Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [modal v] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A flurry of bangs hit the door and before Allan Stewart could shoot back the bolt gun-butts had burst through the timbers , the bolt and its socket tore the jamb away , and soldiers in blue coats and white breeches were stepping in across the wreckage . |
| 2 | But as the French press produced one embarrassing revelation after another , including leaks from the DGSE itself , it was decided that 65-year-old civil servant Bernard Tricot should carry out a rigorous investigation and that the French government would cooperate fully with the New Zealand police . |
| 3 | With the league regionalised over Winter it 's almost certain that Clwyd , Gwynedd and Powys teams will prop up the table for a couple of months . |
| 4 | After 35 years as president of the company he founded back in 1957 , Ken Olsen will give up the reins at Digital Equipment Corp this October , aged 66 . |
| 5 | Others buy their plants on impulse , pop them in where there is a gap , and hope Mother Nature will sort out the mess . |
| 6 | Everything is made to change just in the nick of time , and even the return letter office suspends its laws that Jane Eyre may carry on a tale with effect . |
| 7 | MICK QUINN will pound out a goalscoring message of arrival today — to the rhythm of the Mersey beat . |
| 8 | The body had been removed to the mortuary where Dr Franks would carry out the post mortem . |
| 9 | Langdon went on to outline a scheme whereby Kim Ku could set up a governing commission , which would subsequently take over from the military government . |
| 10 | Mr Baker must keep up the peacemaking . |
| 11 | If Mr Lawson can hold off a base rate rise at least until he can blame the Germans , that will make his political task a fraction easier ; but not much . |
| 12 | There is still a way out of this economic mess , if Mr Gorbachev can summon up the courage to take it . |
| 13 | The new Prime Minister was obliged , yesterday morning , to send a driver to find out the telephone number of one of his key ministers , before Mr Singh could pass on the good news of his appointment . |
| 14 | For a while , after the polls closed , it looked as if Mr Reynolds might pull off a stunning upset . |
| 15 | Of course , Madame Duvalle will come over every month to see that I 'm doing things the right way and Monsieur Félix intends to spend quite a lot of time in London . |
| 16 | Tomorrow Mr Westaby will carry out a substantial operation on an eighty-two year old man . |
| 17 | And once again , of course , it is up to cette vielle Europe and its civilisational offspring , America , to slay the dragon , to vanquish the alien ; these UN crusaders must take on the ‘ beast of Baghdad ’ and his ‘ empire of terror ’ . |
| 18 | Not even Mr Morton can play down the gravity of this latest crisis . |
| 19 | Mr Clinton will scale back the $12 billion he hopes to raise from the tax over the next five years by between a third and two-thirds . |
| 20 | Mr France ends his letter by saying Mr Milburn should cut out the denigration and let the people of Darlington progress in prosperity . |
| 21 | Rather say , " At the next meeting , Ms Smith will report on the action taken " ; or " Mr Jones will carry out the instructions of the committee and report back . " |
| 22 | One of his most senior colleagues , Mr Michael Heseltine , the Environment Secretary , indicated that , if the Tories were the biggest party in a hung Parliament , Mr Major would draw up a programme of legislation and put it to the vote in Parliament rather than seeking any formal deal with the Liberal Democrats or Ulster Unionists . |
| 23 | It was hoped that the Caracas talks would follow up the agreement on constitutional amendments with a detailed agreement on ceasefire terms and on how to deal with members of the military guilty of human rights violations . |
| 24 | Mr Smith may set up an overseas trust for the benefit of his three minor unmarried grandchildren A , B and C , giving them life interests in the fund provided that if all the trusts should fail the funds should go to the child of Mr Smith ( ie Master Smith ) , the parent of A , B and C. £100 may be settled and this may be used to purchase 50 per cent of the shares in an anticipated profitable company to be set up by Master Smith . |
| 25 | Mr Smith may set up an overseas trust for the benefit of his grandchildren . |
| 26 | Willie Falconer could take over the No.3 shirt from suspended Jimmy Phillips . |
| 27 | Train spotting in East Anglia will take on a whole new meaning . |
| 28 | A chalet camp in East Anglia used to send out an application form for prospective visitors that requested , among other details , ‘ Number of children ( by sex ) … ’ |
| 29 | On Friday , Mrs Grant will pick up the 1989 Captain of Industry award from the Livingstone Industrial and Commercial Association . |
| 30 | After winning the top-heat level breaks for the last two Saturdays , Batley Ranger could notch up a hat-trick in Saturday 's event , which is sponsored by DLS engineering . |