Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly the huge wooden arched door was sprung open and Fernando Serra stepped out of the gloom of the house and into the almost indecent brilliance of the sun . |
| 2 | The colourful draperies of the various stands and tents billowed and flapped gently , as the denizens of Little Tuckett strolled about on the freshly clipped lawns of the vicarage garden , taking in the various delights on offer . |
| 3 | ‘ Kenneth Baker came up in the House to offer congratulations . |
| 4 | All nine members of the crew were killed when their RAF Hercules went down during a treacherous low level flying mission through the Grampians 19 days ago . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Herr Nordern sank on to the sofa and , astonishingly , found himself holding his wife 's hand , and feeling hers firmly gripping his . |
| 8 | Programme assistant Ian Edgar stood in at the last minute . |
| 9 | Newport were in shreds as Marcus Hannaford cleaned up for the third try . |
| 10 | Ngo Van Loc reached out in the darkness and clasped both his sons ' hands tightly in his own . |
| 11 | Roger Courtney went back to the raiding of the SBS which we will follow in later Chapters . |
| 12 | Then Gary Gregory leaned over to a pal viewing the programme with him and said : ‘ Can you keep a secret ? |
| 13 | A few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune . |
| 14 | After an indifferent start to the season Surrey 's David Ward bounced back with a NatWest century against Glamorgan , then went on to record the fastest first-class hundred of the season ( 70 balls ) against Northants |
| 15 | When Photoplay 's editor Ken Ferguson went down to the set of The Devil 's Brigade , a World War Two adventure filmed in England in 1968 , he and the other reporters were warned not to try and interview the star . |
| 16 | ‘ In the stunned silence that followed , Miss Honey walked up to the front of the class and stood behind her table . |
| 17 | Wednesday 's players are still furious over the controversial refereeing that saw striker David Hirst sent off in the 3–1 first leg defeat in Kaiserslautern . |
| 18 | Tendulkar and Richard Blakey hit back with a stand of 176 in 24 overs , but then Neil Fairbrother swooped to run out the Indian ace with a direct hit . |
| 19 | Only two minutes left when Richard Walker popped up on the proverbial back stick , sounds painful does n't it , and it was for Portsmouth . |
| 20 | However , the Scots launched a spirited recovery in the second half against a very powerful side made up of former and future Wallaby internationals and , especially after David Sole came on as a replacement prop , they took complete control of the match , running in four excellent tries in an exciting 24–24 draw . |
| 21 | Jean Reece-Carlton strolled out onto the terrace to inspect it . |
| 22 | In the event , only a smaller group of about 100 delegates led by Armando Cossutta walked out of the final session of the congress , with the declared intention of continuing the Italian communist tradition elsewhere . |
| 23 | Rovers were forced into a pre-match reshuffle as Neil McNab went down with a stomach bug . |
| 24 | Miss Potts came out of the room at this moment , she eyed Gwendoline with dislike . |
| 25 | And with that final attempt to recapture something of his former Manner , Edward Crumwallis shuffled out of the study . |
| 26 | Ken Corduroy drove round to the Harrisons ' with an ingenious pool-cleaning device , a mechanical object that swam round scrubbing at the walls , he had ordered for them from England . |
| 27 | At least London 's Notting Hill Carnival got off to a trouble-free start . |
| 28 | As Selwyn rummaged around the shed for his tools , Barney Summerville came out of the garage wiping his hands on an oily rag . |
| 29 | On Saturday mini-riots broke out around the centre as thousands of youngsters were locked out , leaving them to buy tickets from touts . |
| 30 | 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 . |