Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After two hours of driving Carson and Alison stopped at a motorway services area , a cut-rate chunk of space-age that straddled the carriageway . |
| 2 | Patrick peered under the dish covers . |
| 3 | This rebellion was serious enough to involve disaffected groups in Surrey and Sussex and in 725 Ine fought against the South Saxons and slew Ealdberht ( ASC A , s.a. 725 ) . |
| 4 | The charge alleges that although he knew Mr Buckley , of Prince Regent Street , Leith , had been trapped after the blast , Sutherland pretended to the emergency services that there was no-one in the house . |
| 5 | Charlotte Fischer , Emma Sokell and Sarah Spittle ran both for the College and the University Blues Team , and Vicki Edwards and Katherine Walker played for the University Women 's Tennis Team . |
| 6 | Bernice squinted through the air vents , trying to get a better look . |
| 7 | So the CPS and Commander Penrose turned to the Press Complaints Commission . |
| 8 | When Lucy went around the dressing rooms picking up after the final number , her hands shook . |
| 9 | Rebecca ran towards the music rooms . |
| 10 | I thought Harvey played in the WC finals in 1974 ( ? ) . |
| 11 | He says it was all right yesterday morning when Inspector Doyle came with the court orders authorising the destruction of the cannabis exhibits . |
| 12 | They were really much more than just bike rides , for Granny , who lived with the family , had told her the story of St. George and given her books about Brownies , and Brenda rode along the country lanes make-believing she was the knight riding to rescue the princess from the dragon . |
| 13 | Rhona graduated with a B.A. Hons ( Marketing ) degree in 1987 , to become a lecturer in Sales , Merchandising and Marketing for James Watt College and the Central College of Commerce . |
| 14 | The southumbrian kingdoms could have developed in any number of directions , three of which in particular seem to stand out : a southern England could have emerged , the domination of which was shared between the Mercians and the South Saxons ( this was the prospect in the reign of Wulfhere if the trends of that time had been maintained ) ; or even a south-eastern England dominated by the South Saxons ( this was perhaps a prospect in late 670s ) ; or a southern England dominated from the reign of Caedwalla by the West Saxons ( the prospect in the mid-680s ) . |
| 15 | When Schiffer arrived at the Academy Awards to mark her debut as Revlon 's new star , she emerged from a double stretch limo , accompanied by suitable escort , Dan Moriarty , Revlon 's vice-president . |
| 16 | Ibn Fayoud fiddled with the car keys and eventually managed to start the engine . |
| 17 | The Bank of England stepped into the currency markets three times yesterday morning , selling dollars and buying pounds . |
| 18 | The Bank of England stepped into the currency markets three times as the pound continued its slide below 3 marks — once seen as a level which would attract critical support from the Government . |
| 19 | After the AFCO protested to the Trade Practices Commission , the institute revised its advertisement . |
| 20 | In his exhaustive and helpful argument on behalf of the plaintiffs , Mr. Perry relied on the Rent Acts and in particular on the amendments made by section 39 of and Schedule 4 to the Housing Act 1988 dealing with private sector lettings whereby a successor was required to reside with the deceased tenant ‘ in the dwelling house ’ for the period of six months before the death of the tenant . |
| 21 | Jane fidgeted with the signal pads on her desk , plucked a thread from the sleeve of her jacket then stared blankly at the chewed end of her Admiralty-issue pencil . |
| 22 | Turner worked in a security systems retail outlet on Rocket Boulevard . |
| 23 | Senegalese brought into the service depots at first ate the grease supplied to lubricate the strange monsters . |
| 24 | Ibn Fayoud looked at the place settings , noting that the few racing contacts he had been obliged to invite had sensibly been distributed among the more amusing people who had come up from London . |
| 25 | Called Dog Star , they sound like Nirvana mixed with the Sex Pistols and are apparently gigging LA clubs . |
| 26 | Having now documented Louis 's address and instrument business near the Pont Marie Therese for the years 1691,1692 and 1712 , while the other Louis lived on the rue Marmousets and evidently worked in his brother Nicolas 's atelier ( according to common practice , he would have used his brother 's stamp ) , we can conclude that the former made instruments stamped ‘ L/Hotteterre ’ with a fleur-de-lis above , whereas instruments by the latter would have been made in the workshop of Nicolas Hotteterre and stamped ‘ N/Hotteterre ’ with a six-pointed star above . |
| 27 | In its annual report , published in November , Lautro weighed into the life offices , complaining that the unexpectedly high costs of policing their activities had dented its finances , and beefing that members had not taken the task of compliance seriously . |
| 28 | I think we are agreed , are we not , that it may be connected with the one which you and Julia found in the asylum out-buildings ? ’ |
| 29 | Superintendent Michael Pumfrey came from the Swessex Police Headquarters at Sturford . |
| 30 | Mr Savoy came across the stone tablets in a remote cave as his expedition of 40 men and 70 horses trudged back from discovering Gran Vilaya , his 43rd lost city in Peru this year . |