Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doubts about their availability arose last week , when the German Hockey Board announced an alteration to the Bundesliga season because of the 1994 European Nations Cup . |
| 2 | In Joan Halton 's attempt to be more whole , she needed to know more about her desire to come first , at least for part of the time , rather than always maintaining the veneer of premature maturity she had felt forced into adopting as a child . |
| 3 | A reprisal for her unwillingness to co-operate last night ? |
| 4 | To B. , the happiness of her family comes first and she is , in the eyes of Miller , clearly in the right all along . |
| 5 | She nodded towards his suitcase standing next to the desk . |
| 6 | Best believes Brady 's return to the fold would enhance the prospects of Irish success in Italy , but the most gifted Irish footballer of his generation insisted last night that there was no question of him changing his mind and resuming his international career . |
| 7 | He also sold up and left because the only alternative in these miserable circumstances is to spend the rest of your life living next door to someone who will never speak to you again . |
| 8 | ‘ We are in receipt of your telex dated 26th June , 1973 . |
| 9 | ‘ Have you brought a sample of your urine taken first thing in the morning ? ’ |
| 10 | In retrospect , it is easy to see that , should recruitment generally fall , ours would ( unless the nature of our recruitment changed first ) fall away disastrously . |
| 11 | ( If you ever have to do this , leave the piece of wood with its string attached next to the cistern so that it can be used again . ) |
| 12 | It was obvious that this small incursion into her life had seriously over-excited Johnny , and Cassie wondered uneasily what he might take into his head to do next . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'll maybe have better luck with our spring cleaning next year . ’ |
| 14 | In my letter dated 3rd February 93 to your predecessor I drew attention to the road works on the west side of Gubberford Lane Scorton just south of the railway bridge . |
| 15 | It must be very hard for those fresh-faced New Georgians to realise that in their wake comes first the ruched blind , then the office use , followed by a bevy of Sock Shops , Tie Racks and Knickerboxes . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman will no doubt welcome the fact that unemployment in his constituency fell last month , as it did throughout Scotland . |
| 17 | As though to underline her thoughts , and reverting suddenly to a much earlier observation , he said : ‘ Do all the women in your time wear next to nothing ? ’ |
| 18 | Tithe Barn Lane — reinstatement of surface : In your letter dated 7th November 1990 you said that the carriageway ‘ will be reinstated as soon as possible after the removal of the stump ’ ( of the fallen tree ) . |
| 19 | The Parish Council has several times contacted Wyre Borough Council about this and I have letters from your department dated 24th January 1991 and 6 February 1991 on this matter . |
| 20 | I have not yet received a reply to my letter dated 21st May 1992 asking for information about temporary caravan sites and caravan rallies . |
| 21 | Frosterley Star quest : Relatives and friends of Sara Anne Hawkins will be glued to their television sets next month as the young singer takes part in Esther Rantzen 's Search for a Star . |
| 22 | He brushed aside charges that the Government had reneged on its election promises last year by comparing the Government borrowing crisis with the early years of the Thatcher Government in which , he said , taxes had to rise before they could be brought down after borrowing was stabilised . |
| 23 | They were now on their way to join 1st Commando Brigade on the ridge this side of the River Orne , on our left nearest to the coast and probably next to No. 3 Commando . |
| 24 | Those expatriate Conservative voters in Singapore must have choked on their gin slings last week when they opened their copy of the Straits Times . |
| 25 | Most of the guests on his show live next door — they just pop in on the way home from work . |
| 26 | WE closed the book on our share tips last night and are pleased to report another year of success . |
| 27 | Apply to your bottom lashes first — use the point of the mascara wand and work down lashes individually . |
| 28 | She wrote : ’ Thank you for your letter dated 9th October 1991 which I have read with great dismay . |
| 29 | Thank you for your letter dated 1st May concerning the claimed public footpath from Snowhill Lane to Long Lane . |
| 30 | Thank you for your letter dated 6th April . |