Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lower down in the division , Brentwood St Albans secured their second win of the Vauxhall season by defeating bottom-placed Harpenden to move up to within a point of second-placed Puma Welwyn City . |
| 2 | In 1893 Scott set up in independent practice . |
| 3 | When the band split up in 1985 Sting started out on a solo career which has seen hits like Spread A Little Happiness and If You Love Somebody , but he has yet to get near the success , in the singles chart at least , of one of the biggest-selling pop groups in history . |
| 4 | But 11-year-old Amelia battled on against her illness , and her courage was rewarded with a dream come true . |
| 5 | ‘ Is the redoubtable Valerie Cass up in your dressing room ready to give you lots of tips ? ’ |
| 6 | Another Saturday came round with no prospect of a night off when it began to rain in the afternoon . |
| 7 | At this Medusa walked up to Elizabeth . |
| 8 | In November 1985 North shipped out of America two Boeing 707-loads of Hawk anti-aircraft missiles , ostensibly for Israel although by now the pretence was wearing thin and they were simply transferred to Israeli cargo aircraft and flown straight on to Iran . |
| 9 | A different Katherine looked out at her from the mirror . |
| 10 | The narrator may not wholly be in jest when he refers to sexual intercourse with a certain girl , 17 or thereabouts , as ‘ the ultimate indecorum ’ , and rereaders of the novel are likely to be mindful of the survival here of an old England lived in by people like the middle-aged T. S. Eliot , exponents of a disgusted chastity . |
| 11 | You can imagine : old Crumwallis going around with the expression of a Soviet agronomist at harvest time . |
| 12 | A Central Council meeting on 2 July passed off with some display of enthusiasm , and gave Baldwin a unanimous vote of confidence . |
| 13 | Brave Wycombe bow out in style |
| 14 | The row has brought many French roads to a standstill — and hit the pockets of British Hauliers caught up in the jams . |
| 15 | What wonderful stories , and what a beautiful setting to read them in : the French Alps stretching out behind me , and a gentle ripple on the lake in front , with sudden appearances by swans , and jealous mallards . |
| 16 | Indeed , even cases of rape in the News of the World was a serious underestimate for this popular Sunday lived up to its name and rape cases were reported from all pans of the globe . |
| 17 | Against a panoramic backdrop , we see orphaned P.K. growing up in a hostile environment . |
| 18 | In 1985 Jones moved back to Provo to take up an appointment in the physics department at his Alma Mater , BYU . |
| 19 | Oh I do n't , I just , I remember that er if you walked down er Road at night you 'd see him with his mortar board on and his curate by his side coming down to post the letters , and then when all these ladies were in Sammy shop one night being entertained by Sammy erm Father and his curate went by , and old Sammy turned round to the audience and said well if dressing up will get him anywhere they 'll be on the first row in heaven . |
| 20 | The discussion continued for an hour or so ; some Janab held out for 7000 dinars , others said that was too much . |
| 21 | On his return from China on Dec. 30 Herzog stopped over in Kazakhstan when he met with that country 's President , Nursultan Nazarbayev . |
| 22 | Seeing this Evelyn got up from her seat and said , ‘ I 'll go and get me Bushmill 's . ’ |
| 23 | Transfer-listed Thomas comes in at left back as Dicks starts a three-match match ban following his red card for elbowing Franz Carr at Newcastle last month . |
| 24 | Almost instantaneously they were round the nearside and had the odious Carol backed up against the van trying to wave away their prodding , stabbing fingers . |
| 25 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 26 | So in 1980 IBM came back to Mr Gates , then 25 , who quickly bought a rudimentary operating system from another young company , renamed it DOS , and fixed it up for IBM . |
| 27 | Off-form Montgomerie hits out over Morocco ‘ amateur sham' |
| 28 | Sad McRae crashes out of running |
| 29 | The estimated average ERS paid along with unemployment benefit in 1981 was £8.00 , with an upper limit of £14.00 . |
| 30 | Thousands of ethnic Serbs came on to the streets in their support . |