Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cheese presses went into use for the first time in twenty years , Jem attended Bodmin market with butter and lard and eggs to sell once a fortnight , and , with George Langley 's help , a little light trap came , of varnished wood , which Murphy , now beaten out of surprise and disapproval , taught Alexandra to drive with a helpful bay mare between the shafts . |
| 2 | erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about . |
| 3 | Giggs ' goal was highlighted on Match of the Day , demonstrating uncanny reactions in taking advantage of Dean Austin 's stumble , slipping the ball through Jason Cundy 's legs and rounding keeper Ian Walker to shoot into a vacant net from an awkward angle . |
| 4 | He had this meeting on Wake Island that I described to you when they would n't get out of the planes , all attempts to persuade MacArthur to behave in a reasonable fashion . |
| 5 | It was like Jean to think of a happy family reason for a slight disappearance . |
| 6 | After the election , opposition groups again protested against allowing the MRF to operate as a political party . |
| 7 | They would have preferred England to lose in a genuine climax than to win by such underhand means . |
| 8 | Xhibition 93 has managed to get COSE to agree to a question-and-answer session by application developers and computing managers during the Xhibition Executive Conference in San Jose . |
| 9 | On 22 October 1980 Gabriel Ferrucci , president of Raybestos Manhattan 's international division , flew into Cork to appear at a joint press conference with IDA at which the company announced its intention to pull out of Ireland . |
| 10 | The glamour of Monte Carlo was renowned so they were overjoyed when a troupe was summoned from England to appear in a special show for Prince Rainier 's father at the Opera House . |
| 11 | One dealer left Harvard to work for a Continental outfit called European Equity Research . |
| 12 | Mr Biffen 's plea at the monthly meeting of Aberdeen and Kincardine NFU area executive followed on from an Ellon branch resolution urging the NFU to detail on a regular basis . |
| 13 | The South Wales authorities have also joined forces with those in South West England to press for a through rail link with the Tunnel thus avoiding the need to cross London from Paddington to the Waterloo terminal , and for the electrification of the main lines from Paddington to Bristol and Penzance , Paddington to Swansea , and Waterloo to Exeter . |
| 14 | The effect of the premedication did help Mr Reynolds to relax for a short while prior to going to theatre . |
| 15 | From living near the edge of a hot , steamy jungle in Army married quarters and coming back to England to live in a little house in Catterick Camp with snow everywhere , myself and my son , who was eight years old at the time , were sitting eating porridge feeling miserable and cold waiting for a plumber to come and mend a burst pipe . |
| 16 | But when Geoff Hamilton handed me a chunk of Barnsdale to turn into a well-planted garden , I had to put my money where my mouth was . |
| 17 | A GHOST called Percy is teaching toddler Jasmin Griggs to speak in a northern accent . |
| 18 | She stood back , allowing Loretta to step into a wide hall . |
| 19 | In the UK it remains for the CAA to revert to a voluntary incident reporting system in place of the current mandatory one . |
| 20 | ‘ MAGGIE ACTS ’ or ‘ MAGGIE STEPS IN ’ are familiar tabloid headlines as Mrs Thatcher convenes seminars of experts at Downing Street to cope with a pressing issue . |
| 21 | The policeman should have known better than to expect Duncan to fall for a cheap trick like that . |
| 22 | Whether the view of science led Peirce to look for a prior epistemology , or whether the desire for , or availability of , a prior epistemology led him to think of inquiry as he did , are questions I shall not pursue here . |
| 23 | In the 27th minute Kamara , on loan from Luton , found Hendrie and squared for Wilkinson to put in a fierce shot which Baker touched over the bar . |
| 24 | Joseph Thomas , engineer , was born in Roche and came to Looe to retire after a distinguished career . |
| 25 | Even so , it took many years for Ali to ascend to a pre-eminent light in the national consciousness . |
| 26 | Instead of seeking revenge for PE 's criticism of the service , which the band claims responds slower to black callers than to white , the ambulancemen invited Flavor Flav to ride with a medical emergency crew . |
| 27 | This leads John Mumford to seek for a new model in evangelism . |
| 28 | This was influenced by Oman 's wish for the GCC to act as a military alliance in conjunction with the West against a perceived Soviet threat . |
| 29 | I rang Transend to ask about a registered copy , but they informed me that they did n't register that game , but that I should just write out cheque for the amount a cross out the £ and pout $ . |
| 30 | He was a member of a working party which caused ICI to switch to a new approach under which each division took direct control of its own sales . |