Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The visit lasted over an hour during which time Neil Kinnock experienced at first hand what carpet manufacturing was all about . |
| 2 | Mr Simon Heffer argued in last week 's Spectator that welfarism is once more coming to characterise the British , having been repulsed during the Thatcher years : ‘ The plaintive , dependent-relative voice of the something-for-nothing society , heard on almost every street in this campaign , was a little harder to find five years ago . ’ |
| 3 | In 1987 , The Tsarevich , jointly owned by Edgar Bronfman , the Chairman of The Seagram Company and Ivan Straker , Chairman of Seagram Distillers ran into second place behind Maori Venture , owned by 92-year-old Jim Joel who thus becomes one of the select band who have owned both English Derby and Grand National winners . |
| 4 | On 12 May Macmillan arrived at Eighth Army headquarters at Treviso with his assistant Philip Broad at about 10.30 am . |
| 5 | A GOVERNMENT minister yesterday promised emergency cash aid to bail out areas of North Wales devastated by last week 's ‘ storm of the century . ’ |
| 6 | He said Mr Lamont declared in last year 's Budget he had ‘ no need , no proposals and no plans either to raise or to extend the scope of VAT ’ . |
| 7 | EDDIE Irvine moved into second place in the All-Japan Formula 3000 championship with his first victory of the season at Suzuka yesterday . |
| 8 | The Phantom and Teardrop which Eddie Allen looked at last month were made by Paul Chandler in the USA . |
| 9 | According to French sources , the problems with the Longines Classic started at last year 's event when , though the sponsors paid out the prize money , it did not reach the players . |
| 10 | He was followed by Hep Porter in Wagner Solution , Sitting Duck , and 1990 Gold race winner Jim Miller flew to third place in JM-2 No 14 Pushy Cat at 231.012mph . |
| 11 | Norman Ferguson slotted into third place , ahead of former Northern Ireland champion Robert Dickson . |
| 12 | Johnson Matthey hit by second departure . |
| 13 | Johnson Matthey hit by second departure . |
| 14 | Brian Reid slotted into second place on the opening lap , and like Moodie , never looked like losing it as Scotsman Ian Simpson came home . |
| 15 | After an amazing cross country round yesterday with her agile horse Knockdrin Vina finished in first position with 49 points after the dressage , and is hoping for a clear round today to win the £1,500 national championship and title . |
| 16 | DUP councillor Sammy Wilson said at last week 's monthly meeting of the council it was unnecessary for the Lord Mayor to attend the Hong Kong trip as Belfast would be well represented by Laganisde board members , amongst others . |
| 17 | Ena Brown , Ann Jones and Tracey Beale tied for second place ; Val Walton won by a point . |
| 18 | One of the so-called rebel councillors , Peter Sullivan confirmed after last night 's full meeting of Monklands District Council that Mr Murphy had been suspended on full pay pending a disciplinary committee meeting . |
| 19 | But Liverpool 19-year-old Steve Smith qualified in second place for the final by clearing 2.29 . |
| 20 | New Zealander Greg Turner moved into third place on 13 under with a birdie , his sixth of the day , at the last . |
| 21 | The Mendeleev Table appeared at first sight to conclude the study of the atomic theory by setting a limit to the existence of fundamentally different kinds of matter . |
| 22 | By the time Gen McCreery returned to Eighth Army HQ at the end of the afternoon , he had ample opportunity to be fully briefed as to what was going on . |
| 23 | Ruby Wax , above , and Margaret Thatcher tied for last place |
| 24 | It was hardly likely to be repeated in 1977 , when Niki returned to form with a vengeance and ran off with the championship by a huge margin , leaving Master James stranded in fifth place . |