Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] a [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background . |
| 2 | I remember I was once experimenting with a gauze — it had been in La Scala for a hundred years and was full of dust . |
| 3 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 4 | You never know who might mistake Armstrong for a real taxi and offer me a few quid as a friendly gesture for giving them a lift . |
| 5 | The first man , Maui , begged Mafulke for a little fire and she reluctantly gave him one of her fingers . |
| 6 | THE draw for the quarter-finals of the AEWHA Cup has brought together Ipswich ladies and their arch rivals Chelmsford for a local derby that should provide all the excitement and drama the two sets of supporters could wish for . |
| 7 | On 2 recent occasions this group could not agree and Tim said he would approach Michael Taylor for a final decision if the meeting was unresolved . |
| 8 | : Ma for a few years and recently we 've reassessed the doses and also we 've reassessed the risks so those two things together have caused us to express our concern and to advise the government what to do about it . |
| 9 | This , obviously , is the place from which to inspect the western Pyrenees for a first time or , given the summary quality of the prospect , from which to take leave of them before driving north . |
| 10 | I 've known Becky for a long time and I never thought she 'd go public with what is a private afffair … it may in part be naivity … but I think some of it was vengence . |
| 11 | That was great and started a whole year of being in America for me , which was seeing David as a major star and also for myself , experiencing life as it should be as a major star , with your cars and people looking after you and the record company being polite to you rather than treating you like shit and not working . |
| 12 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
| 13 | His rather was Catalan ; he had come to Mexico as a young man and worked in his brother-in-law 's grocery shop . |
| 14 | The Kiwis struggled after losing half their batsmen for only 44 , including opener John Wright for a second-ball duck and skipper Martin Crowe for 18 . |
| 15 | Many people have condemned Herod as a cruel man and certainly he showed a cruel streak , especially towards his own family . |
| 16 | ‘ But the fact is I see Kylie as a best friend and not a lover . |
| 17 | It 's flying 500 value-added resellers to Seattle for a three-day course provided they promise to train 50 more . |
| 18 | AGATHA SCHWAGER talks to curator Debbie O'Rourke about a Canadian exhibition that put the writing on the wall . |
| 19 | He also denounced the murder of Hawkins as a hateful act but emphasized that " all of Bensonhurst did not commit this crime " and that it was essential to " categorically reject the notion of group guilt " . |
| 20 | The main item of business was the signature on Oct. 29 by Gorbachev and President Mitterrand of a Franco-Soviet friendship and co-operation treaty . |
| 21 | One can also add that St Paul , who plumbs the depths of desolation but also knows the heights of consolation and joy , provided Montini with a practical spirituality that kept him going throughout his long ‘ hidden life ’ in the Secretariat of State ( 1925–54 ) , his pastoral ministry in Milan ( 1955–63 ) and finally , his Petrine ministry . |
| 22 | In detail the proposal called on the Iraqi leadership " to announce without further delay Iraq 's intention to withdraw from Kuwait under a specific timetable and to begin an immediate , rapid and massive withdrawal " . |
| 23 | Among other achievements , it gave a platform to Mary Whitehouse , lured Edwina Currie into a cheerful admission that the Tory campaign had made John Major look like a stump orator and Neil Kinnock like an incumbent prime minister , and mounted an irreverent debate on political morality . |
| 24 | With me coming from the North of England , everybody is pretty reserved up there at the best of times , so coming down to London and meeting Angie with an American accent and flitting around the room and speaking in a loud voice all the time , it was amazing . |
| 25 | She dismissed Frankie with a withering stare that warned him to remain silent . |
| 26 | Mushtaq , bowling with the breeze behind him , dispatched Hick with a perfect legbreak and then hit Smith 's stumps as he tried to glance , a round-the-legs dismissal almost to rank in shuddering significance for England with Peter May 's notorious ‘ b Benaud 0 ’ at Manchester in 1961 . |
| 27 | Wearing a woollen pixie hat above his bright red beard , he loudly and uninterruptedly belched and farted his way up and down Moel Hebog with a cheery smile and complete disregard for the appalled looks which followed his thundering progress . |
| 28 | ‘ Just a girl who could n't say ‘ No ’ , ’ said Barney with a quiet irony that held a hint of resignation . |
| 29 | It stood way up Brandon Hill in a rambling garden that in summer was full of overblown roses , but now under the dying rays of a winter sun , was a ruin of dead leaves and straggling yellow grass . |
| 30 | Inge stayed with the Robins family in Falmouth in a large house and had the benefits of a private tutor but she was homesick for Vienna . |