Example sentences of "[noun prp] ['s] [noun] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irwin , of course , refused , and Gandhi , whose reaction to Irwin 's initiative had at first been positive , announced that a campaign of civil disobedience would begin . |
| 2 | Colchester 's Lacy finished in sixth spot in 1.54.02 , his best 20-mile performance for six years . |
| 3 | Finally , the eminent ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte agreed that Audubon 's supremacy had at last been eclipsed . |
| 4 | The only significant association was an increased risk of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma associated with first pregnancy . |
| 5 | Scotland require just one point against Michel Platini 's men to qualify for next summer 's finals in Italy . |
| 6 | We also know that ‘ the iron-willed Admiral ’ broke down and cried on hearing that Balboa 's ocean had at last been sighted . |
| 7 | The red-brown tentacles of London 's suburbs had at last been shaken off , and the chequered autumn landscape , multi-textured as a cloth collage , unrolled before them in a changing pattern of brown , green and gold , leading them on to Cambridge . |
| 8 | Britain , however , had fought to impede European agreements requiring catalytic converters on cars and even as London 's traffic slowed to pre-First World War speeds , planned to build vast new roads and to cut rail services . |
| 9 | Are we to jump to the unlikely conclusion that John 's heart has at last been melted by the love of a good woman ? |
| 10 | As for Hearts , they play Rangers at Tynecastle on Wednesday and a win there would see Sandy Clark 's side elevated from ninth to joint third in the table in just two games , AND keep Rangers four points behind new league leaders Aberdeen . |