Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [Wh adv] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They won a penalty just after half-time when Martin Ling was pulled down , but Craig Maskell threw the kick away and with it went Swindon 's chances .
2 It was a little after noon when Katherine Lundy awoke , her head pounding , her mouth foul .
3 But , having said that , we have tried in the Ministry of Defence where market testing has been the order of the day to say that it 's confusing , that would be being polite , Mr Chairman .
4 That 's of course why section conferences can not debate matters reserved to Congress and why national committees can not cons consider issues within the remit of the C E C.
5 I hope I 'll do so , but I must confess that I tend to go and make a pot of tea whenever election coverage starts on the TV .
6 They almost achieved the former on the stroke of injury-time when Kevin Ball headed against the underside of Jim Leighton 's bar .
7 When she was a girl of eight , she witnessed the horrors of war when Apley Castle was stormed and partially burned down by parliamentarian troops .
8 So maybe it 's difficult to separate out the consequences of abuse per se from the consequences of erm lousy emotional environment , from the consequences of neglect and deprivation , from the consequences of a whole range of non-sexual abuses which you may find in the kinds of environment where child sex abuse is more likely .
9 No-one can predict with any degree of certainty how interest rates will rise and fall over a 5 year period .
10 But er in the kind of situation where Ian Wright was very very good was in tight situations .
11 Unfortunately , we do not know the time of year when Lady Godiva is supposed to have ridden out .
12 NOW is the time of year when tour operators ' thoughts turn to tempting the over-60s — and increasingly the over 55s — to spend their winters in the sun .
13 And we shall get a clearer idea of the time of death when Dr. Blain-Thomson has done the P.M. But judging from the state of rigor , Dr. Kerrison was n't far out .
14 This ensures that the needs of amateur radio are taken into account whenever frequency allocations or licensing conditions are discussed by the authorities at either national or international level .
15 But it was snuffed out just before half-time when hooker Duane Mann seized on a Rob Nolan error to score .
16 An accelerated loss of NO 2 through aerosol chemistry is therefore likely to increase the rate of ozone reduction in autumn , but have little effect in spring when ozone losses will be dominated by heterogeneous reactions on polar stratospheric clouds in the lower stratosphere .
17 Land cultivation in the Auvergne uplands is extremely limited because of the long cold period in winter when sward re-establishment would be difficult , a dry summer climate , and because of thin soils which are anyway generally quite fertile .
18 Birds are prominent on the tundra , especially in summer when migrant waders and waterfowl pour in from the south ; only a few species are year-round residents .
19 Thus the place was already steeped in history when Lord Williams decided to build his modest but very modern hunting lodge , between the inner and middle moat .
20 His vulnerability was typified before Christmas when paceman Manoj Prabhakar attacked Azharuddin .
21 That came nine minutes from time when Steve Thornber scored with his shin after sub John Williams set him up as Swansea caught Pool on the counter-attack .
22 Oldham did not threaten until a minute from time when Ian Olney looked as though he had equalised .
23 And the 19-year-old capped his magnificent performance 60 seconds from time when Andy Mutch 's header looked destined to settle this passionate clash — but the 6ft 4inch Hoult pushed the effort over the bar .
24 Up to 65 protesters were reported to have been burned to death when security forces set fire to a shopping centre in which they were seeking refuge .
25 Robin Smith was once again embarrassed by spin and Graeme Hick all at sea whenever Merv Hughes targeted his chest .
26 After a dozen years in the Arkansas state-house he decided to run for president at time when President George Bush 's re-election was considered virtually certain .
27 If those recommendations were sensitively applied they would greatly enhance the prospects and ability of disabled people to enjoy the benefits of public transport by travelling wherever bus routes may take them .
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