Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A YOUNG DRIVER sped off after knocking down a 49-year-old mother and her 25-year-old daughter at Arnold , Notts . |
| 32 | After he was pulled out of the tour following a four-match ban and then seeing Wakefield 's Michael Jackson make the trip after picking up a similar suspension , Goulding probably feels there 's a vendetta against him . |
| 33 | YOUNG riding sensation Adrian Maguire will miss Cheltenham 's prestige Mackeson Gold Cup meeting after picking up a four-day whip ban at Wincanton yesterday . |
| 34 | Edinburgh Southern 's Elliot Bunney was less happy with his form in the 60m , finishing fifth and third Briton ( behind Jason John , 6.73sec , and Jason Fergus , 6.79 ) , in 6.83 after picking up a false start . |
| 35 | The rock-hard defender had expected to be kicking his heels at the start of next season after picking up a lengthy suspension a month ago . |
| 36 | A HOUSING committee chairman said his council was ‘ greedy for awards ’ after picking up a top prize yesterday . |
| 37 | A HOTEL owner is celebrating after picking up a top award . |
| 38 | The DUP was in better form , after picking up an extra seat on the Waterside with the election of Bill Irwin . |
| 39 | Goalkeeper Bolder off his line , punched away only to Andy Melville on the edge of the penalty area ; Melville ran forward after picking up the loose ball , hammered it forward , Martin Foyle getting the last touch of the ball into the corner of the net , and United now seemingly pushing forward towards three points . |
| 40 | Things have been quiet … no messages for 24 hours after picking up the 49 that were waiting yesterday . |
| 41 | After writing down the initial equation , we need to rearrange things to get R by itself and defined in terms of what we know — D and T . |
| 42 | In the other semi-final , Marine , of the HFS Loans League , will be confident of reaching Wembley after pulling back a 2–0 deficit at Witton Albion . |
| 43 | Former England batsman Bill Athey is leaving Gloucestershire after turning down a new two-year contract . |
| 44 | Former England coach Steve Harrison is back at Crystal Palace after turning down the assistant manager 's job at Scottish Premier Division St Johnstone . |
| 45 | Substituting these in the theorems ( 4.16 ) above gives , after separating out the requisite components of L , M , the inequalities ( 4.12 ) and ( 4.13 ) . |
| 46 | A team of police officers swooped on the men 's home in Penny Lane at 9am yesterday and arrested them after breaking down the front door . |
| 47 | After starting out a special interest magazine , Skin 2 now looks like a mainstream style mag ( sometimes you feel it ca n't be long before S&M will make it into M&S ) . |
| 48 | We often reached our overdraft limit because of a sticky cashflow — and after taking on a large mortgage to pay for a new factory we could n't raise any further borrowing for the second production line we needed much sooner than expected . |
| 49 | The Kiwi Test star grabbed two tries and three goals after taking over the kicking duties from David Lyon , who went off injured at half-time . |
| 50 | After handing over a new Glenmore design requested b a consumer , Eddie discussed other sales enquiries and the latest news from Harrogate , the main carpet exhibition of the year , which had just finished . |
| 51 | A STUDENT is being hailed as a hero after jumping off a 15 foot-high bridge in the dark in a bid to help his girlfriend who had fallen and fractured her skull . |
| 52 | But over 18 months ago , the company shocked the fleet world by announcing that , after carrying out an independent study , it was reversing its decision and switching to cars equipped with catalytic converters running on unleaded petrol . |
| 53 | Now they have finally agreed to an Ulster Branch request for an evening fixture and will fly into the province immediately after wrapping up the English part of their trip on the previous Wednesday . |
| 54 | The first difficulty ( after baling out the bottom 50mm of water ) is removing the old pipe connections . |
| 55 | In the latest incident , on July 10 , six policemen , part of an allegedly drunken patrol , were arrested and charged with the murder of 17 passengers after shooting down a civilian aircraft , which they claimed to have mistaken for a drug smuggling plane , as it took off from Bellavista , 800 km to the north-west of the capital Lima . |
| 56 | In between carousing down the powdery slopes , Branson and his colleagues could take stock of an empire that had grown almost beyond recognition in the last six years . |
| 57 | It is , however , well worth seeking out an unpasteurised Camembert , handmade in Normandy and originally only available from the end of spring through to the autumn . |
| 58 | This is the best time of the year for seeking out the Great Bear , though from most of Australia and South Africa it is always very low , and from Sydney or the Cape only part of it rises . |
| 59 | The festive period this year is a good time for seeking out the various shapes or figures in the Moon , for its phase grows ( waxes ) from first quarter on 23 December to full on 30 December . |
| 60 | the relaxing garden terrace and very peaceful swimming pool are a fantastic place for soaking up the long hot days in the sun , and the pool is served throughout the day by a restaurant/bar . |