Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Had General Francis not had his two sticks propped against his chair as a tangible reminder of his condition , and had he not , as had now been explained to me , been making this social call to thank me for nursing his son after paying a second professional visit himself to Bernard Remington-Hart , his appearance and that Rolls outside would have frozen Margaret into a prissy caricature of her normal self . |
| 32 | Meanwhile , Leicester City fans have claimed Middlesbrough star Jamie Pollock encouraged a pitch invasion after scoring the first goal of his career at Filbert Street . |
| 33 | A fair result in the end , Leeds dominated most of the second half especially after scoring the second goal — however a number of players had poor days on the whole ( Macca , Strach , White ) and some had a downright shit day — Deane and Hodge . |
| 34 | After describing the first three , involving speech , reading and writing , the fourth aim was described as being : ‘ to teach pupils about language , so that they achieve a working knowledge of its structure and of the variety of ways in which meaning is made , so that they have a vocabulary for discussing it , so that they can use it with greater awareness , and because it is interesting . ’ |
| 35 | The housekeeper 's request answered Belinda 's doubt that brother and sister might not yet be ready for an intrusion , and after adding a fourth almost transparent bone-china coffee-cup and saucer to the engraved silver tray , she carried it carefully through the series of open , interconnected rooms until she reached the veranda . |
| 36 | POLICE were following a new lead yesterday after reconstructing the last walk of murdered Tracey Carey , 20 . |
| 37 | Given the long times required to charge the larger rods , you can see that after getting a first qualitative result with the smallest rods within a few weeks , a proper quantitative analysis to test the variation with rod diameter and current , and so establish the nature of the effect would take a long time . |
| 38 | Only a day after reporting the second year of falling personal computer sales ( CI No 2,157 ) , the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association says that Japanese manufacturers ' shipments of personal computers jumped 6.2% in unit terms during the January to March quarter from a year earlier , and the rise in combined exports and domestic sales to 688,000 units from 648,000 units in the year-earlier quarter marked the first quarterly rise in two years ; exports rocketed 31% to 144,000 units but domestic shipments only inched up 1.1% to 544,000 units , but was still the first quarterly increase in two-and-a-half years ; because of the price wars , combined export and domestic shipments of made-in-Japan micros — when measured in currency terms , fell 8.3% — exports and home sales each off 8% . |
| 39 | While he mulled over his future , Rudd gradually sorted out the handling so that by July 1960 the Type 48 was good enough for Hill to put in a brilliant performance in the British Grand Prix , clawing his way into the lead after losing a third of a lap through stalling on the grid . |
| 40 | From these depths , England went to India and pulled off a remarkable triumph after losing the first Test , and then beat Australia 3–1 in 1985 . |
| 41 | Their rhythm was temporarily upset when Boone and Prenn changed sides after losing the first three games and Boone served from 8–8 in the fourth game to 5–0 in the fifth . |
| 42 | Second seed Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain claimed a place in the semi-finals when Natalia Zvereva of Belarus retired through illness after losing the first three games in eight minutes . |
| 43 | After viewing the last page of the message , you will be given the option to Print , Retain or Delete the message . |
| 44 | After viewing the last page , you will be given the option to Print , Retain or Delete the message . |
| 45 | After viewing the last page of the message , you will be given the option to Print , Retain or Delete the message . |
| 46 | David Rigby , the Wirral 's Director of education , after attending the second session of the workshop , said he intended to take the lead in setting up structures within the education administration to promote the issues of service level agreements , quality assurance and total quality systems . |
| 47 | After spending the second night in a hotel in Bristol , she awoke to find the streets and rooftops covered in snow . |
| 48 | It will certainly be a dramatic change of scenery after spending the last few weeks in the reserves . ’ |
| 49 | But the tragic star was still critically ill on a life-support machine after having a second blood clot removed from his brain . |
| 50 | Shortly after having the second baby , I chose to be sterilised . |
| 51 | Richie Richardson 's side slumped to 233 all out — 162 runs short of Australia 's first innings total of 395 — after starting the third day on 62-3 . |
| 52 | After giving the first five breaths into the child 's mouth , or if the child is small , mouth and nose , go on to C for circulation . |
| 53 | As we sat in the ATV canteen after recording the first eight episodes of The Power Game , he said : ‘ Think of all the fame stored up in those rolls of tape . |
| 54 | Stirling should have made sure of victory and further ease their own relegation worries after taking a 25th minute lead through Willie Watters . |
| 55 | " Inability to predict what will happen after taking the first drink " is how we define alcoholism . |
| 56 | Edberg appeared a bit off form but seemed on his way to yet another dramatic five-set win after taking the third set . |
| 57 | Bracewell 's bitter blast came just 72 hours after collecting the fourth loser 's FA Cup medal of his career . |
| 58 | This was compounded in her case when she jumped 20 places on the world computer in 1987 after reaching the third round at Edgbaston . |
| 59 | This was compounded in her case when she jumped 20 places on the world computer in 1987 after reaching the third round at Edgbaston . |
| 60 | The number of times Maguire used the whip made suspension virtually inevitable but the horse did look a difficult ride , drifting right after jumping the last . |