Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | When Waddesdon Manor reopens to the public next year it 'll boast one of the finest collections of furniture , porcelain and carpets anywhere in the world . |
2 | Frowning , she added , ‘ What did Dad mean about David going to the house last night ? ’ |
3 | Well when Ken said about the headboard last week they were selling sheets on mini market I said pink ones and grey ones but I said not while they had the Christmas stuff in , it was before the Christmas stuff they must have taken them out you know I |
4 | Then David slid into the seat next to her , and added his cup of tea to hers . |
5 | A paper by Dr Philip James of the University of Dundee published by the Lancet last year amplifies an idea first suggested in the 1930s that the disease may be due to the blockage of blood vessels of the nervous system by fat globules ( Lancet , 1982 , vol 1 , p 380 ) . |
6 | On the fourth floor we opened the fire doors and let Fenella go into the corridor first . |
7 | Michael Forsyth said on the news last night that public support for residential care will continue and I believe him . |
8 | So in fact Ibrahim arrived at the river first ? ’ |
9 | Lee got to the log first . |
10 | Mrs Turpin remarks to the woman next to her that she once knew a girl who had everything a child could possibly want , but was still a spoilt , ungrateful brat . |
11 | HONG KONG — Xu Jiatun , China 's senior official in Hong Kong , was summoned to Peking for talks on the dispute between China and Hong Kong over the Chinese swimmer Yang Yang , who was allowed by Hong Kong to go to the US last week , writes Kevin Hamlin . |
12 | Anyone possessing the gall to launch three blows into orbit and over the fence in the opening 20 minutes of the day , as Hooper did at The Oval last August when West Indies were following on , is no mere mortal . |
13 | Listening to Mr Smith and Mr Lamont arguing on the radio last week I was unable to decide who was right and who was wrong ; still less who was Right and who was Left . |
14 | That did not surprise her , for Miss Watson lived at the school-house next door , and might be busy with her last minute chores . |
15 | At a recent London dinner party , attended by Mr Kinnock , Mr Pinter and Lady Antonia , Mr Kinnock leaned across the person next to him and announced : ‘ We 'll make Harold a lord . ’ |
16 | LABOUR 'S Barry Jones protested in the Commons last night at British Aerospace 's decision to sell Corporate Jets , of Broughton . |
17 | A feasibility study that TRW delivered to the Pentagon last month outlined the approach the project will take . |
18 | After a couple of deep breaths , she felt well enough to open her eyes , and as the mists cleared she focused on a most peculiar tableau : Jackie Tiptoe sitting on the floor next to Rose Williams , holding her hand and murmuring in her ear . |
19 | Kate sat in the back next to the luggage , but Ace had stationed himself in front with the pilot . |
20 | Western Wolf , on whom Cauthen won over the course last month , should follow up , but faces several threatening rivals , notably Single . |
21 | In 1929 Piscator invited from the Bauhaus first Oskar Schlemmer and then Laszlo Moholy-Nagy as scene designers . |
22 | MR MAJOR appealed to the nation last night not to turn its back on 13 years of Conservative rule as the latest opinion polls showed the Tories narrowing the gap with Labour but still facing the prospect of losing power . |
23 | Benjamin sat on the stool next to my bed and wiped the sweat from his face . |
24 | PRESIDENT-elect Bill Clinton 's pledge to change America echoed around the world last night . |
25 | Ballymoney , Portadown and Glentoran are ones Coleraine prepared earlier ; Ards went under the knife last night . |
26 | The first Frear knew of his presence was when Devlin slid on the stool next to him and ordered a beer . |
27 | I 'd like your recommendations for the best boiling , baking , roasting , chipping potatoes , three or four for different purposes but I 'm going to ask Walter to comment on the question first of all ? |
28 | Grosvenor High School headmaster Ken Reid called in the police last week after pupils confessed to being offered soft drugs by another pupil . |
29 | Let Tony go on the tee first . |
30 | In a bizarre twist , Sir Patrick Mayhew went on the hustings last Tuesday … with who else but East Belfast Tory Jim McCormick ! |