Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [noun] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Capel Ablett and Fiery Fred opened the batting for W & V Capel missed the first three balls and played on to his stumps with the fourth ball .
2 Sigarup and Murti Lāl followed the last few through the gap , whistling long and low , a final command to stop and be still .
3 He was sent along the quayside to keep the attack moving , and Brigadier Haydon committed the floating reserve ( Group 4 ) in a landing at the north end of the town .
4 This is the point erm , well Plato made the point that the people we most want to rule us are probably the ones that are the least likely to want to take on that duty and Ben Williams made the same point the other way round that the people who rise to the top in politics are likely to be the ones that we would least like to have governing us .
5 Alan Hickey , Peter Heffer , Green , Robin Garton , Mandy Welham and Colin Cooper filled the final six places .
6 GHI comment : In general , we found that the Alba and Ferguson models gave the clearest sound .
7 Paul and Sarah Davison retained the junior doubles title they have won for the last two years .
8 When Marian Radke Yarrow , John Campbell and Roger Burton used the same techniques to examine dependence , aggression and conscience formation , they were unable to confirm the findings previously obtained .
9 Carrington and Grant disappeared down the for'ard companionway while Talbot and Van Gelder took the after one .
10 Liverpool won 5-0 at Goodison Park , and Ian Rush became the first player to net four in a derby game since Freddie Howe in 1935 .
11 Terry , Steve Hallard and Richard Priestman reached the last 16 of the men 's team event by beating Germany 233-231 , Australia in the quarters by 240-236 , before falling to Spain 234-236 .
12 British actors Glen Murphy , Sean Blowers and Richard Walsh did the same for London 's Burning .
13 Not sure whether she should treat the remark as a compliment or not , Juliet followed her into the house with David , and Miss Rose closed the front door .
14 Mr. Marten has contended that the strength of the evidence of Mr. Smith , Mr. Morgan and Miss Calagarri outweighed the other contrary evidence .
15 Established internationals Gord MacKinnon and Pat Palmer represented the national team squad at the CRU 's recent three day planning meeting in Vancouver and were most supportive of a decision to implement fitness testing for all the country 's top players as an ongoing requirement .
16 North Wales and Wester Ross displayed the greatest community spirit with just on half the farms relying on neighbours .
17 Bridget King smashed the club record with 2.27.40 , Liz Cudmore broke the club veteran record with 2.32.01 and Donna Robertson completed the winning team in 2.39.06 .
18 THE return of both Des Haynes and Angus Fraser had the desired effect on Middlesex 's fortunes during the early weeks of the season as they ran up a sequence of one-day wins .
19 She was sitting on a gaily upholstered settee while Wycliffe and Lucy Lane had the two matching armchairs .
20 Belfast 's Roy Blackstock and Lorraine Aiken took the Latin American title and on their displayed form have a freewheeling , downhill run home to yet another All-Ireland title .
21 I opened one of the doors and Al Waxman opened the other , and there was Michael sitting on the floor in the wardrobe .
22 In the years following World War I , Eleanor Rathbone and Eva Hubback shared the general dismay at the decline in the birth rate .
23 BBC children 's favourites Brian Cant and Ross King swept the 25-year-old beauty off her feet as she started preparing for a pantomime .
24 And Aunt Margaret did the same , quite often , after she shooed Melanie off to bed early .
25 The bell for lunch was going when Mike Pumfrey and Sergeant Fenniway finished the main part of their initial interviews .
26 Elizabeth Beak and Rosemarie Craig brought the High Court claim against British Rail Engineering on behalf of their mother , Ruby Hayward , who 's partially paralysed with polio .
27 So 1968/69 loomed and Reg Pybus seemed the natural choice to take over as manager .
28 Harold Macmillan and Anthony Eden shared the same reaction ; the young Robert Boothby was one of the few who were disappointed by the Armistice , because he had been too young to fight .
29 Les Ferdinand and Carlton Palmer got the other England goals .
30 ‘ I warded off the blows that were struck at me and Sir Oswald did the same .
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