Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government may believe that once the Kincardine and Deeside election was out on the road — somewhat unsuccessfully for the Government — those promises might be out of sight and out of mind , but they are still in the mind of the Opposition . |
| 2 | He told shareholders he would forego his salary until the Barratt group was back in the black . |
| 3 | So Saturday evening was back to the papers and then back home , usually about seven , mostly walking because you could n't afford the penny for the tram , no ha'penny fares , just a penny , w . |
| 4 | Then she heard the nurse tell someone that Miss Hogan was out in the waiting room , and there was Sean Walsh coming towards them . |
| 5 | Andy Melville was up with the attack and took his chance well . |
| 6 | Miss D'Arcy was back in the game , he could see that . |
| 7 | By this time Allan Wells was back in the news again . |
| 8 | PENSIONER Ivy Groves was down in the mouth yesterday — because Government red tape will leave her without false teeth for weeks . |
| 9 | Such was their condition — they were pulled off the ice last week ‘ more dead than alive ’ — that Sir Ranulph and Dr Stroud were off to the Army Personnel Research Establishment for tests on the way their bodies held up to it all . |
| 10 | My friend Simon Jones was over from the States and I 'd promised him seats that night , and then forgotten all about it . |
| 11 | Each time Rugby Canada were up against the big names . |
| 12 | The boy in the stable said that Mr Kiniver was out at a funeral and was not expected back until late . |
| 13 | GRAHAM Taylor was down to the bare bones today when only 14 of his England squad took part in his first Bisham training session before next week 's critical World Cup clash against Poland . |
| 14 | Mr Paisley was out of the country yesterday but his son , Ian , said that , when his father first heard of the bequest , he had thought it was a hoax . |
| 15 | HEATHCLIFF HAD GIVEN me a letter for Catherine , but I decided not to show it to her until Mr Edgar was out of the house . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll stick to mineral water , ’ Alyssia said , sourly noticing that Mr Charm was back on the scene when he continued his conversation with Simone as though she had n't arrived on the scene at all . |
| 17 | If Greg had understood the lady in the garden aright , Gerald Seymour-Strachey was in for a new experience . |
| 18 | It all seemed straightforward , but Mrs Lersky was up against a dilemma : |
| 19 | But there was not a sound : it was that time in the afternoon when Mrs Prynn was down in the village , Sir Gregory and Amyas were at their books , and the ladies in their chambers . |
| 20 | Indeed , in the early stages of the contest much was made of the lightweight nature of the public support Heseltine received ( it was not until the run up to the second ballot , when Mrs Thatcher was out of the race , that he received public support from Lawson and Howe ) . |
| 21 | Actors have not yet been announced , but the appealing rumour that Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder were up for the lead roles has been denied |
| 22 | After lunch , Graham Lloyd reached 34 before falling to Parsona , but Wasim Akram hit only five and Mike Matkinson was out for a lively 16 . |
| 23 | By 1962 the boom period of Canberra usage was over in the UK as the bomber squadrons disbanded or re-equipped with the trio of V-bombers . |
| 24 | CHIRPY Les Dawson was back in a dame 's frock yesterday for a knees up with Linda Lusardi . |
| 25 | By the time he had locked off the plane 's controls and opened the door , Ahmed Myeloski was out of the Lada and waiting for him by the side of the executive jet . |
| 26 | BRIAN McCLAIR was back on the goal trail last night as Manchester United beat Brondby 3–2 in an Old Trafford friendly . |
| 27 | EXACTLY a fortnight after his unscheduled South Bank recital debut , when he was invited at the last minute to take over from the indisposed Krystian Zimerman , the young Argentinian pianist Nelson Goerner was back at the Festival Hall to replace the temperamental Martha Argerich in a Mozart concerto with the Philharmonia and conductor Claus Peter Flor . |
| 28 | Both Panic and the FRY Internal Affairs Minister Pavle Bulatovic were out of the capital . |
| 29 | Carole Swan was back in the Grand Hotel around midnight . |
| 30 | Lord Williams was up to the minute in his domestic arrangements . |