Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time ever there 's racing at Cheltenham this sunday … its going to be a fun day … and so too is tomorrow for the winner of the first big steeplechase of the year … it 's the Mackeson Gold Cup … there 's fifty five thousand pounds in prizemoney … our search for a winner takes us to Herefordshire and a horse called Spacefair |
| 2 | Another course open to the High Court when it quashes the decision of a governmental body is to remit the matter to the agency with a direction to reconsider it in accordance with the findings of the High Court . |
| 3 | A CLEVELAND fireman is appealing against a decision to transfer him from Thornaby fire station to his home town of Billingham . |
| 4 | I 'm not naive , I know others will make more be back with more bids because he 's such a top -class goal scorer , ’ says the manager , who has just signed a contract keeping him at Hillsborough for the same time as Hirst . |
| 5 | Polls had until recently shown support for Mr Patten but now a majority wants him to back down . |
| 6 | YOU recently mentioned con tricks well , I was waiting at Lime Street Station for my mother when a well-dressed man with a briefcase asked me for £1 . |
| 7 | It comes complete with all fittings for usual tap-threads , and all you will need is a wrench to tighten it in position to comply with the law — incidentally , a fine of up to £400 can be imposed for non-compliance with the law ! |
| 8 | It comes complete with all fittings for usual tap-threads , and all you need is a wrench to tighten it in position . |
| 9 | There was no other option as the Hurseys live in a known highrisk parvovirus area and carrying around a Great Dane puppy in a blanket to acclimatise him to street life — as one might with Yorkshire terrier pup — is hardly practical AND needs a very large owner ! |
| 10 | If , on the other hand , you allow rationality to children , then you can not use their lack of it as a criterion to distinguish them from adults . |
| 11 | It was a mournful pair that hired a boat to take them to Saltash and acquaint the Lee family of the tragedy . |
| 12 | I stated my views to Lord Stanley as fully as I could , but I fear that the Exchequer is not in a condition to enable him to second my views , 1 think you will do me the credit to say that if any man can organize an Expedition for interior research I can , and that there are few if any here more qualified from experience for such a task . |
| 13 | He is represented as granting land at Hoo in Kent to an Abbot Ecgbald ( CS 89 : S 233 ) , and a grant of land at Farnham , perhaps dating to 686 , for the founding of a monastery reveals him with authority in Surrey ( CS 72 : S 235 ) . |
| 14 | yeah , no , not that we come back to that in a moment or to , I 'm just trying to see where this leads us though Mr , erm as a matter of legal analysis , erm y-y-y- your complaint , one particular one we 're talking about is that erm these standard , these are standard degrees which offend the competition rules now if it , if that 's right would not the consequence by erm across the ball , you 're saying you only , you only would render them invalid in so far as they happen to do any , happened to have done any particular name of , er that , I ca n't think , it did n't seem to be in any of the erm cases we 've looked at where the competition rules were applied , but that was a necessary condition if , if , if it 's that if it 's void , if people have suffered a loss as a result of it they can recover a lost , you do n't have to show a loss do you in order to , to , to be declared void |
| 15 | It is always a pleasure to meet you at Link meetings and other events . |
| 16 | Monaco despatched a scout to trail him at Bournemouth the following week , and they will use the next couple of days to decide whether to gamble on bringing Lambert to Europe 's gambling capital . |
| 17 | We had only to go for a walk through the empty streets and someone would appear in a doorway to invite us for dinner . |
| 18 | However , despite protests from the priests , who identified Gervais Sindakira as one of their workers , a soldier bayoneted him to death . |
| 19 | The news will throw Tottenham 's future to fresh confusion and leave the club hoping desperately that manager Terry Venables can put together a deal to save them from collapse . |
| 20 | as if waiting for a command to bring them to life , Trent thought . |
| 21 | Time for the same man to complete his work in Finland , then catch a plane to London and hire a car to take him to Suffolk . |
| 22 | So the film company organized a car to take him from Reading to Pangbourne . |
| 23 | Bless the lady : she gave me a large breakfast and then told me she had arranged with a friend who had a car to take me into Lochinver . |
| 24 | KEVIN KEEGAN has had secret talks with Newcastle directors in a bid to keep him at St James 's Park . |
| 25 | A weekly magazine , L'Europeo , published a piece on the problems of restoration and reproduced a photograph of a panel by the sixteenth-century Ferrarese painter Ortolano , in the Pinacoteca Capodimonte , with a caption describing it as Leonardo 's ‘ Last Supper ’ . |
| 26 | A frog asked a princess to take him to bed with her so that he could turn into a fairy prince . |
| 27 | Religion is based on the longing for the father , and the infant 's wish for a protector to defend it against feelings of helplessness . |
| 28 | An advancement means a sum of money paid to a child to start him in business or to make a permanent provision for him ; it does not include casual payments given as a present or to help to tide over temporary difficulties . |
| 29 | Several rioters were killed during an attack on a mill using them at Salford in 1812 , but few manufacturers had as yet introduced them , or were intending to in the near future , and disturbances were intermingled with food riots and political agitation . |
| 30 | Phil Taylor beat Phil Bolton to keep Northumberland 's hopes alive but Caldy 's Ray Hughes and Jan Higginbotham of Bramhall both won and Jamie Curtis of Didsbury got a half to clinch it for Cheshire . |