Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Jason Drysdale , the son of a former Hartlepool United defender , caught out Middlesbrough with a superb free-kick for David Holdsworth to score .
2 Tippett turned down Auden as a possible collaborator .
3 Ansah finished off Leicester with a superb goal .
4 NEWCASTLE 'S Gavin Peacock is on course for his best goalscoring season after his 11th goal in 20 games killed off WATFORD in a 2–0 victory .
5 It was a hard , bloody fight lasting 3 hours and 16 minutes ( this time still stands as a world record for a championship fight ) before Burke knocked out Byrne with a tremendous punch , thus becoming recognised champion .
6 The new ruck-maul law , rather than resulting in quicker and cleaner ball , could end up with the sort of pile-up seen here when New South Wales took on Fiji in the recent Super Six Series as defending players desperately try to stop the ball coming out of the rucks or mauls .
7 The week before England took on Scotland for the Grand Slam , Harlequins travelled to Gloucester for a league match .
8 ‘ So you brought in Gerald on the open side .
9 From this meeting they sent back Curzon with a formal resolution , urging Asquith 's immediate resignation , and saying that he must in any event accept and publish theirs .
10 The deeply unpopular Somerset was overthrown in October , and power passed to those who had opposed the war ; his successor , John Dudley , earl of Warwick , was only recognizing the inevitable when he gave up Boulogne at the same time as peace was made with Scotland in March 1550 , when the last stronghold held by the English , Lauder , capitulated .
11 Cricket now , and Northamptonshire are on the verge of a place in the NatWest Trophy final at Lords.They bowled out Warwickshire for a hundred and forty nine in the semi final at Edgbaston , and were further helped by some disastrous Warwickshire batting .
12 After a dramatic ‘ slide rule ’ finish , Hampshire 's men edged out Yorkshire by a single rubber after three had tied on two group wins .
13 Nicholas slipping and sidestepping deftly , set up Creaney for a close range shot which Hamilton one-handed , just turned round .
14 The DPR directors had worked at LHW and set up DPR along the same principles .
15 Then it was Irons who set up Aldridge for the third with a superb pass form inside his own half .
16 Lee Doherty set up Johnston for a right-wing cross and Gorman ghosted between two Bangor defenders to keep up his record of scoring in every round .
17 Weir looked sharp and eager as Jackson 's partner in attack and set up Lennon for the best early chance of the game .
18 Weir looked sharp and eager as Jackson 's partner in attack and set up Lennon for the best early chance of the game .
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