Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For an afternoon 's work , it was hardly going to be Tosca and given the raw materials no one would have minded had they chanted ’ What a Load of Rubbish ’ . |
| 2 | The US Secretary of State James Baker met subsequently with Shevardnadze and welcomed the proposed cuts at a joint press conference , although he had earlier expressed doubts as to whether the cuts were in fact new or were made up in part by other previously announced withdrawals . |
| 3 | Must like U2 and appreciate the good things in life — poetry , literature , and the pub . |
| 4 | The stage is high , deterring those who see the stage as their personal Kuwait and giving the laser-lit silhouettes of the Inspirals real presence when they arrive to a pre-recorded keyboard and mooing groove . |
| 5 | The mine-workers have always preferred lengthy day-release courses for active members , usually organised through extra-mural departments of the WEA and pre-dating the 1975 entitlements , to the more limited TUC courses ( more limited in three senses : they are shorter , they are role training , and they are only for representatives ) . |
| 6 | By 782 , in response to this increased formalising and application of militant Christianity , Wittikind returned again from his refuge in pagan Denmark and summoned the northern tribes to revolt . |
| 7 | Other changes include moving the scriptwriters to Spain and banning the odd words of Spanish , French and German which had crept in . |
| 8 | Draw up a worksheet for Spain and enter the above transactions . |
| 9 | He says he can find his way up the Orinoco and discover the Seven Cities of Gold where the streets are paved with precious metals , and dusky , full-bosomed maidens scatter gems and pennies . |
| 10 | On numerous occasions massive Orc armies have swept down from the north , destroying the towns and cities of Kislev and invading the northern provinces of the Empire . |
| 11 | Another must for this briefly visiting the Mournes is the traverse of the north ridge of the Bloody Bridge , on the Irish ea coast , to the Trassey road near Tollymore Forest Park ; or better still , on reaching the Hares Gap climb Bearnagh , Meelmore and Meelbeg and descend the broad slopes to Fofanny Dam . |
| 12 | I asked him about going to the Highlands and seeing the wonderful colours there and he just looked at me and said ‘ too amorphous ’ . |
| 13 | Some of his oldest friends , who for years had been accustomed to seeing him , fat and genial , as the leading light of a pig-sticking expedition , were astonished to hear him now holding forth like a veritable Newton or Faraday and discussing the latest discoveries in medicine as fluently as if they were entries in the Bengal Club Cup or the Planters ' Handicap . |
| 14 | shareholding in National Power and PowerGen and instruct the chief executives to sit down with British Coal and negotiate a mutually beneficial contract from 1993 . |
| 15 | He returned to Downing Street and asked the waiting journalists for their prayers rather than their congratulations . |
| 16 | Then , as she turned into Peascod Street and neared the local police station , she initially decided to turn round and head for home . |
| 17 | Training was at Blackpool and involved the usual walks , rounds of golf , and Turkish and tonic baths , as well as a trip to the theatre . |
| 18 | The Brazilian complained that some team-mates shunned him and criticised him behind his back , with Soren Lerby and Kieft the chief culprits . |
| 19 | Leaving the safety of Valencia , he marched swiftly to a wooded valley near Tevar and fortified the three entrances with stout barriers . |
| 20 | Hold down Alt and tap the appropriate key(s) as in step 1 of' … |
| 21 | Hold down Alt and tap the appropriate key(s) as in ‘ . |
| 22 | After the particularly bitter winter that began the Imperial year 2512 , a massive horde of Orcs and Goblins descended from the World 's Edge Mountains and ravaged the eastern provinces of the Empire . |
| 23 | Although this book is in no way offered as a study of history or architecture , I hope that some of the information gathered may be of interest to those who love Cumbria and cherish the old buildings and traditions . |
| 24 | If clubs are that concerned , then why not switch the match to Sunday and get the international players to turn up . |
| 25 | Flying direct from Cairo to Paris and surviving the worst earthquakes that Egypt has ever suffered might sound excellent training for Paris Fashion Week , but proved to be more rigorous than the event strictly called for . |
| 26 | Next year 's R21 replacement should build on the clear thinking and design flair established with the Clio and consolidate the middle markets won by the revamped R19 . |
| 27 | The government went Gung-ho into free trade in Europe and dismantled the proper controls . |
| 28 | The fourth biennial conference of the International Democrat Union ( IDU ) , held in Tokyo , Japan , on Sept. 22-23 , 1989 , welcomed " the abandonment of socialism " in Eastern Europe and condemned the Chinese authorities for their repression of the pro-democracy movement in June [ see pp. 36720-22 ] . |
| 29 | Your generation will be the key to shaping the new Europe and seizing the new opportunities that could not be imagined during the Cold War . |
| 30 | It was the most profitable car company in Britain and earned the highest margins of any Ford plant in Europe . |