Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] a [noun] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ PAMELA and BELVILLE dress themselves for the Masquerade ; PAMELA as a Puritan girl and BELVILLE as a Spanish nobleman . |
| 2 | John came to the Palace in March 1988 from Crewe Alexandra for a £60,000 fee and , while capable of filling several defensive roles it was as our right- or left-back that he featured regularly , although always wearing number two , so that he was undoubtedly among manager Steve Coppell 's most astute signings . |
| 3 | He commenced by dealing with the importance of Shrewsbury as a trial centre and the value to rural communities of the branch lines , until the latter largely suffered closure due to competition from road transport . |
| 4 | According to comments made by Hurd , this might not necessarily involve the PLO as a negotiating partner and Israel would not be forced to attend a peace conference or to accept an independent Palestinian state as part of any ultimate solution . |
| 5 | If that was not enough , Park lost flanker Matthew Hill with a groin injury and brought on second-row forward Stephen Foulds , forcing a reshuffle in the pack . |
| 6 | The ports , such as Harfleur , at the mouth of the Seine , could develop ship-building facilities , and the control of the lower Seine effectively made Rouen into a sea port and a shipyard . |
| 7 | Bill Clinton swept in as the 42nd president of the United States with a landslide victory and the promise of a new beginning . |
| 8 | It was around this time that he went to collect his Mercedes from a car showroom and found himself being gathered in for the Lord . |
| 9 | The first time he drove into Adam 's Creek he saw a picture of Creed in a store window and he stabbed the brake . |
| 10 | Spot the name Chardonnay or Cabernet Sauvignon on a wine label and you know you 've something to look forward |
| 11 | Having steered Arsenal to a Cup victory and then to a record Championship , Chapman was at the pinnacle of his career . |
| 12 | He was employed by the Church of England as a church architect and was later dismissed by them because of his esoteric interest in Paganism and the occult . |
| 13 | Museum information officer Lynn Miller will join Sotheby 's experts on 19 December for a lecture day and identification session which it is hoped will achieve television coverage as well as major interest from newspapers and magazines . |
| 14 | Since the Victorians in general thought of Wordsworth as a Nature poet and in particular as a writer of flower pieces , I have chosen The Primrose of the Rock as a representative example . |
| 15 | Hazel originally joined Coalport Minerva as a flower maker and became production counter eight years ago . |
| 16 | Leading marksman Brett Angell will be missing until February after a thigh operation and full-backs Dean Austin and Peter Butler have been sold . |
| 17 | Leading marksman Brett Angell will be missing until February after a thigh operation and full-backs Dean Austin and Peter Butler have been sold . |
| 18 | Sometimes she dreamed that she stood in the dock of some great court , accused of terrible crimes , at others that she was having to use all her skill to free Anthony of a capital charge and failing . |
| 19 | The lords in parliament , and in the courthouse and the castle , they do not know how we live — they know nothing about us , except that we will die for them , to protect their forts in India and in Scotland ’ — his voice sharpened suddenly , his arm swung round and pointed north and a gust of response rose out of the crowd — ‘ we have always been good at that , their demands can never be satisfied , regiments for the colonies , indentured servants and labourers for the plantations , they have scoured Scotland like a killing wind and the men have been whirled away in the blast of it . |
| 20 | do not accept Darwin 's theory of evolution Darwin with a capital D and then apostrophe S theory |
| 21 | Alhred was clearly extremely vulnerable in Deira to a Deiran rival and Aethelred 's acquisition of the kingship at this point indicates the residual power of his family , notwithstanding his father 's deposition . |
| 22 | I 've been to Newark on a Friday night and stood in a line with others on a night shift at a w wooden hut in the yard whilst a clerk from the pay office came to meet us , the day shift finishing at er , say five o'clock . |
| 23 | We left Miami on a Tuesday afternoon and were in A-1 's Los Angeles ' office by midday on Saturday . |
| 24 | IRA bombers were probably responsible for two nights of blasts on Tyneside at a gas depot and Esso oil terminal say Northumbria police . |
| 25 | The profession has hailed the recent ruling in favour of the taxpayer by the House of Lords in Pepper v Hart as a landmark decision and a victory for commonsense . |
| 26 | In 1890 Vardon went to Studley Royal Club in Ripon as a golf professional and greenkeeper . |
| 27 | On the Saturday before the final Preston came to Leeds Road for a League match and were beaten 6–0 . |
| 28 | Sucklers hit a high of £818 going to M Mackin for a Limousin heifer and bull calf . |
| 29 | He presented Eddie with a watercolour painting and a bouquet of flowers to his wife Frances on behalf of everyone in the sales force . |
| 30 | Arsenal lost Danish international Jensen with a hip injury and England defender Adams in the second half but still have no real excuses . |