Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above : Synodontis multipunctatus fits well into a large Rift Valley set-up . |
| 2 | However , the Scots launched a spirited recovery in the second half against a very powerful side made up of former and future Wallaby internationals and , especially after David Sole came on as a replacement prop , they took complete control of the match , running in four excellent tries in an exciting 24–24 draw . |
| 3 | While she was deciding whether to support the Denver Broncos or the Pittsburgh Pederasts ( whatever ) , I sneaked into the bedroom and nearly had a heart attack to find a three-foot Paddington Bear propped up on the pillow . |
| 4 | No stopping them : St Aloysius College press ahead with an attack despite some determined tackling by Galashiels Academy |
| 5 | At least London 's Notting Hill Carnival got off to a trouble-free start . |
| 6 | But it was that voice that really nailed it ; that languid , partly-formed Brooklyn drawl moving somewhere in the area of the tune . |
| 7 | The big oak table was laid in the hall , and quantities of Portugal wine brought up from the souterrain . |
| 8 | The Basingstoke Canal runs parallel with the railway in the background . |
| 9 | He saw Antony standing talking animatedly to a rather bewildered looking police constable who looked relieved to get away . |
| 10 | In the very early hours of Saturday morning transfer back to the airport for your flight to London Heathrow . |
| 11 | To the west across the valley there was a fine view of the easy-angled slopes of the Hinku Nup glacier leading up to the Mingbo La ( 5817m ) . |
| 12 | When elected in 1981 , the Mitterrand government harked back to the legacy of planning in the first postwar decades ( chapter 18 ) . |
| 13 | Lips tight , fists clenched , eyes narrow , breath held , back straight , stomach in , chest out , shoulders back , Steven Grout stamped away from the depot he had just been fired from , away from their stupid job and those awful people . |
| 14 | While in 1965 at the Spencer Churchill sale top examples were changing hands for around £600 , and in the 1970s in the low thousands , the prices at the Castle Ashby sale shot up into the hundred thousands for the first time as new collectors , both Greek and American , competed against each other . |
| 15 | The buildings at Hollins Farm go right to the edge of the road , making it difficult to see , she said . |
| 16 | The Governor Eyre controversy dragged on for a number of years , creating deep divisions within respectable society . |
| 17 | The Hilton Hotel towered indifferently against the Nairobi sky . |
| 18 | As well as being irritating , the refrain was unanswerable , Kathleen Lavender leaned back against the kitchen door , hands behind her in a schoolgirlish pose . |
| 19 | Albret held the castle of Casenave from him , and was his vassal , although the centre of Albret power lay well outside the vicomté of Béarn . |
| 20 | The Strauss waltz started up in the bedroom . |
| 21 | About two years ago I had fitted , for an embarrassingly large sum , a secondhand dies-at a very reputable L/R specialist situated somewhere near the present end of the M65 . |
| 22 | Lombard influence shows chiefly in the bell towers . |
| 23 | Golden Freeze cut out much of the early running but Waterloo Boy moved smoothly into the lead three out . |
| 24 | When Sir Bryan Thwaites , chairman of Wessex Regional Health Authority , spoke out during an election about the impossibility of NHS funding keeping up with the expectations of patients and doctors , he was promptly told by the government to keep quiet . |
| 25 | Jack Charlton has given the Swindon winger Tony Galvin permission to pull out of the Republic of Ireland 's World Cup squad for next week 's final qualifier in Malta . |
| 26 | It is quite common to see an important Orc Boss strutting through the Orc camp followed closely by a tiny Snotling impersonating his walk and copying the Boss ' every movement in an exaggerated comic fashion . |
| 27 | He gave a thumbs-up sign then replaced it and manoeuvred his wheelchair round behind his desk where he tapped his security code into the IBM computer linked up to the central data bank elsewhere in the building . |
| 28 | Three major divisions can be recognized ( Fig. 3.11 ) ( 1 ) the Southern ( Patagonian ) Andes , extending from Tierra del Fuego northwards to the Gulf of Penas at latitude 47°S where the actively spreading Chile Ridge extends westwards into the Pacific ; ( 2 ) the Central ( Chilean-Peruvian ) Andes reaching from the Gulf of Penas northwards to the Amotape cross structure at the Peru-Ecuador border where the northwestern trend of the mountain belt changes to a northeasterly orientation ; and ( 3 ) the northern ( Colombian-Venezuelan ) Andes , extending from the Amotape cross structure northwards and then eastwards to eventually link with the Caribbean Arc . |
| 29 | Last month , IBM Corp teamed up with the writer , director and producer of Terminator 2 : Judgment Day , James Cameron , Academy Award winning character creator Stan Winston , and celebrated special visual effects studio executive Scott Ross to form Digital Domain Inc , a new visual effects and digital production studio . |
| 30 | Across the Bristol Channel we could see over to the cliffs of North Devon , while off to the west Carmarthen Bay and the Pembrokeshire coast stretched out into the distance . |