Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A widely used textbook by Asa Hilliard claims not only that Africa is ‘ the mother of western civilisation ’ but also that Africans discovered America centuries before Columbus . |
| 2 | Miss LaMotte spoke more forcefully than I would have expected : she is surprisingly handsome when animated . |
| 3 | If it does not — and Mrs. Murray states quite clearly that it does not — then I would regard the Home Secretary as having acted contrary to his policy . |
| 4 | Why then do I remain seated for Sally Field , in soft focus , gulping back emotion , Sigourney Weaver groping for emotion — any emotion — and Kathleen Turner proving once again that she ca n't open a fridge door without flexing a buttock . |
| 5 | Stories which Richard Burton brought out again and again because he was proud to celebrate his past and would not let any bounty or glamour of the present put it in the shade . |
| 6 | Ronnie Wood came over once and it took me three months to clean up the mess . |
| 7 | Mrs. Steed died not long after she signed her statement on 16 December 1985 . |
| 8 | ‘ One of the things we have been working on is getting men back behind the ball , ’ he said and when Stanger did just that in retrieving a kick-ahead from Nadroga , Nicol , Appleson ( twice ) and Turnbull , too , made sure the winger was not in isolation , for Ian Corcoran to boot on delicately and claim a grand try , Appleson converting . |
| 9 | ‘ One of the things we have been working on is getting men back behind the ball , ’ he said and when Stanger did just that in retrieving a kick-ahead from Nadroga , Nicol , Appleson ( twice ) and Turnbull , too , made sure the winger was not in isolation , for Ian Corcoran to boot on delicately and claim a grand try , Appleson converting . |
| 10 | NIGEL Clough knows perhaps better than anyone how England are flirting with a losing game that can become a terminal habit . |
| 11 | Only wingers Rory Underwood and Simon Halliday went so far as to deliver confirmation of their departures from the international scene after the 24–0 win against Wales at Twickenham on Saturday . |
| 12 | Ray Warren left soon after and moved on to higher things , no doubt with some relief . |
| 13 | Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alan Sugar show rather better than Prince Charles , Ben Elton or Mick Jagger . |
| 14 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to tell him that he was a possible future Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 15 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to write a very tough letter to the editor in defence of Ramsey . |
| 16 | It 's the same reason why bullfighters go into the bullring and Nigel Mansell drives as fast as he does . |
| 17 | A similar scheme in parts of North America has already dramatically and permanently reduced malicious and hoax calls . |
| 18 | Source B " When the Labour government as a whole declined to agree to a reduction of unemployment pay , Mr. MacDonald assumed too hurriedly that this involved the resignation of his government . |
| 19 | Sir Ian thinks further ahead than most governments care to go . |
| 20 | Mr Straw stated quite unambiguously that ‘ I hold the view that citizenship should be taught in every school , to every child , in a systematic way . ’ |
| 21 | Mr Gorbachev knows full well that , unlike his counterparts in Poland and Hungary , Mr Honecker can not replace doctrinaire communism with appeals to nationalism . |
| 22 | Coming out of the meeting , a lady was heard remarking , ‘ Mr Ramsey spoke very nicely but I do think he is young to be Master of a College ’ ; for she thought that he was the new Master of Magdalene whose name was the same except for the spelling . |
| 23 | Sir Bruce leant forward so that he could see past Agnes to George , but did n't say anything . |
| 24 | Sir Geoffrey spoke more cautiously than Mr Heseltine when he urged ‘ the energetic use of existing agencies and resources , private and public sector alike , to give potentially fruitful initiatives a helping hand ’ , and praised the work of the Welsh Development Agency . |
| 25 | Mr Frohnmayer leaves out much and inserts , one suspects , what he hopes will be a flattering version of other events — such as the ‘ loyalty oath ’ grant recipients had to sign before getting their money . |
| 26 | But Mr Parkinson pointed out yesterday that , while such a scheme would fail if all those motorists currently using the capital were willing to pay , a charge . |
| 27 | Prince Charles declared as early as 1969 that his choice of bride would not be easy . |
| 28 | Mr Kronweiser faded out abruptly and subsided into coughs . |
| 29 | Once she was propped comfortably against the pillows Penry Vaughan sat down again and went on with his story . |
| 30 | Mr Douglas finished well behind but recorded a seven per cent swing and pushed the Conservatives into third place . |