Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | Irena lived in a late-Seventies block of flats on the edge of town , half a mile from the Russian barracks , part of an ugly outer-urban sprawl . |
| 32 | A MUCH larger entry of store pigs at Markethill sold in a strong trade particularly for heavy stores and middleweight stores which were in outstanding demand . |
| 33 | BRITISH and Commonwealth lightweight champion Billy Schwer took only three rounds to stop Mexico 's Mauricio Aceves with a badly cut eye at Wembley 's Grand Hall last night . |
| 34 | On the 14th of February 1826 Knott and Taylor partnered in a 21 year lease ( from the Rt . |
| 35 | It is far easier to imagine Ms or Mr Trim tucking into a low-fat meal , perhaps featuring fish or chicken accompanied by vegetables . |
| 36 | Stuart Pascoe lived in a spacious house not far from Canterbury Cathedral with a garden that swung down to a river . |
| 37 | In the event , Burnell goes as a dependable foot soldier and Wright as a tight-head who proved his versatility by scrummaging so solidly at loose-head against Jeff Probyn . |
| 38 | My cousin Ibrahim lived in a two-storey house a few hundred metres away , just beyond the Tel Aviv–Jaffa port railway line . |
| 39 | Ferguson refers to a pub and club session that Norman Whiteside and I had , and that come Friday I could n't train — even though , he said , I was supposed to be playing against Queens Park Rangers . |
| 40 | Katherine Lundy operated in a world where deceit was accepted — indeed , expected , and she survived in this world because she herself had learned her lessons in one of the toughest schools of all — in the fire and revolution of Dublin before the " 16 Rising . |
| 41 | The cheese presses went into use for the first time in twenty years , Jem attended Bodmin market with butter and lard and eggs to sell once a fortnight , and , with George Langley 's help , a little light trap came , of varnished wood , which Murphy , now beaten out of surprise and disapproval , taught Alexandra to drive with a helpful bay mare between the shafts . |
| 42 | With Nigel Clough withdrawn into a defensive position , Forest looked more solid at the back — even though they conceded a 12th minute Rod Wallace goal that gave Leeds fleeting hope of registering their first away win for almost 12 months . |
| 43 | In spite of an inauspicious beginning , Laura and Bernard succeeded within a few years in developing an absorbing private life in their adopted country . |
| 44 | The two of them had often met socially in the old days , with their respective partners , at evenings in the Green Dragon , the local pub in the village of Welton , ten miles from Hull , where Horsley lived in a magnificent stone house which , he always stressed , did not have a drive . |
| 45 | Sunderland asked for a £50,000 facility fee for admission to their match with Middlesbrough . |
| 46 | Luce choked on a retort . |
| 47 | The club were accused of making illegal payments to players and more dramatically , Macari was fined £1,000 for his part in a betting scandal after a bet of £6,500 had been placed on Swindon to lose in a cup match against Newcastle . |
| 48 | And we see the RAF prepare for a flypast to celebrate their seventy fifth anniversary . |
| 49 | With her new role Alison qualified for a company car . |
| 50 | Such extraordinary conditions as prevailed , for example , in the lead works at Whitechapel amounted to a virtual death sentence . |
| 51 | ‘ It was one of those rough days , ’ Cooney admitted with a bruise under his left eye and a shining , tight patch of skin on his very large nose . |
| 52 | ‘ It was one of those rough days , ’ Cooney admitted with a bruise under his left eye and a shining , tight patch of skin on his very large nose . |
| 53 | Frau Nordern asked in a tone of voice which strongly suggested that if he was then he could go and do it somewhere else . |
| 54 | In January 1952 Acheson resorted to a vivid analogy as he tried to open Churchill 's mind to the need for new policies . |
| 55 | Among the items taken from his Darlington home were electric blankets , souvenirs and a treasured portrait of Winston Churchill given by a grateful constituent . |
| 56 | A NIGHTCLUB bouncer accused of murdering Marie Wilks asked for a cloth to clean his car hours after her disappearance , then asked to keep the cloth , a court was told yesterday . |
| 57 | Thus last year , the council of ministers of the EEC agreed to a £20 million research programme in materials , parts of which should boost recycling techniques and produce substitutes for the strategically important metals . |
| 58 | Whitehall asked for a slower offtake of the gas , a guarantee that UK companies would share in the development of three platforms in 1990 , 1992 and 1994 , and that the natural gas liquids ( NGLs ) from Sleipner should go by UK pipelines to Flotta in the Orkneys . |
| 59 | The Manufacturing , Science and Finance union negotiated an agreement last year , for instance , that entitled part-time women working for Norwich Union to benefit from a mortgage subsidy scheme . |
| 60 | Before clearing the suburbs to the west Patrick stopped at a café so that they could have a quick breakfast of delicious brioches and excellent coffee . |