Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ben got away to a lightning start and won in a blazing 10.06 seconds ; Chidi ( not going to Scotland ) was second , and I was some way back in third place with 10.32 seconds . |
| 2 | Maggie was about to protest that talking to Roger and Luke did not qualify as lurking , but Roger made off with a bottle in each hand and Luke had vanished again . |
| 3 | As Mr Crump meandered away on a line his wife had drawn for him and in which he half-believed , John-Augustus recalled vividly a discussion he had overheard in the stable-yard earlier that morning . |
| 4 | In the 3rd division Hereford got off to a flyer against Chesterfield at Edgar Street . |
| 5 | Mrs Healy moved away like a ship under full sail . |
| 6 | Chris Curran headed home from a Gary Himsworth free kick to seal a 2–2 draw for Scarborough . |
| 7 | Bathsheba moved rapidly behind a tree to avoid him . |
| 8 | Minnis decided to do something for others who might similarly be afflicted which resulted in the Kenilworth Club and the PGL contributing annually to a fund . |
| 9 | Alexandra sank on to a stool and bowed her head . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | A few too many drinks , and Lee Marvin was often ready to come out fighting , as director Sam Peckinpah found out during a party to celebrate the finish of filming on a TV special , The Losers . |
| 12 | Combine all that with a superb sunshine record , oodles of local bonhomie by both day and night , and we think you 'll agree Seefeld adds up to an Eagle of a holiday ! |
| 13 | Saturday morning at Brighton starts off with a flurry of activity . |
| 14 | As in France under the Fifth Republic , West Germany moved away from a system of political parties based on class , religious and constitutional differences . |
| 15 | This set Jean Powers off on a torrent of exclamations and denials so that Helen could not have got a word in had she wished to ; she stood and looked at Giles Carnaby and tried to be calm . |
| 16 | Tuesday kicks off with a champagne breakfast hosted by Dorling Kindersley . |
| 17 | In the story Melric goes off on a quest to various fellow magicians to seek help . |
| 18 | In truth the TV realisation of Poet 's Corner , Westminster Abbey was nothing more than a photographic blow-up , and the monster just the latex-coated hands of writer Nigel Kneale sticking out through a hole in the picture . |
| 19 | He could remember what a flurry Martha Pritchett used to get into when Lady Debrace stopped in for a cup of tea , and how afterwards she would tell them proudly how her ladyship had sat down and chatted as if she were no grander than Nurse Wilks ! |
| 20 | Wing Nigel Walker celebrated his call-up to the Wales squad by collecting four tries , including one from a spectacular 70-metre sprint , while Simon Hill weighed in with a hat-trick . |
| 21 | As Rafiq disappeared out of sight at the top of the stairs , Maisie staggered in with a step-ladder and started to put up black drapes at the windows . |
| 22 | After dinner that evening , Cocello instructed Randy Mueller to set up a task force team from Detroit to come up with a phase-out plan for vehicle manufacture , and a phase-in plan for supplying the UK market from imports , |
| 23 | Rex moved in for a cuddle . |
| 24 | It will be up to the SMMB to come up with a scheme that is acceptable to them . ’ |
| 25 | So , if Lenny Kravitz stands up against a wall with Slash , we 're there . |
| 26 | A LAWYER acting for Mrs Winnie Mandela appealed yesterday for an end to press speculation about her marriage to Mr Nelson Mandela as further reports surfaced alleging links with yet another township murder . |
| 27 | Manville flopped down in a chair without being asked . |
| 28 | But Paul Wright played almost as a midfielder on Saturday , and McClelland was not happy with Paul Kinnaird 's return to Firhill . |
| 29 | Fortunately , those 600 were the last for those shoes as Nike came round with a pair , but Zarei did seem disappointed at the lack of regular sponsorship . |
| 30 | Before leaving the ministry in mid-1861 the sensible Evgraf Kovalevskii came up with a programme for reducing the volatility of the universities which might have been effective if it had been introduced gradually . |