Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bradford & Bingley had a similar experience . |
| 2 | To contribute to this debate , Coopers & Lybrand formed a working party to survey and examine interim reporting . |
| 3 | Stephan Brüback of the German shop design specialist Hans Brüback Landenbau & Verkaufstechnik took a visual approach to the theme of customer recognition , suggesting that social differences be accepted and even adopted in the definition of a shop 's corporate identity . |
| 4 | Of course , Roman emperors deified themselves , made their horses consuls and existed in a state of terrifying paranoia which eventually provoked genuine plots and assassinations , but in retrospect the gross crimes of a Caligula or Nero lacked the all-pervading hypocrisy of the modern tyrants . |
| 5 | In April 1990 , three partners and a manager from the newly-merged Big Six firm Ernst & Young took the unusual step of leaving to set up their own practice . |
| 6 | Last year , for example , Ernst & Young completed an International Quality Study , a joint project with the American Quality Foundation ; more than 500 companies in the US , Canada and Japan participated . |
| 7 | In 1988 , Northern Arts , the regional arts board for Cleveland , Cumbria , Durham , Northumberland and Tyne & Wear devised an enterprising scheme to provide interest-free loans to commission and purchase new works of art . |
| 8 | But neither he nor Boyce enjoyed an absolute monopoly , for there were others in business as undertakers at that time , such as Eleazar Malory of Whitechapel , well established by 1700 , and John Clarke of Jermyn Street , who was advertising in 1725 . |
| 9 | Neither Shane nor Bernadette condemned the 25-year-old abductor for the torment she had given them . |
| 10 | ‘ What comes up , ’ said Rory , and Jessica gave a dirty laugh . |
| 11 | A window in a nearby house opened , and Doyle watched an old lady lean out , look around , then pull back inside . |
| 12 | ‘ Both me and Vinny had a good sleep on the plane and we are ready for hard training . |
| 13 | In their capacity as the Society 's ‘ Printers ’ ( neither was in fact a printer himself ) Martyn and Allestry played an important role in the establishment of experimental philosophy , publishing such key works as the Micrographia ( 1665 ) of Robert Hooke [ q.v. ] and the History of the Royal Society ( 1667 ) by Thomas Sprat [ q.v . ] . |
| 14 | In the 1950s , Northern Rhodesia , Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland had a federal government which ran an education television service . |
| 15 | The country 's nuclear lobby has argued that alternative energy sources are either not available or too expensive and Semenyuk told a parliamentary debate on the government 's economic reform programme that : " Experts say that after the introduction of safety measures the plant is among the safest , and not only in Ukraine . " |
| 16 | Yeah Dorigo had a very good game and Macca had a brilliant game for Scotland . |
| 17 | The timber opened as they breasted a ridge and Trent glimpsed a steeply-sloping meadow up ahead and a patch of white . |
| 18 | Cancer was diagnosed only eight months earlier , and Madeleine held a strong conviction she could find a way of helping in her own healing . |
| 19 | Although Classic Touch and Ratina disproved the old prejudice against mares , John Whitaker had a less happy experience with Dollar Girl . |
| 20 | They left after that drink and went back to the house at Lochgair ; Rory and Kenneth cleared a tangled choke of bushes and shrubs at the rear of the garden , where Mary wanted the lawn extended . |
| 21 | Harry Poat left on his mission and Stirling split the remaining force into two groups which would travel independently to a further rendezvous at Bir Soltane , only a few miles from the Mareth line . |
| 22 | Mother 's cup really overflowed last year when Louise had her third child and Sarah married a famous conductor . ’ |
| 23 | One of his hands closing over the slender curve of her hip made her lower body stir involuntarily , the increasing urgency of the gyrating movement explicit , both statement and summons , and Maria heard the harsh breath he drew as he absorbed it . |
| 24 | ‘ Are you all right ? ’ he demanded , and Maria made the shocked discovery that the mere sound of his voice could still make her pulses leap and race , and her heart clench with love and longing . |
| 25 | Just before the bell on her last day , Sharon and Maria dumped a huge card on her desk : of the Statue of Liberty togged out as Batperson , all welcoming Batcape . |
| 26 | Because Lawren and Bess had an enviable collection of classical LPs I took it as an accomplishment to present them with one work they had not yet discovered but came to enjoy — it was the ‘ Eight Little Symphonies ’ by William Boyce ( 1710–1779 ) recorded in London by the Boyd Neel Chamber Orchestra — a delightful work in the manner of George Frederick Handel . |
| 27 | Colonel Windsor refilled it , and Tubby took a large swallow before gathering himself together to reply . |
| 28 | As they reached the mouth of the tunnel , fresh air drifted in and Devlin took a deep breath . |
| 29 | Goldwyn considered himself physically unappealing and Frances retained a lifelong devotion to George Cukor , who was homosexual . |
| 30 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |