Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearly fifty years ago Peggy Lucas walked out across an airfield to fly a Spitfire for the first time … now she 's about to come bang up to date with a helicopter . |
| 2 | Nearly fifty years ago Peggy Lucas walked out across an airfield to fly a Spitfire for the first time … now she 's about to come bang up to date with a helicopter . |
| 3 | Plymouth looked to be cruising to victory when striker Dwight Marshall made up for an early miss with two goals in three minutes in the first half of this tie . |
| 4 | Paul Ashmead was sent off while number eight Bobby Fowke limped along with an injury … |
| 5 | Neil Fairbrother chipped in with an unbeaten 61 as Lancashire cruised to maximum batting points . |
| 6 | I 'M ASHAMED to be the first Scotland captain sent off in an international match . |
| 7 | Two miles further on , the A.890 from Loch Carron comes down to an improved junction . |
| 8 | Ms or Mr Trim wakes up for an early morning drink , has tea or coffee with either no milk or skimmed milk and definitely no sugar . |
| 9 | Unwilling to be a wallflower at the workstation ball , Intergraph Corp muscled in with an announcement that it will implement Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT operating system for its Intergraph Clipper RISC microprocessor — despite the fact that although it was one of the very first to declare a commitment , it has still not made good on its promise that it will put OSF/1 on the Clipper . |
| 10 | Now Mr Laurentius travels about with an antiquated set of hospital X-ray equipment with which he is able to take a detailed picture within seconds . |
| 11 | Mr Kelbie listened in on an extension . |
| 12 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN pulled out of an MTV Unplugged acoustic concert in Los Angeles on September 22 . |
| 13 | Mushtaq Ahmed held out for an hour-and-a-half for 11 , standing by Malik while the biggest stand of the innings — 64 — was constructed . |
| 14 | The Party loved it , they gave him a standing ovation and Mr Kinnock went back for an encore to tell them to save their strength for the election . |
| 15 | A concessionary one mile bridleway — where use is granted by the landowner — has been opened across the northwestern embankment of Yarrow Reservoir to link in with an existing bridleway . |
| 16 | ‘ It is not at all like her , ’ Mrs Marsden went on in an aggrieved tone . |
| 17 | Mrs Mallory sat down on an upright , wooden chair . |
| 18 | The end-of-term atmosphere was maintained when Mrs Kinnock dressed up as an air hostess and handed out sweets to the accompanying press corps . |
| 19 | She stood and looked at Mrs Mantini , and gradually Mrs Mantini broke down like an overheated fire . |
| 20 | Ian Durrant took over from an out-of-touch Peter Huistra at the interval and Rangers certainly produced a higher work rate in the second period . |
| 21 | Botha dropped an early goal , Ian Hunter thundered over for an unforgettable try , and Drikus Hattingh scored one for the tourists just before the break . |
| 22 | Batsman Sachin Tendulkar was engaged this summer simply because Craig McDermott pulled out with an injury at the last minute . |
| 23 | Of similar vintage I can recall Billy Lane turning up for an open match on the Swadlincote waters , looking as if he had just stepped out of a time warp . |
| 24 | In 1982 , Rudi Fuchs came up with an accurate analysis of the new avant-garde movements in painting , and in 1987 Manfred Schneckenburger drew our attention to what I would call sociological considerations : art and culture , art and design , and so on . |
| 25 | So , an enterprising chap by the name of Len Middleton came up with an idea that would present the bait on fine , supple line ( the hair ) , and yet still have a strong hook attached to a strong , somewhat rigid line . |
| 26 | He entered to find Edouard de Chavigny stretched out in an armchair , wearing cricket flannels , with a copy of John Maynard Keynes 's Treatise on Money open on his lap . |
| 27 | Livingston Village grew up around an early crossing point on the River Almond at the site of the first bridge in the area . |
| 28 | The sight of Peter Rabbit hanging up in an old-fashioned butcher 's window brings tears to our eyes , while pretty pink portions prepared and hacked by the supermarket cause no such qualms . |
| 29 | It is , as Lord Renton pointed out in an address to this Society in 1990 , too much to ask that legislation should always be expressed simply ; for the complexities of modern life do not always admit of simplicity and we can not afford , in providing a code of conduct , to sacrifice certainty to simplicity . |
| 30 | In Taylor 's reign , only Trevor Steven 's effort in Russia earlier this year from a Nigel Clough pass stands out as an example . |