Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd be able to get in unless Jack or Tom had put a padlock on since he 'd last been there . |
| 2 | MacGibbon & Kee had published a book by him about the Suez affair . |
| 3 | Well Spear & Jackson has found a way to solve that problem — by colour coding its range of screwdrivers . |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove has developed a Tourist Charter that sets standards for hotels amongst the highest in Britain . |
| 5 | Mr Macfadyen put it to him that at the meeting with Mackie the next day he had not advised him that Shanks & McEwan intended to issue a profits warning . |
| 6 | CW & RP had prepared a list of security risk areas , which included : |
| 7 | The Cheltenham & Gloucester has produced a £50m fixed rate loan priced at 13.25 until the end of 1991 . |
| 8 | Cheltenham & Gloucester has launched a no-strings-attached , fully portable five-year deal fixed at 7.75 per cent , available on an interest-only or repayment basis on mortgages and remortgages up to 90 per cent of property value . |
| 9 | MIDLANDS , WEST & WALES has won a £1 million contract to refurbish 324 houses and flats on the Pool Farm Estate in Birmingham for Birmingham City Council . |
| 10 | It had n't been his fault that Bill Morgan , the vehicle examiner , had chosen to come in open-necked shirt and corduroys ; neither he nor Dom had cared a damn what their guests chose to wear . |
| 11 | Hungary and Czechoslovakia have reached a deadlock in discussions over a hydro-electric dam to be built on the River Danube , which according to environmentalists and scientists , presents serious hazards . |
| 12 | The King was paying him some money every year , and Ben wanted to give a party for his friends . |
| 13 | Magistrates in Banbury , Chipping Norton , Bicester and Woodstock have adopted a scheme which fines offenders according to their income . |
| 14 | Garg and Gotlieb have developed a method that is related to interpolation searching , and in which the algorithm is based on an analysis of the key sequence , rather than on a presupposition such as the effectiveness of any particular procedure — say mid-square or division . |
| 15 | ‘ No doubt there was some cross or ornament they found when they robbed that poor creature , and Adolph had made a fantasy out of it . |
| 16 | And if it be thought that Mr Hunte retains a soft spot for Pakistan ever since he and Garry Sobers had a stand of 446 against them at Sabina Park 34 years ago , we have ascertained that he made clear to the 1992 management that any further offence would be met with punishment noticeably more severe . |
| 17 | She tells them that Clive and Alison have hired a boat in Poole . |
| 18 | When Alice met these two peculiar characters the words of a famous rhyme going through her head : ‘ Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have a battle … ’ |
| 19 | The press has mushroomed , stalls are packed with newspapers and Romania has become a mecca for journalists from the West eager not only to report but instruct the new media , still largely partisan and biased , in western techniques and styles . |
| 20 | The door opened and Jenkins entered carrying a tray . |
| 21 | The door opened again and Peggy entered carrying a tray on which there were three drinks . |
| 22 | School rules required all girls to tie back their hair , and Victoria seemed to have a knack of observing the most oppressive and trivial regulations with grace . |
| 23 | New advice on ‘ fast-track ’ assessments was issued last week by LGDF , and SCODA has produced a practice guide based on the lessons of the national survey . |
| 24 | Chris and Patrick had caught a train to London and taken a taxi straight to Richie 's flat . |
| 25 | She wished she could go back in time , to when she and Jezrael had shared a room and secrets after Mom put the lights out . |
| 26 | Their numbers have increased dramatically in recent years , with newcomers such as Labuan ( Malaysia ) , Malta and Mauritius trying to capture a slice of the business traditionally dominated by the likes of Bermuda and Jersey . |
| 27 | Isabella and Mortimer began to plan an invasion of England in July 1326 and the Count of Hainault placed shipping and men at their disposal . |
| 28 | The ability to develop new drugs is now greater than most countries ' ability to pay for them without rationing or screening systems — for example , France controls individual prices and Germany has initiated a reference system which pays a basic price for all drugs in the same category . |
| 29 | Proud parents Jeremy and Jemima have hatched an addition to their Teesside Crown Court family . |
| 30 | An expanding Colombian trade surplus with Venezuela and Ecuador threatens to cause an upset . |