Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [to-vb] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | As Bernice tried to read the next line , Ell moved forward and stamped on the creature . |
2 | It was in this way that Galle came to make the first sighting of the planet now known as Neptune . |
3 | The majority of those present at the 26th June Q.T. Day voted to hold the next A.G.M. on a Saturday afternoon . |
4 | Sweden tried to take the first initiative only two days after the ending of the Maudling negotiations , inviting other states to send representatives to Stockholm to discuss how their trade policies might be better coordinated . |
5 | And Shirley happened to come the next day and I about it . |
6 | As they prepared to leave and resume their homeward journey , Jack decided to take a last look around the parcels office . |
7 | Then Gabriel went to visit the second brother , who was now running a great farm , with dairies , and butcheries where they sold meat , and tanneries where they sold boots and saddles and all kinds of things made out of leather . |
8 | Without any shade of doubt , France deserved to win the first official Five Nations championship and — would have probably grabbed the Grand Slam as well — but for the Twickenham goal posts . |
9 | In 1975 , the BCA decided to publish the second edition of the scheme in parts , commencing in 1977 with the Introductory volume and Classes J ( Education ) , P ( Religion ) and Q ( Social Welfare ) . |
10 | Japan offered to host a third conference . |
11 | As he spoke , various boys in various kinds of nation costume trooped from the left and right of the stage ; at the same moment , from beneath the stage , Mahmud started to poke a second flag up through the floorboards . |
12 | Blake managed to stop the first punch reaching its mark , but soon realized that he was also a target and a dozen people lashing out at him and his companion were not good odds . |
13 | The meeting started badly when Khieu Samphan refused to attend the first session , opposing the seating arrangement which treated the NGC as a single body , rather than three separate , equal groups . |
14 | The argument started when Mr Minashi decided to landscape the 16th green which backs onto the Molloys ' £200,000 17th century cottage . |
15 | Once Bess Halidon had been laid to rest in the small village churchyard , and the initial shock of her mother 's death had abated , Joan decided to pay a second visit to Framlingham Hall . |
16 | In September 1947 Britain 's foreign secretary , Ernest Bevin , and France 's premier , Paul Ramadier , talked of uniting their colonial empires together , and socialist politicians including British premier Clement Attlee hoped to give the third force an ideological dimension : against American capitalism and Soviet communism , Europe would stand as the champion of democratic socialism , combining liberal political rights with radical social reform . |
17 | In an exhausting , exhilarating fortnight , they moved round the country triumphing gloriously at Cheshire , being demoralized at Cirencester , where they drew against a vastly inferior team , cockahoop at Kirtlington , and nearly coming unstuck at Windsor , where Perdita was sent off for swearing , so Rutshire had to play the last chukka with only three men , and only just won . |
18 | He received the award during a gala dinner in Buenos Aires held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Argentine Football Association . |