Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The training grounds and living quarters of the gladiators ( Caserma dei Gladiatori ) are extensive at Pompeii and adjoin the large theatre ( 148 ) . |
| 2 | A 23-year-old Glaswegian based in London , the wiry southpaw with the swarming style was voted boxer of the year last season , when he travelled to Las Vegas and beat the Mexican Javier Suazo for the IBF International championship for boxers ranked between No.10 and No.30 in the world . |
| 3 | McAllister placed the tray on the table before Dr Neil and performed the parlourmaid 's traditional bob after she had done so . |
| 4 | ‘ Land of limitless possibilities ’ turns out in strength for Mr Major The Prime Minister flew in to Teesside Airport on Tuesday and said the possibilities for the North-East were almost limitless . |
| 5 | English National Ballet start their Christmas season at Royal Festival Hall next Tuesday and give The Nutcracker in the Peter Schaufuss staging until January 20 . |
| 6 | He negotiated Malaya 's independence from the United Kingdom two years later and was the country 's first Prime Minister , overseeing the creation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963 , and during the next two years withstanding the threat of " Confrontation " with Indonesia and taking the difficult decision that Singapore secede from the Federation . |
| 7 | All the snotty spotty little nerds who support them , who would go weak at the knees and soil themselves if they ever ever went to see MUFC and met the abovementioned evil evil types . |
| 8 | Cheryl decided that as Angela would be away all afternoon and Mrs. Yatton wanted her shoes for the weekend , she would go into Linby and fetch the shoes and at the same time collect the signalling flags , if Jessica had found them . |
| 9 | Make your way to the southern side of Loch Assynt and follow the shore as long as you can and then take the easiest line of travel staying parallel to the loch . |
| 10 | Pakistan , Iran , India and the Gulf states having mostly refused military bases to the superpowers could in his view credibly affirm their opposition to the permanent presence of Soviet troops in Afghanistan and endorse the objective of returning Afghanistan to a non-aligned status . |
| 11 | In the south the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement ( MSI ) trebled its vote to 17 per cent in Reggio Calabria and became the city 's second-largest party , proposing a coalition with the anti-Mafia Network ( La Rete ) which took 8.2 per cent , with the Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS — formerly the Communist Party ) and with the hardline Marxist Communist Refoundation Party to challenge the traditional parties . |
| 12 | In 1878 he tramped through the Cevennes with a donkey named Modestine and discovered the delights of Travels with a Donkey . |
| 13 | We 'll fly down to Chernay and inspect the airstrip tomorrow . |
| 14 | Harriet glanced past Meredith and raised the hand holding the rope halter in salute to someone unseen behind her . |
| 15 | Barat then returns , encounters Travers , and succeeds in imitating Marie and obtaining the meat in order to perform a bizarre ritual to preserve it from theft : ( To touch both arse and cunt three times ) |
| 16 | In response to these actions , while convocation debated the necessity to uphold the Ordinances , the archbishop summoned a meeting in March of bishops and magnates to denounce Gaveston and to defend the realm ; excommunication was published on all offenders and on Gaveston . |
| 17 | We booked into our luxury hotel before visiting Orchard Road , Little India , Empress Palace , climbing Faber Hill and touring the grim Changi Prison . |
| 18 | Suddenly he knew what he had to do : he had to go to Monument Hill and see the broken earth for himself . |
| 19 | Kylie was spotted by casting director Alan Hardy and snatched the role of Carla , the little Dutch girl , from under Dannii 's nose . |
| 20 | HANK MARVIN Born Brian Rankin in Newcastle , young Hank came third in a talent competition in 1958 with his band the Railroaders and later that year he teamed up with Cliff Richard and formed the Shadows . |
| 21 | The summit invited President Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union and representatives of the other East European countries to come to Brussels and address the North Atlantic Council , and to establish regular diplomatic liaison with NATO . |
| 22 | It was here , in 1685 , that the Duke of Monmouth marched out from Bridgwater and lost the bloody Battle of Sedgemoor . |
| 23 | They were of an age , Hawk and Jennifer , and had been close as teenagers , before Hawk joined up with the Sons of Geronimo and left the Reservation , intent on changing the world . |
| 24 | Francis also implies , somewhat unconvincingly , that the event was conceived in a spirit of Potlatch and accepts the Lettrist belief in the legitimate use of plagiarism . |
| 25 | At twenty-one he had married Elizabeth Egerton of Tatton and become the tenant of Sledmere for life . |
| 26 | India declares war , defeats Pakistan and establishes the independent state of Bangladesh . |
| 27 | And Kev , there 's three of us coming from Oxford — if there 's two or less of you , shall we meet up at Lewknor and share the car ? |
| 28 | Also at Pentire , Martin climbed Another Nervous Breakdown , E6± 6B , starting right of Darkinbad and climbing the wall eventually to join Last Leviathan , while Beneath Black Waters , E6 6B , is a direct line up the triangular wall right of Siren 's Cry with a roof as its crux : powerful stuff . |
| 29 | Sometimes Harriet wondered why they did not suggest that Liza brought the baby to see them , but then she thought of Lilian and knew the answer . |
| 30 | Pingel got the vital score after taking a pass from Brian Laudrup and slotting the ball past helpless Albanian keeper Foto Strakosha from close range . |