Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To reappoint Mr W G Cochrane a director . |
| 2 | I was at Low Newton a couple of weeks and then I got out on bail and went to see Stephen , but then I got lifted again , back to Low Newton . |
| 3 | He entered the primary at the urging of a group of wealthy backers including Holmes Tuttle a car dealer , Henry Salvatori and Cy Rubell , both oil magnates , and Stuart Spencer , a political consultant . |
| 4 | Both parents were of Breton origin , but of markedly different social backgrounds ; Clementine Metour a product of the urban , commercial bourgeoisie of Nantes , Pierre Nizan a product of the tenant farming rural peasantry of the Basse-Vilaine . |
| 5 | Great complaint was made by the bearers and others of a Coffin supplied for William Taylor a pauper belonging to the parish of Great Bardfield by Mr Cole Contractor for Coffins for the Thaxted District . |
| 6 | When he was no longer able to provide this , Dorothy Hardisty persuaded the International Student Service , who were already paying Hella £20 a year , to increase their grant . |
| 7 | In the aftermath of the Maria Colwell tragedy a report by the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work took this concept as its title and stated that ‘ good enough parenting involves , among other things , a capacity to provide continuity of love and care which is realistic in its expectations of both parent and child and deals with ‘ real ’ conflicts of interests and not those whose origins lie only in the parents ' past' ( CCETSW , 1978 ) . |
| 8 | Labour 's new Scottish spokesman George Robertson has made his debut in the Commons by calling Scottish Secretary Ian Lang a pick pocket . |
| 9 | Labour 's new Scottish spokesman George Robertson has made his debut in the Commons by calling Scottish Secretary Ian Lang a pick pocket . |
| 10 | Heading north from Chesterfield on the road to Dronfield , with urban sprawl spreading its way along the valley of the River Drone , you would hardly guess that high on Barrow Hill a mile away stands Hagge Farm , as lost and as completely rural as anything in the country . |
| 11 | But the Queen will see just about every past and present RAF aircraft a flypast which will go on for three quarters of an hour . |
| 12 | Was Dan Dare a sexist ? |
| 13 | Today , at the Wykham Arms in Sibford Gower a group of those former young farmers get together for a game of darts and a chat . |
| 14 | I do n't think it would have done Miss Huntley a lot of good financially though , given that Angela was only twenty-nine and actuarially good for another forty years . ’ |
| 15 | Er I just ringing through to say that I heard your er broadcast last week in respect of Carnfield Hall and I went on Saturday afternoon a gentleman named Hugh rang you up . |
| 16 | He also admitted that the initial delay in bringing the factory on stream had lost Raybestos Manhattan a market opportunity in Europe . |
| 17 | And since he 'd opened it up in the first place — and he definitely owed David Dennis a drink for putting him onto it — every chance of a couple of TV spots on the strength of it . |
| 18 | The airline business gave Richard Branson a challenge which , in recent years , the record industry had been unable to provide . |
| 19 | For the astonishing fact is that Malcolm Allison , soccer 's oldest boss at 65 , has revitalised a Bristol Rovers side that had won only two of 16 games before he took over from the sacked Dennis Rofe a month ago . |
| 20 | The two were now inside the grille together and Mena Iskander had been given strict instructions to try to secure Miss Postlethwaite a seat from which she could see Zoser clearly and if possible his wife as well . |
| 21 | Advanced RISC Machines is charging Texas Intruments a licensing fee for its technology and will charge a royalty per chip shipped . |
| 22 | Dr Sue Pens a winner … |
| 23 | Today you will have the opportunity to visit Tell El-Amarna a city built by Akhenaton ( 18th Dynasty ) . |
| 24 | LWT was bulging with production talent , headed by Michael Peacock , one of the BBC 's golden boys ; performance talent , with David Frost a star ( and an important shareholder ) ; and a string of business tycoons on the board . |
| 25 | John Whitaker came closest to him , just 0.8 of a second behind on Next Milton , with David Broome a whisker behind on Queensway Lannegan . |
| 26 | The strange child has chosen to sleep in Edward 's room tonight ; but I am sure she will want to see you and perhaps you can give Miss Fitch a hand . ’ |
| 27 | Erm and he may then let Sue record a couple of lessons . |
| 28 | The move makes UC Berkeley a party to USL 's existing suit against software start-up Berkeley Software Design Inc ( UX Nos 392 , 394 ) for unfair competition , deceptive trade practices and false advertising . |
| 29 | During the Friday evening a banquet was held in the Hallam Hall , at which the principal guest was Colonel Sir Crisp English , the Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths , whose presence marked the coming together again of the Company and its erstwhile School . |
| 30 | In his only other title defence , against second substitute Bert Cooper a year ago following the unavailability of Tyson , he might have been knocked out but for the protective nature of Mills Lane 's refereeing . |