Example sentences of "announce [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A son , ’ he announced as the four young ones ran to his open arms . |
| 2 | ‘ I must see Mr Devereux right away , ’ Barak announced through the open driver 's window . |
| 3 | ‘ Now take this meatloaf , boys , ’ her father announced after a long silence , for no-one talked unless directly addressed by the head of the family . |
| 4 | ‘ I am taking you to Jaén , ’ he announced after a few miles . |
| 5 | Then , out of the blue , Simon and Moscato announced after a considered assessment they had decided to opt out of the French national squad 's World Cup preparations . |
| 6 | Let me give another very recent example while these rather alarming , in some ways , events were going on in Arkensaw , the London Times — not the Sunday Times now — had as a centre page article by a distinguished cosmologist , Fred Hoyle , announcing to a startled world that he 'd suddenly acquired some doubts about evolution . |
| 7 | On January 24 , Francois Guillani , de Cuellar 's official spokesperson , fanned speculation within UN headquarters that de Cuellar was under intense pressure to resign , by announcing over the public address system that ‘ It is untrue that the Secretary General is considering stepping down ’ . |
| 8 | In considering hospital waiting lists , is my hon. Friend satisfied that all those who would benefit from renal replacement therapy are getting it and has he anything to announce about a possible new satellite dialysis unit for the Province ? |
| 9 | This meant the Government would have less to announce at the unified Budget in November , when tax and spending plans will be unveiled together for the first time . |
| 10 | ‘ Just had a load of muck delivered , ’ she announced with a complacent nod in the direction of a sinister-looking mound at the bottom of her vegetable patch . |
| 11 | ‘ Five of the founder members of the Dublin Hell Fire Club , ’ Mahoney announced with a sweeping gesture . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm dog-tired after that trek this afternoon , ’ he announced with a brief compassionate glance at Sarella . |
| 13 | ‘ If you take anything else off before I 've got my suitcase out of this room , I 'll ring the police ! ’ she announced with an icy calm she was far from feeling . |
| 14 | In April and May of this year , the Junior Minister of Health , in April Tom announced from the shared platform with David , the Tory MP for Havant , but better known as a leading member of the Tory think tank , that regulations had been lifted to allow private capital to have free access to the N H S. |
| 15 | ‘ We 're closed , ’ she announced in a frosty tone . |
| 16 | ‘ The Fuhrer loves art because he is himself an artist , ’ Goebbels announced in a contemporary newsreel , at which , no doubt , all genuine artists looked uneasily towards the border . |
| 17 | Another servant entered , a young page who announced in a high , shrill voice that the duke had received Sir John 's message and would be with him as soon as dignity and circumstances would allow . |
| 18 | Essays in Criticism was edited principally by F. W. Bateson , who announced in a preliminary circular the intention to tread midway between Scrutiny and The Review of English Studies . |
| 19 | ‘ Over the past twenty years or so ’ , he announced in a Daily Express front-page splash , ‘ there has been a revulsion from authority and discipline … |
| 20 | Mr Tony Newton , the Social Security Secretary , was accused of misleading Parliament when he announced in a written reply that Electronic Data Systems had been given the five-year contract for running the centre at Norcross , Lancashire , ‘ following consideration of a tender ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ Sixteen coffees , ’ she announced in the cool voice that they seemed to be using to each other , ‘ followed by — er — ’ Consulting her list , she continued , ‘ Six rounds of toast , five boiled eggs with soldiers … ’ |
| 22 | He also announced in the same speech the Government 's first considered response to Strangeways ; they would introduce a new offence of prison mutiny with a maximum penalty of 10 years . |
| 23 | Pérez announced in the same speech that prices of electricity ( for both domestic and industrial consumers ) , petrol and basic foodstuffs would be frozen , that prices of medicines would be " stabilized " and that financial provisions for public transport , home ownership , housing for the military and small businesses would be improved . |
| 24 | ‘ In the last few minutes one of the party of missing students — ’ Kath let out her breath on a gust ‘ — has made his way to the surface , and he has told us that there are still two men trapped below here , ’ he announced in the earnest voice of sepulchral doom so favoured by reporters at the scene of an incident . |
| 25 | They quoted the old woman who announced outside the Old Bailey that ‘ he got what he deserved ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's a war on now and all of you are in enemy territory , ’ he announced to a general assembly . |
| 27 | He parked the machine and announced to a stunned crowd that he had just retired . |
| 28 | In 1798 the threat of military invasion from Napoleonic France had only just ebbed when the Bishop of Durham announced to a startled House of Lords that it had come to his attention that the only reason the enemy forces had backed away from military invasion was because they had hit on a more sinister method of bringing Britannia to heel . |
| 29 | Subsequently , Gorbachev left Ryzhkov looking even more embattled when he announced to the Supreme Soviet that he personally preferred Shatalin 's programme . |
| 30 | Yeltsin announced to the Russian Supreme Soviet on Dec. 25 that all forces of the Russian Security and Internal Affairs Ministry were to be withdrawn from the Caucasus . |