Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [noun prp] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we were gon na go to The Two Mills but I 've heard about the Miller 's Kitchen so I thought , we 'll try it . |
| 2 | We do not need to wait for the Reeve 's Tale for a fabliau in which the Miller can be identified with a target figure : the Miller 's Tale itself links its dramatic teller , the Miller , with John the carpenter as John repeats the Miller 's axiom found in the Miller 's Prologue : in his own homespun wisdom : — a valuing of ignorance which Nicholas is able to play upon ( 3558 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ If we treated with them , we could gain valuable time — we need to wait for the Hopewell 's return . |
| 4 | One witness had disappeared , two more had been intimidated ; doubts were aroused about the ANC 's commitment to the rule of law . |
| 5 | A new publication format has been developed for the GSP 's Regional Geochemistry series , commencing with Regional geochemistry of the East Grampians area . |
| 6 | They grumble about the Ossis ' exaggerated expectations and leisurely working habits . |
| 7 | In the first three months of last year , Ti'ko was listed as the UK 's seventh largest direct selling computer manufacturer with a 5.3 per cent share of the market . |
| 8 | And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released . |
| 9 | The conversation turned to the Biafran War and a controversy arose about the Biafrans ' prospects of success , which would no doubt have been more favourably presented by Aitken than was believed by the General . |
| 10 | Although normally only architects qualify for the RIBA 's Gold Medal ( considered the world 's most prestigious award for architecture ) , this year it has gone to an Irish structural engineer , the fifty-six year old Peter Rice . |
| 11 | Widely regarded as the ANC 's most able negotiator , he was expected to play a key role in talks with the government . |
| 12 | Pacepa says that Ceauşescu was afraid of poisoning after the CIA 's attempt to murder Fidel Castro by impregnating his clothes with potions to make his beard fall out , and so he ordered the Securitate department which provided all his personal needs free of charge to arrange for the manufacture of a new set of clothes for every day of his life . |
| 13 | I much regretted the dismissive attitude taken by my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup ( Mr. Heath ) , who has clearly totally forgotten that the Western European Union was revitalised , added Spain and Portugal to its ranks , and produced the Hague platform — which provided for the WEU 's nine members to defend their borders , with nuclear weapons if need be . |
| 14 | Lee Teng-hui ( who had succeeded to the presidency in January 1988 — see p. 35715 ) had been nominated as the KMT 's presidential candidate at a party plenum held on Feb. 11 . |
| 15 | Mr Delors is accused of sabotaging any chances of a deal because it would hit French farmers and as a result agriculture commissioner Ray MacSharry has resigned as the EC 's chief negotiator in the talks with the US . |
| 16 | It has been subcontracted by Intermetrics Inc to define the mappings from Ada9x languages to ANDF for the UK 's Defence Research Agency ( DRA ) , whose Ten15 Distribution Format technology forms the basis of ANDF . |
| 17 | While you can have filet mignon if you want , some would opt for the McDonald 's hamburger , and that 's their right . ’ |
| 18 | President Chissano was critical of what he described as the MNR 's " delaying tactics " . |
| 19 | ALAIN Prost captured his sixth consecutive pole position of the Formula One season as he led qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix today . |
| 20 | His arena was agriculture , over which he presided as the USSR 's scientific and administrative chief from the mid-1930s until Stalin 's death in 1953 . |
| 21 | What counts for the UK 's international position is that these innovations have enabled production to take place with new types of labour , new ways of organizing labour and in new areas of the world , but long-wave theories do not consider those changes . |
| 22 | In USAC and F5000 , Mario was driving for the Vel 's Parnelli Jones team . |
| 23 | The rain pattered down softly and dripped off the Mini 's rusty edges , trickling to join the puddle they were already lying in . |
| 24 | The general secretary called on CBI head Howard Davies to build on his offer to work as the TUC 's ‘ social partner ’ . |
| 25 | Dennis Andries 's European cruiserweight title clash against Akim Tafer of France in Beausoleil last February , has been voted as the EBU 's fight of the year . |
| 26 | Trust supporters have recently been invited to consider applying for a Midland Bank/National Trust credit card ( see page 9 ) , the income from which has benefited a wide range of projects . |
| 27 | Veronese 's ‘ Marriage at Cana ’ badly torn after the Louvre 's lengthy restoration |
| 28 | Apart from the general fitness between what most would see as a hostile and acerbic tale and a bitter and unlovely character , one is constantly reminded of the Reeve 's provincial origins by his own dialect speech — in particular the occasional use of the Scandinavian-derived first person pronoun ik , " I " , against Chaucer 's standard ich — and by the northern speech of his two clerks , Alayn and John of Strother ( perhaps modelled on two northern characters known to the English court ) , which was yet further removed from the London standard of Chaucer 's day . |
| 29 | After the Leeds Congress Maginn was plainly a disappointed man and probably did not altogether approve of the BDDA 's leadership . |
| 30 | What does Peter Damian himself say of the Pope 's illness ? |