Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [verb] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He agreed that they could disembark at Peterborough and wait for the 2.30pm train . |
| 2 | Agatha ignored Fidelma and returned to the much more worrying matter of Timothy 's encounter with a chit called Topaz Chilcott . |
| 3 | Four of the shops in the group opened on Monday 28th December and shared in the apparently rich pickings to be had that day . |
| 4 | … that after paying at least a dozen visits to Cambridge and engaging in the most unpleasant negotiations I have ever had in my life , we have managed to retain recognition as a body which is normally recognised for Chapter III powers and obtained an agreement which the University people hate like poison . |
| 5 | She turned back to Elinor and said in the rather loud , slow , and contrived voice that people use for the deaf , ‘ I 've brought you a surprise , Nell . ’ |
| 6 | Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Beats the Chinese Heart , a Viewpoint touring exhibition by Simon Buckley shows the mix of traditional and modern lifestyles in Hong Kong and looks at the how the Chinese community has attempted to recreate the atmosphere of Hong Kong in Manchester ( until 2 Mar ) . |
| 7 | In 1965 , unable to get any work in Hollywood , he moved to New York and drifted around the Lower East Side , cadging money to buy drugs . |
| 8 | In the 19th century the rich and famous came to San Remo and insisted on the very best . |
| 9 | Mother Francis had taken the bus to their convent in Dublin and spoken to the very difficult Mother Clare who held sway there . |
| 10 | The collection took place on 15/16 June and resulted in the most valuable contribution of £125,903 to the Association . |
| 11 | Soviet writers contended that the Gulf initiative had been ‘ positively appraised by the statesmen of the series of countries of the region of the Indian Ocean as corresponding to the vitally important interests of the developing and non-aligned states ’ . |