the country .
24 Miss Muffet Make me An Offer I Ca n't Refuse
25 He says Sue Townsend sent us a recipe from Adrian Mole .
26 PAUL RIDEOUT goes to Old Trafford tonight admitting ‘ Dion Dublin did me a favour by joining Manchester United . ’
27 And Felton 's miscue off Neil Smith offered them a glimmer of hope .
28 Kathryn Baron gives it a whirl and does n't look back .
29 ‘ So I was n't actually that interested , but Jean-Luc Ponty gave me a tape and on one side was ‘ A Trick Of The Tail ’ and on the other side was ‘ Wind And Wuthering ’ .
30 Then Aunt Branwell read her a story from the Bible , and I forgot about it .
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