Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 He and his wife Alexandra are heading off to the sun and fun of Mauritius where he will head up English television and radio news for the local broadcasting corporation .
2 Today a majority of those travelling south over the Gotthard are heading either for the popular lakeside resorts of the Ticino , or beyond that into Italy .
3 Cenwulf 's dealings with Sussex are witnessed only by a grant to the bishop of Selsey from 801 .
4 Large parts of West and South Middlesbrough are eaten up by the Langbaurgh and Stockton South constituencies .
5 Burned by their experience of the volatility of the capital markets , many leading banks such as Bank of America and Lloyds are pulling back from the periphery of their systems to defend their home bases .
6 The major galleries have few if any on their books and , as the recession deepens , and dealers like Maureen Paley are forced out of the West End , doors begin to close again for women .
7 As you 'll have heard , bass makers Warwick are branching out into the area of specialised bass amplification .
8 Bruce was in the hammock and Mr and Mrs van Meer were sitting side-by-side on the steps .
9 The British staff at Culham were pointing out to the eminent scientists that they are paid less than their colleagues from fourteen other European countries working alongside them .
10 Heighington Slide show : Villagers in Heighington were entertained recently with a slide show given by John Bennington .
11 In addition , whilst Falangists Arrese and Girón de Velasco were ousted respectively from the Party Secretariat and the Ministry of Labour , they were replaced by two men who were also Falangists but who , by contrast , were known to be more moderate and flexible in their views than their predecessors .
12 What would they think if Johnny were to sit casually on a chair which , to their eyes , simply was n't there ?
13 Steaua 's Ionel Fulga and Antwerp 's Rudy Taeymans were sent off in the second half , Fulga for dangerous play and Taeymans for a second bookable offence .
14 The second half exploded when Middlesbrough full back Jimmy Phillips and Southend goalkeeper Paul Sansome were sent off in the space of seven minutes .
15 The Swiss proved to be ferocious fighters , and in 1415 the Habsburgs were driven out of the Aargau , but although Aarau was allowed to keep the rights granted by the Habsburgs , it was soon clear to the Argovians that Swiss victory merely meant they had exchanged one landlord for another .
16 RECENT violent scenes outside the Timex plant in Dundee were condemned yesterday by the vice-president of Timex Corporation and chairman of Timex Electronics Corporation , John Dryfe .
17 For a long time the Drus were passed off as a mere shoulder of the greater Aiguille Verte .
18 But he stood there watching until the little car had disappeared , as though Ellen were setting off on a long and dangerous journey from which she might never return .
19 Shatila and Bourj el-Brajneh were shelled incessantly from the month of May 1988 .
20 Take one simple example : in 1975 journalists Sydney Schanberg , Jon Swain and photographer Al Rockoff were holed up in the French Embassy in Phnom Penh trying to come up with a way of preventing Dith Pran being taken by the Khmer Rouge and to get out of there alive .
21 There were no accidents unless you count ‘ Survival ’ wildlife cameraman Dieter Plage being run down by an enraged tusker who passed right over him as he lay on the ground .
22 The issues in Samson were focused commonly on the internal struggles of the individual confronted with temptation , and whether the poem achieved a tragic dimension or not .
23 The Matanzimas were forced out after a military coup nearly two years ago .
24 Now that a reaction is setting in , Mr Gorbachev is leaning back towards the conservatives to keep his balance .
25 It is time to go downstairs , to see how Deirdre is getting on in the kitchen , to make sure the butlers are not drinking too much .
26 I do n't quite know , er morning always seems that much busier as regards food , so Ivan 's going up in the morning erm , you know why ?
27 Mrs Baggley examined the disbelief in Theodora 's eye before she went on , ‘ I 'm not sure how much Mrs Thrigg is influenced here by the theme of the novelettes she devours .
28 Right-back Andy Hill is ruled out by a stomach strain and veteran Ray Ranson will fill the gap .
29 Right-back Andy Hill is ruled out by a stomach strain and veteran Ray Ranson will fill the gap .
30 RINGO Starr is going back on the road , but unlike his fellow former Beatle , George Harrison , his performances will have nothing to do with Transcendental Meditation , writes James Delingpole , Arts Correspondent .
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