Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Life on the Swindon bench has been full of heartbreak this season … so near and yet so far … it 's not so long ago that Town were winning week in week out … tomorrow they 've got Newcastle at home and back in the first division days they were no problem … 2-1 Swindon beat them last March
2 Life on the Swindon bench has been full of heartbreak this season … so near and yet so far … it 's not so long ago that Town were winning week in week out … tomorrow they 've got Newcastle at home and back in the first division days they were no problem … 2-1 Swindon beat them last March
3 In 1907 , however , the Bondholders had a great deal more at risk than in the 1960 's and the 2:1 arrangement gave them some protection and rights over their own investments and the Club 's destiny .
4 Ellen was also in the winning team last year which will make it a hat-trick if the 1993 season brings her another win .
5 Then Trevino 's 1972 success made it back-to-back Opens for the Mexican-American .
6 A deputation from the right-wing 92 Group visited her that evening , as did three ministerial members of the No Turning Back Group .
7 To summarise , the problem was to build a machine that could examine enough positions in three minutes to give it some protection against the clumsiness of its evaluation functions .
8 The two trumpets and three trombones give us five parts , but we have no intention of spoiling the harmonic clearness by writing a fifth ‘ real part ’ for one of these .
9 The week-long camps are sponsored by Digital Equipment Company , and are open to students aged from 14 to 17 years to give them practical experience of the computer applications they will come across when they take up their careers .
10 Doshi , whose 33 tests brought him 114 wickets , including five-wicket hauls in an innings on six occasions , said : ‘ The great thing about Tufnell is that he is willing to experiment .
11 The journey of about 50 miles took him three days .
12 One reviewer told us that case reports prove nothing .
13 This one act earned him unfailing hatred and opposition .
14 Soon after Aoun entered the French embassy on Oct. 13 France granted him political asylum .
15 One fellow gave me ten bob once — he was a tram-driver .
16 But Wilson , who was more visible during the election than many ministers , would be well advised not to pen an account of the real campaign — his version of the Alliance 's 1987 effort won him few friends .
17 Can I ask that you agree on eight one A to grant them twenty-one Saturday city centre permits , and you 're clear that you 've left out NovaSports and AvaRag , and you understand why ?
18 Two films gave him temporary solvency and cast him straight into the seedier end of the youth market , the biker movies which were at the beginning of a craze that would last four or five years .
19 Once I had learnt to ride , the trick of balancing took me quite a while , that bike , over the next four years gave me enormous pleasure .
20 The shaft needed to come through two bearings to give it that stability .
21 And in the end just two people got it right 9.6kg .
22 A body needs at least two people to carry it any distance from a car , and it 's not easily disguised .
23 What it was was I 'm in charge , no you 're not and if you meet two people give me two people who are both power like
24 Then he waited as one of the two Han brought him anti-static slippers while the other combed and plaited his hair .
25 Several states had passed restrictive laws since the Supreme Court 's 1989 ruling allowing them greater opportunity to limit the availability of abortion ( in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services — see pp. 36809-10 ) .
26 ‘ Those two scores gave me greater pleasure than my hundreds against Glamorgan and Lancashire .
27 ( 7b ) He had four examiners ask him all sorts of questions .
28 Have + direct object + to can also evoke the idea of " having present for the purpose of " : ( 7a ) He had four examiners to ask him all sorts of questions .
29 In some instances they will even transport each cub , one at a time , for as much as four miles to give them greater protection .
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