Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kitchen was scented with the rich enticing smell of spices and dried fruits , and Alexandra met Lyddy on the stairs carrying down the cream silk evening gown to be pressed . |
| 2 | Sue asked Derek to a girls ' night out and he turned up as Diane . |
| 3 | An Australian schoolteacher in Hawaii wanting to write a story on the States invading Panama for The Times in London . |
| 4 | On the morrow of Marshal Ogarkov 's removal as Chief of the General Staff , Western press comment included speculation that his policy stance had come to obstruct the reassessment of arms control and East-West policy sought by the leadership ; according to one respected newspaper , senior Western military attachés in Moscow were tipped by Soviet army officers that the Kremlin blamed Ogarkov for the disasters of the SS-20 deployment and the shooting down of the Korean airliner off Sakhalin Island . |
| 5 | Maisie pushed Robert towards the stairs , and the two of them moved down towards the crowded entrance hall . |
| 6 | Less than three weeks after substantial Labour gains in the 1922 municipal election , Groves won Stratford from the Tories , while Thorne and Jones were re-elected on a platform of working-class advocacy . |
| 7 | Rose Franklin stopped Killion at the gates of the hospital . |
| 8 | Perhaps Ted told Jean of the walks the four of us took when Eva got tired of working ; and the time Eva 's feet hurt and she hailed a cab — absolute Roman decadence for Dad , Ted and me . |
| 9 | Donald joined Sekers as a wages clerk in 1952 . |
| 10 | FLASHBACK : Louis greets Ray after the Olympics |
| 11 | As Dolly followed Boz down the stairs from the bedroom , she said , ‘ Seb met Constable Aplin in Burford and brought him back here with the doctor last night . |
| 12 | Penry took Leonora by the shoulders . |
| 13 | It is difficult to infer from this passage that Strabo trusted Timagenes about the Cells and never made use of the original text of Posidonius — who had been directly or indirectly his own teacher . |
| 14 | Gerald enjoyed Königsnähe with the Carolingians several times over : his wife and Lothar 's wife were sisters , and his brother was the seneschal Adalard . |
| 15 | As Chuck followed Devraux into the trees he hung back , pulled out his flask again and drank deeply from it . |
| 16 | As Ann Butler led Sarah towards the stairs , to help her out of her wet clothes and rub her down with dry towels , Jonadab seized her hand in both his . |
| 17 | Liverpool meet Bootle in the semi-finals of the under-11 Everton Cup at the Civil Service Ground , Thornton , on Saturday ( 10.30 ) , but the Kirkby v St Helens tie has been postponed . |
| 18 | 'Cause you have n't got the money , ’ said Meg poking Sarah in the ribs and giggling . |
| 19 | Fortunately the brilliant improvisation of the Marne aroused G.Q.G. to the possibilities of motor transport . |
| 20 | Norman met Lester on a Housemartins tour ; out-and-out indie group that expired before James Brown 's Funky Drums became the backbone to every white dance record . |
| 21 | Jack told Ho about the changes in his life : his mother 's re-marriage , the harsh reality of the north-east , Tina 's rough charm and her painful bonding to her family , and finally Ken 's so-called accident . |
| 22 | Of course , token gestures often suffice to land unknown quantities from obscurity — Republic of Ireland striker Tony Cascarino joined Gillingham from a boys ' club in Crockenhill for the cost of a new set of playing strips . |
| 23 | Dunphy blamed Taylor for the failings of the English national side . |
| 24 | They parted , and Jay watched Lucy through the fronds , utterly thrilled . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , what about this world-wide exhibition ? ’ said Jay staring Lucy between the eyes . |
| 26 | The usual reward for a dedication at the time , according to Korshin , was about £10 , the amount Chesterfield gave Johnson on the proposals for his dictionary . |
| 27 | Pepper and Jack carried Bunty through the doors into the wings and on into the Property Room , a cavern of furniture and baskets of props , rich with the smell of dust and old beer . |
| 28 | Charles Beadle , Beatrice 's neighbour , tells many stories of Modigliani , full of drink and drugs , quarrelling , when he was in the garden with Beatrice innocently discussing the plants ; of Modigliani walking in the cemetery because ‘ death was not far off ’ ( ‘ Would n't it be magnificent ’ , he said to Beadle , if we could contemplate our own skeletons ? ’ ) ; of Modigliani reciting Lautréamont beside the graves , hungry for drugs , suspecting all Beatrice 's male friends . |
| 29 | With only 11 runs needed from two overs , Byas rammed Snell through the covers before being caught at long on next ball . |
| 30 | Mrs Dawson praised Sarah for the times she has popped in to see if she could help . |