Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Maloney said : ‘ If we have to fight Tucker we will , but I 've got Alex Stewart lined up for the first defence . ’
2 Hull moved out of the Second Division relegation zone for the first time since mid-September with a 2-1 win over Plymouth last night — their fourth win in their last six games and their third successive victory under the new manager Stan Ternant .
3 Michael Ramsey qualified only under the first of those epithets .
4 Guillimont equalised midway through the first half from the penalty spot , while Manor were unlucky not to regain the lead when the referee blew for half-time just before a Lee Clutterbuck shot crossed the line .
5 However , the worst outrage on Fox Hill came only after the Second World War , when horrid concrete housing was plonked on the top .
6 Bordon came out for the second half in determined mood and soon Wilson made up for a number of misses by flicking in the third goal .
7 Mark Newbould scored twice in the first half for Stockton , Mark Gill added two more and Mark Briscow got the fifth after a run from halfway .
8 Swanage suffered badly during the last war , chiefly from ‘ tip-and-run ’ raids by bombers swooping in from the sea .
9 Both Seve and Irwin played badly in the third round , but you 're never going to do a good score at Lytham when it feels like three degrees below freezing and there 's a gale blowing , are you ?
10 Rocky came on in the 60th minute but could not affect the game .
11 Newport were in shreds as Marcus Hannaford cleaned up for the third try .
12 Although the Bluebird appeared only in the last act , Shaw 's performance was widely considered the highlight of the evening 's entertainment ; and his brisees volees — little beats of the feet as he appeared to fly through the air — amazed even the Russians , on the company 's original visit to the Maryinsky .
13 At his first school , Stockwell Junior School , David dressed up for the first time in a school nativity play .
14 Programme assistant Ian Edgar stood in at the last minute .
15 Gary dropped out after the second round because of 'flu or something .
16 Chalford suffered again during the first half of the 19th century .
17 ‘ Adam Reed came on for the last half hour and did well for a 16-year-old . ’
18 Nino came through to the third jump off but only one , Germany 's Frank Sloothaak , on the high jump specialist Optiebeurs Golo , could go clear again .
19 Hereford equalised early in the second half through richard Jones .
20 The K2s got away on the second attempt .
21 If the plan goes through , the mine would push further west from the workings acquired when Wheal Jane lined up with a second mine , Mount Wellington , a couple of years ago .
22 COLIN STEPHENS was tackled onto the Stradey Park terraces , and out of the East v West game , as cup holders Llanelli moved through to the fifth round of the SWALEC Cup with a 54-3 win over St Albans .
23 Sterland came on for the last half-hour of this week 's 3-0 reserve team win over Manchester City at Maine Road , and yesterday declared : ‘ It went brilliantly .
24 The treaty of Brest-Litovsk , which the military superiority of Germany forced upon the young Soviet State at the end of the year , revealed the limits of its power : ‘ The past keeps fast hold of us , ’ Lenin observed gloomily at the 8th Party Congress , ‘ grasps us with a thousand tentacles , and does not allow us to take a single forward step , or compels us to take these steps badly . ’
25 In the event Lin and Chiang pulled out at the last moment , prompting speculation that Lee had made a deal with the conservatives over the reform programme or over Cabinet posts .
26 Scotland has steadily declined throughout ; Northern Ireland fell steeply in the nineteenth century since when it has been relatively stable .
27 Heather went there on the tenth of September , you know , to see Rex Cunningham . ’
28 It was at this point that Mrs Crumwallis spoke aloud for the first time .
29 Carter and the Shah met again for the second and final time only a few weeks later , It was New Years Eve in Teheran , Carter was on a hectic world swing and Teheran was a convenient resting place between Warsaw and New Delhi .
30 Trailing 2-0 to the Second Division high-flyers , Wycombe bounced back in the last 20 minutes to force a replay with goals from skipper Glyn Creaser and Steve Thompson , a corporal in the RAF .
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