Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | East Grinstead got off to a great start with an 11th minute goal , but in spite of their pressure — they won ten penalty corners to Holywood 's none — they seldom troubled goalkeeper Kyle Thompson . |
| 2 | The robbers described as Afro- Caribbean made off with an unspecified amount in cash and jewels . |
| 3 | Back at Templecombe , now over his shock , Mandeville paced around like an angry cat , hurling abuse at Santerre , telling Lady Beatrice to stop screaming and order servants to go down to the village and bring wise women to attend to Southgate . |
| 4 | Northamptonshire got off to a bad start against Derbyshire in the semi-finals of the Benson and Hedges cup . |
| 5 | And being married to David made up for a great many afternoon teas and Women 's Institute meetings . |
| 6 | Meredith lunged out in a desperate attempt to save their contents only to find her feet slipping on the melted snow which had been walked in from outside . |
| 7 | This was the scheme outlined by Talcott Parsons and Edward Shils in Towards a General Theory of Action ( 1951 ) . |
| 8 | we have persuaded the international paper-making giant Scott to pull out of a forest-destroying project in Indonesia ; |
| 9 | A minute later Payton moved on to a sloppy Jobling pass and shot into the side netting as fans jumped to their feet in anticipation of a goal . |
| 10 | Georgina came back with a grey rag , sat down and watched her brother poke his fingers in the cat 's ears . |
| 11 | Mr Blakey came out of a distant glass-house , beyond lawns and flower-beds . |
| 12 | Woolley came back with a wooden model of a biplane . |
| 13 | England defenders Rob Jones and Mark Wright came on in a wholesale reshuffle of resources , but any danger that United would feed off the disruption was dismissed by McManaman 's leggy skills . |
| 14 | Greg Chappell came out of a bad patch when he realised he was playing innings in his head before they happened . |
| 15 | I should like to see the new Techniquest look out across a natural estuary that has seen the tide rise and fall for a million years . |
| 16 | They 'll be yours some day unless Mummie hurries up with a little brother . |
| 17 | There was , however , still time for the occasional screen appearance and as she headed towards graduation from High School Kylie popped up in a mini-series , Fame And Misfortune and another show The Zoo Family . |
| 18 | A DOORMAN who struck a woman during a ‘ confused ’ incident at Suzi Cue 's pool club at Bebington finished up with a broken leg , Wirral magistrates were told . |
| 19 | For instance , I have today recorded a radio interview in Welsh stressing the need to have an application for quarrying on the Carmel Woods SSSI called in for a public inquiry . |
| 20 | Kay broke off as a large , blue-rinsed American lady and her cigar-smoking husband joined them . |
| 21 | ‘ I saw Liza Carrow , ’ Eleanor went on in a matter-of-fact way . |
| 22 | now our action round up this week is more like a parade of champions … as Nigel Mansell races into the sunset over in Australia … we 've got Milton Keynes sailing in with a winning windsurfer … and the best of the British ice skaters |
| 23 | Oh , I can read the signs as well as anyone , ’ Dora went on in a sudden surge of indignation as Melissa 's eyebrows lifted . |
| 24 | Xanthe ambled in in a tousled yawning state and yesterday 's clothes and flopped into the empty chair beside Filmer . |
| 25 | Rusty looked out with a baleful eye from the front page . |
| 26 | Today it 's Joni Mitchell 's The Circle Game , from the album Ladies of the Canyon , and if the conversation pauses Andy steps in with a musical interlude . |
| 27 | The implementation of these concessions , made by the captive King John in London , was refused by the council in France , and late in 1359 Edward set out with a large army for France to see how persuasive a strong show of force could be . |
| 28 | One would have thought that the Great Depression years in the United States had provided a suitable testing ground for the efficacy of the real-balance effect , but , as Patinkin pointed out at an early stage in the development of the neoclassical synthesis , a large increase in real balances appeared to be accompanied by a large fall in output . |
| 29 | West Indies soon lost Haynes , but Richards , on his home ground , and Greenidge set off at an explosive pace with 45 off the first seven overs . |
| 30 | But Roker boss Malcolm Crosby missed out on a similar loan bid for Everton striker Tony Cottee . |