Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remembering a scratch match played in 1879 , which had provided plenty of fun for both players and spectators , Bill Lister had an idea : ‘ Thinks I ta meself , if nobbut t' tradesmen cud be gotten together to play a match once a year , ah 'm sewer it wod goa , an' 'specially if it war ta tak' place at t' feast . ’ |
| 2 | The latest posters advertise the police ball . |
| 3 | I also met the police station er Sergeant and and after discussing further the matters with him erm then I was happy an armed operation was er was necessary . |
| 4 | Families favour the Arts Centre over bed and breakfast accommodation because it offers a greater privacy . |
| 5 | This extremely perceptive analysis of the institutional mind fits the police world like a glove , and recent elaborations in policing , along with its growth in the mainstream of the daily social process , supports Douglas 's contention ( ibid. ) that an institution which is dependent upon authority can only demand more of the same . |
| 6 | The modem software is Bitcom , which allows file transfers using most popular protocols and fits the modems spec well . |
| 7 | Mineral extraction and quarrying were the only other enterprises producing for more than immediate local demand , though practical considerations must generally have limited the distances stone could be transported . |
| 8 | Already next season 's Ulster Senior Challenge Cup final has been brought forward a week to April 23 in order to accommodate the Lions party who will take in the game as part of their celebrations . |
| 9 | They confessed to such things as being in league with foreign powers , sabotaging economic projects , poisoning the workers food , causing railways accidents and plotting to assassinate Stalin . |
| 10 | Soon the stern anchor had been paid out and the Ariadne was back to where she had started , the buoy nudging the midships port side . |
| 11 | While he is generally careful to uphold the Politeness Principle , he wishes above all to preserve his own negative face . |
| 12 | Christie , who stormed to the 100 metres title in 9.96 seconds , was even quicker to condemn the authorities for allowing the drugs saga to reach the Olympics . |
| 13 | PC Whitehouse , 24 , had felt the car was allowing the police car to draw close . |
| 14 | It may happen when parents have indoctrinated their children , that is , laid down a set of beliefs without allowing the children freedom to think for themselves and to come up with their own reactions . |
| 15 | If they decide to kill the customs officer we 'll take our time over it , we 'll make it very difficult and very unglamorous . |
| 16 | That was more a reflection on Dead Certain 's ring rustiness than her stamina and Asmussen said : ‘ She 's a very good filly and I 'm sure she 'll stay the Guineas mile because she 's got such a lovely relaxed temperament . ’ |
| 17 | Celest is n't the only unusual animal to have frequented the families living room … in the past they 've also enjoyed the company of a goat . |
| 18 | Celest is n't the only unusual animal to have frequented the families living room … in the past they 've also enjoyed the company of a goat . |
| 19 | We will be contacting the arts council with revised estimates showing the results of the grant standing still and with some views as to how the deficit can be reduced , ’ Mr Dunlop said . |
| 20 | Upon contacting the police station , that solicitor was told that C did not want a solicitor . |
| 21 | European Markets : Equities lose the earnings edge to cash |
| 22 | It was a creature known in the Reconciled Dominions as a voider , one of a brutal species that haunted the wastes north of the Lenten Way . |
| 23 | One elderly Palestinian in Beirut wanted to draw a map of his olive grove for me and spent ten minutes sketching and re-sketching the roads south of Jaffa . |
| 24 | We passed the police sentry who grunted a sleepy greeting . |
| 25 | I was rather late back , when I got back I heard a knock on my bedroom door and she said it 's Miss and er I said , oh come in , I undid the door and she came in and er and so she said to me er , I just had a telephone message from Peel er to say that you have been subpoenaed to go the Police Court next Thursday and I said what a day out of my holiday and she said , well I 'm sorry but you 'll have to go . |
| 26 | Power , a New Zealander , plays the blues harp and the chromatic harmonica . |
| 27 | BULLISH MICROSOFT PLAYS THE NUMBERS GAME |
| 28 | Taking his hint , Fei Yen straightened the p'i p'a in her lap and , after a moment 's concentration , began to play . |
| 29 | She laughed more and Tucker was smiling , intoxicated by the sound escaping from her , which shook the sofa , reverberated in the rafters and made the parrots screech . |
| 30 | In England , where the increasing public appeal of the Varsity game battles administrators , the wise heads of the RFU made the Students Union the RFU 's fifth division , thus allowing the students to find their place in England 's playing hierarchy . |