Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 At least London 's Notting Hill Carnival got off to a trouble-free start .
3 The Governor Eyre controversy dragged on for a number of years , creating deep divisions within respectable society .
4 The concrete spillway below the Loch Add reservoir comes down to a stepped slope above the confluence of several small burns draining nearby slopes .
5 The 46-year-old Exeter manager was drafted in for last month 's win over France at Wembley as the England manager cast around for a successor to the disgraced Steve Harrison .
6 I think it 's rather an island in in the middle of the ermerm cultivated land so if you stand on top of the Ridgeway and look down you can see the Harwell site standing out as a a green treed area erm compared with the corn all round it .
7 For amps I 'm using a THD ( Tweed Fender Bassman 4x10 style ) and an old white Tolex Fender Bassman piggyback set up with a Marshall 4x12 cabinet .
8 Rosslyn Park came back with a penalty ; 3-3 .
9 The Old Trafford side lost out in a dramatic penalty shoot-out with Torpedo Moscow when Steve Bruce , Brian McClair and Gary Pallister all failed from the spot .
10 The Old Trafford side lost out in a dramatic penalty shoot-out with Torpedo Moscow when Steve Bruce , Brian McClair and Gary Pallister all failed from the spot .
11 Several miles away in Queen Margaret Drive , a BBC technician knelt down beside a music stand and gently pulled a strip of card aside revealing some names and numbers .
12 In 1987 the UK Government went back on a pre-election promise to introduce Landscape Conservation Orders to protect these areas , so proper control from the EEC would be most welcome .
13 Peter O'Toole 's happiest hour as the Soho scribe looking back on a mis-spent life .
14 Middlesbrough Library came up with a decade of the Annual Register from 1790–1800 , which was wonderful , ’ she said , adding that they were so dirty it looked as if they had n't been touched since that date .
15 His involvement with Derry council came about as a result of last year 's highly successful cultural festival Impact 92 , which he believes laid the foundations for the city 's redevelopment .
16 Clear seems to be all the rage in the US these days , what with Miller Brewing coming out with a beer that not only tastes watered , but actually looks like water , a Clear Tab from the Coca Cola Co and Pepsico pushing something called Pepsi Crystal , so it 's nice to see that IBM Corp being right up there with the trend — enter one of those hallowed and long-standing computer rooms these days and like as not you 'll be able to see right across it with no Big Iron to impede the view — the transparent mainframe .
17 Clear seems to be all the rage these days , what with Miller Brewing coming out with a beer that not only tastes watered , but actually looks like water , a Clear Tab from the Coca Cola Co and Pepsi Co pushing something called Pepsi Crystal , so it 's nice to see that IBM Corp is right up there with the trend — enter one of those hallowed and long-standing computer rooms these days and like as not you 'll be able to see right across it with no Big Iron to impede the view — the transparent mainframe .
18 A MIDDLESBROUGH man struck out with a hammer at a man who was attacking his 65-year-old friend , a court heard .
19 BANK Officer Noel Crossley of Chapel-en-le-Frith Branch dressed up as a tomato on Comic Relief Day and went on a tour of the town with a collection bucket .
20 News of Clive Gregson and Christine Collister splitting up as a couple sadly signalled the end , too , of a fruitful artistic union .
21 Although IBM , Apple and Motorola have a forged an agreement for the duration of their project , there remain obvious legal implications for a vendor who might want to stick say Sun Sparc and MIPS RISC instruction sets on to a single piece of silicon .
22 A couple of miles up the road , a UDR patrol leaped out of a ditch and stopped us .
23 What has boosted the market in recent months , however , is a vast influx of software in the Macintosh marketplace backed up by a considerable marketing campaign by Apple in alliance with some of the biggest names in the business like Kodak , 3M and Tektronix .
24 Earlier , Nottingham Forest went down to a Fritz Walter penalty in the third placed play-off against Stuttgart .
25 I remember during the Tet offensive going round with a transistor radio in my ear to hear the latest news . ’
26 East Midlands Electricity jumped from 237p to 305p before settling at 276p , while London Electricity held on to a 53-point rise to 306p .
27 Girls Venture Corps Members of the Downham Market Unit set off on a 100 mile walk for Wings Appeal .
28 The same applies in Devon , Dorset and Cornwall as Westcountry TV takes over with a two-minute slot explaining the change .
29 After the fight had ended John Pain went out in a Magister to look for survivors and found two German aircrew hanging onto a lifebuoy off Ghajn Tuffieha .
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