Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun prp] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Violence erupted hours after a UN convoy which braved fighting to deliver supplies to Gorazde returned safely to the capital . |
| 2 | You see , children , this is all part of a BBC plan which you will come to know as CISSI ( the Corporation 's Intention to deal Sensitively with Serious Issues ) . |
| 3 | The UK government has ordered the closure for modifications of a Derbyshire incinerator which was emitting dioxins , after milk from three nearby farms was found to contain the chemical at densities above the permitted level . |
| 4 | In the words of a Harvard director they want something " a little bit sexy ! " |
| 5 | Spartak remained unruffled in the face of a Liverpool onslaught which failed to transform possession into clear chances . |
| 6 | In some cases , the returning officer is such ex officio , as being , e.g. , the sheriff of a county compromising a single constituency , or the mayor of a London borough which comprises a single constituency . |
| 7 | So unless you come up with a bloody good reason why you 're assaulting Virginia in broad daylight in the middle of a London exhibition I strongly advise you to get the hell out of here . |
| 8 | wife of a London goldsmith who became mistress to King Edward IV about 1470 . |
| 9 | The book was intended as the unpretentious account of a Devon lad who has just kept on writing and then reading the news . |
| 10 | On the day of the party her lodger was busy tending to the needs of a Mrs Brown whom he felt he had nothing to offer but was obliged to visit anyway . |
| 11 | On June 25 the Court ruled by five to four ( with O'Connor voting with the liberals ) to strike down part of a Minnesota law which required pregnant minors to notify both parents prior to obtaining an abortion . |
| 12 | The high church Anglican theologian Eric Mascall , writing in response to a report of a Lambeth subcommittee which commented that medieval understandings were based on false biological views , expressed himself thus : |
| 13 | What would we think today of a Lewis Carroll whose passion was to photograph little girls naked ? |
| 14 | Wells has been active in opposing the opening of a Banbridge disco which will operate on the sabbath . |
| 15 | Perhaps the most important difference between the ordinary and duty solicitor is illustrated by the following statement of a Cardiff solicitor who discussed the purpose of vocational training through articles and experience : |
| 16 | The widow of a Melbourne barman who died of lung cancer has been awarded A$20,000 from the man 's employers because he suffered from the adverse effects of passive smoking , despite the fact that he himself smoked 10 cigarettes a day . |
| 17 | The ashes of a Hartlepool woman whose son died during the Falklands War were scattered at sea yesterday . |
| 18 | Next to the church are the massive ramparts of the defended manor house of a Lord Ghilo who lived in the 11th Century . |
| 19 | This book contains the proceedings of a RSC symposium which took place in April 1990 . |
| 20 | WHAT a difference between my experience and that of a Swindon woman who receives a letter 90 minutes after it was posted . |
| 21 | She tipped the rice into a pan and put it on the top on a low number and retreated to the living room where Alan was sprawled on the sofa reading the copy of a Sunday newspaper they had collected from a garage shop next to the pub . |
| 22 | Not nearly so self-consciously ‘ modern ’ as , say , Slaves Of New York , this disaster-laden story of a Manhatten misfit who 's had enough does n't quite live up to the provocative promise of its title . |
| 23 | The minute was sent to members of a Whitehall committee which included Chancellor Major . |
| 24 | But today , Odessa 's chances looked much brighter thanks to the intervention of a Northamptonshire headmaster who has brought hundreds of Bosnians to Britain . |
| 25 | ( Islip , Long Island in the U.S. , was founded by the son of a Northamptonshire emigrant who became the first mayor of New York City in 1671 . ) |
| 26 | The second body seen by Cobbe in 1857 was that of a Miss Johnson who had died of phthisis aged twenty-four at the Lock Hospital in 1774 . |
| 27 | Dublin was the focal point of a Cambridge side who played the ball long , got it forward quickly and were condemned for their tactics . |
| 28 | It was considerably more civilised than visiting the average English town centre of a Friday night which shows how far we have come . |
| 29 | The Victorian was an integral part of a Northants revival which took them from 13th in the Championship table in 1951 to second place , behind the all-conquering Surrey combination , in 1957 . |
| 30 | At a time when graduates are finding that academic success is not an automatic open sesame to the job market — a recent advertisement for a relatively junior clerical/admin post at the University produced a crop of graduate applications , including at least one First Class Honours graduate — it is heartwarming to read of a Nottingham man whose business and his hobby stem directly from his campus experience . |