Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 The ideas of Marx and Engels were introduced by the first International ( 1864–76 ) , which had sections in several Latin American countries .
2 After 34 minutes , Dulwich were presented with a third goal .
3 Puddephat and Melanie Gandell were mentioned in the first paragraph , but did not appear in the rest of the piece .
4 Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van .
5 She wrote a long and intimate letter to Eleanor describing her state of mind and her new and disturbing sense of isolation , but Eleanor was working on the first draft of her first novel , and replied at length but not to the point .
6 Hill was substituted in the 55th minute , too late to prevent Halifax going further behind .
7 Despite the fact that David was expelled in the third form for dissing the gym teacher who confiscated his Uzi and broke his crack-peddling ring , he still feels enough loyalty to the old alma mater not to drag its name through the mud by engaging the lads he fagged for in a ‘ naughty-word ’ style debate .
8 Marinello 's arrival at Arsenal was greeted like the second coming .
9 Edward was born on the third of March , and the advent of spring is a constant theme , and symbol of renewal , in everything he has written .
10 It was in 1913 that the first reference is made to the Luker family , proprietors of the Henley Standard , when on October 31st , Charles Luker was beaten on the 21st hole in the Ladies ' Cup semi-final .
11 Ken was rediscovered in the nineteenth century by the Oxford Movement , for whom his idea of the Church of England as part of the Universal Church and his ascetic character had a great appeal .
12 It became the permanent home of the German race with the exception of 1959 when the race was staged at Avus , and 1970 when Hockenheim was used for the first time .
13 Within a few days of his election , Barbarossa was crowned on the 9th March 1152 .
14 Before long England were benefitting from the first of a string of catches dropped by both sides , and their total of 263 was over a hundred more than it would have been had Boycott , Woolmer and Botham not had a second chance .
15 The VAS were averaged over the first 3 days of admission ( any patient with data missing was omitted from the analysis ) and these means compared by Mann-Whitney U tests .
16 The great abbeys established as a thank-offering by the victorious Normans were complemented over the next four hundred years by a number of smaller foundations , dictated by the tenets of fashion and individual piety .
17 Meanwhile , Dundela and Donegal Celtic were paired in the second round of the Steel and Sons Cup when the draw was made on Monday evening .
18 East Anglia was forgotten in the next three novels .
19 Norman Pinder was creeping through the last few yards of shrubbery before he would reach the window of the small seminar room .
20 When the OED was planned in the mid-nineteenth century it was to be a new approach to lexicography .
21 Yes Alan was mentioning in the first half poor strike rate , just four goals in over two hundred and fifty appearances in his time at Leeds United .
22 The table below details specimen surrender values which would be applicable if the Bond was surrendered in the first five years , and are based on a monthly premium of £9 .
23 The Democratic Labour Party ( DLP ) government of Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford was returned for a second five-year term at a general election on Jan. 22 .
24 In the article Garcilaso was touted as the first American and his work seen as the starting point of ‘ a sensibility absolutely new , absolutely Peruvian . ’
25 Turner was arrested after the first offence but released on bail and then carried out the second offence .
26 With Dewey 's permission , UDC was developed from the fifth edition of DC .
27 Iceland was discovered in the tenth century by Viking seafarers from the Scandinavian mainland .
28 Finally , if the worst happened , Spain was seen as a last line of continental defence .
29 St Servatius church in Maastricht was restored for the first time in AD 725 .
30 Encounters with Donald were documented for the next 6 years , during which time he travelled on a southward odyssey along some 480 km ( 300 miles ) of British coastline , from the Isle of Man to Wales and then to Cornwall , stopping off in small harbours , boat havens and coves along the way to socialise .
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