Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Damage was done to the playing surface by the Maltese team who played Scotland last month , and next week the ravages of time , climate and fixture congestion will worsen when Andy Roxburgh 's side play Germany in a friendly . |
| 2 | SIMON McCRACKEN , a 21-year-old fullback , has made the jump from fourth division Blackwood to first division Newport in a style which stamps him as a player to watch . |
| 3 | At the Manor Ground last night they lost to second division Swansea in a penalty shoot out … |
| 4 | The Alliance plans to hold another meeting in South America in a year 's time . |
| 5 | Other explorers with more time available can go down the slope to Ease Gill and there locate Leck Beck Head ; here all the streams that disappear underground on Leck Fell join those from Ease Gill in a return to daylight . |
| 6 | The effect of the former set of pressures can be seen first in the ‘ fifties and especially in West Africa in a series of attempts , all politically inspired and none of them entirely successful , to introduce universal primary education — with all the over-extension of resources consequent on such a decision — and second in the popular pressures felt everywhere towards adopting a curricular content similar to that in ‘ European schools ’ . |
| 7 | Distillery made a bright start and Micky Boyle put them ahead in the early stages but Gregg beat keeper Robinson in a race for the ball to level the scores and soon afterwards put Omagh ahead with a right foot shot . |
| 8 | MYSTICAL manifestations seem to be in the news at the moment , what with the imminent publication of a book about recent sightings of the Virgin Mary in a London tower block . |
| 9 | The hero Theseus went down into the underworld to support his friend Pirithous in an attempt to carry off Proserpine , Queen of Hades . |
| 10 | Characteristically , Dall first met his present wife Helena in a cafe in Patagonia 14 years ago . |
| 11 | That goal , three minutes from the end of extra-time in an absorbing semi-final , gives Liverpool another chance against Second Division Portsmouth in a replay at Villa Park a week today . |
| 12 | MoD MUDDLERS GET THE UNION JACK IN A TWIST |
| 13 | Zeng knew more than most about Peking , having spent the previous two years wandering the streets of the ancient capital Leica-in-hand in an attempt to document the lives of its multitudes , and by the time the student protests began he had already amassed an impressive body of work . |
| 14 | Q I have kept six Clown Loaches in a 36″ x 15″ x 15″ tank with small tetras for over two years , with no problems . |
| 15 | ( 25 ) If someone who has been instructed to construct a building is prepared to give the money to the town for it to do so itself , since the testator wished this to be done by that person himself , his plea will not be heard : so ruled the late emperor Marcus in a rescript . |
| 16 | Ulster Scots dialects are found in east Ulster in a belt extending from around Coleraine in the north , through most of County Antrim and much of County Down ( which is south of Belfast — see figure 4.5 ) . |
| 17 | Albert Ball or William Booth or if he really wants a statue of a lady why not Maid Marian in a lace shawl ? |
| 18 | He scattered his clothes across West London in a variety of dustbins and builder 's skips . |
| 19 | With tomorrow 's English transfer deadline looming , Dalglish led a burst of activity in the market by swapping Wegerle for Scottish international striker Gallacher in a deal worth £1.5 million . |
| 20 | A NAME like Pauline Gascoyne inevitably conjures an image of a bimbo Gazza in a GTi , to whom a diesel car would be about as socially acceptable as dandruff . |
| 21 | UN aid officials said yesterday they were prepared for a battle of wills with rebel Serbs in an attempt to get trucks loaded with emergency supplies through to starving Muslims in eastern Bosnia . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , Liverpool striker Ronny Rosenthal was in the European League select side that was beaten 4-2 by Italian champions AC Milan in a charity match in Milan yesterday . |
| 23 | Middlesbrough Council may follow the example of neighbour Langbaurgh in a move labelled ‘ despicable ’ . |
| 24 | RESTAURANT group Simpsons of Cornhill is on the verge of being swallowed up by holiday and printing company Baldwin in a deal worth £1.7m . |
| 25 | RESTAURANT group Simpsons of Cornhill was on the verge today of being swallowed up by holiday and printing company Baldwin in a deal worth £1.7m . |
| 26 | I am also sorry to report that early on Sunday morning in a separate incident a young man was found dead in west Belfast in a car which had earlier been seen in suspicious circumstances and pursued by police ; that incident is being investigated by a senior police officer and the Independent Commission for Police Complaints has been asked by the RUC to supervise the inquiry . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , Saints yesterday sold winger David Lee to Second Division Bolton in a £200,000 deal . |
| 28 | Ettore Bugatti lost his love of racing after the death of his son Jean in an accident near the family factory . |
| 29 | RUSTY WRECK : But this X-reg Toyota in a council car park is the only home 10-month-old Heidi has |
| 30 | She met her boyfriend Barry in a pub two years ago . |