Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In 1959 Cripps Hall was opened and Dr Lucas became its first Warden .
2 Luce checked her first impulse , which had been to tear herself free .
3 Harvey passed me two New York numbers on the Hanover exchange .
4 As the elevator ascended Newman made his flat statement .
5 Within a few months of arriving in Blackpool , Luff announced his five year plan to transform the Undertaking , changed the livery to ivory and green , and introduced a streamlined tramcar as the prototype of a new fleet ( see p. 65 ) .
6 Fielding and the Autocrat made their different entrances .
7 Expressing his absolute contempt of bands who rely on ambient , effect-heavy swirling guitar sounds , Bernard insists his own playing will never take a back seat musically .
8 Peter Watkins made his first feature , Privilege ( 1967 ) , for an American company , after his astonishing depiction of what would happen if a nuclear bomb fell on Kent , The War Game ( 1965 ) , had been banned by the BBC .
9 One wonders just how furious : last week , back in Moscow to see her three-year-old son between performances , Semenyaka was having difficulties getting a visa to come back for her next role here , Cinderella , in only three weeks ' time .
10 Mr R. Melbourne of Loughborough wins our first £25 award by asking you for a list of those clubs who have won the old First Division title and also played in the Fourth Division .
11 DEC UNLEASHES ITS BET-THE-COMPANY ALPHA BLITZ
12 Three years later , in 1638 , Laud arranged for him to become Rector of Uppingham , in Rutland , and a chaplain to King Charles I. It was at this time that Taylor made his first marriage , to the sister of one of his Cambridge pupils . ’
13 The People 's Will revealed their mounting impatience to seize state power and use it to reconstruct peasant society on rational lines from above .
14 LUTON defender Trevor Peake insists his troubled side will quickly climb out of danger if they can maintain the form they displayed in their 2-1 victory at Wolves .
15 George Bush yesterday drafted in Secretary of State James Baker to bolster his flagging bid for re-election .
16 When Gertie brought Victoria to see her new brother , she leaned over the crib shaking with excitement .
17 George Duffield got his second fright of the day when odds-on User Friendly was in trouble two out in the Yorkshire Oaks .
18 Around some recycled comedy songs ( French & Saunders do Abba , Lenny Henry milks his dull Theophilus P Dickjoke character , and Spitting Image donate a voice or two ) , Hazza Enfield and Paul Whitehouse recreate their finest hour(s) ie ‘ Smashie ’ and ‘ Nicey ’ the Radio FAB FM deejays — and it 's all new material !
19 Doyle checked his forty-five magnum , then slotted it back into the holster on his back belt .
20 GOVERNMENT GIVES NOD TO USE OF 2.4GHz , SO NCR LAUNCHES ITS WAVELAN WIRELESS NETWORK IN THE UK
21 Mr Tsurumaki made his initial fortune in steel trading during the Korean War boom .
22 September ICI wins Us Environmental Protection Agency Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award for the commercial introduction of ‘ Klea ’ 32 .
23 She had hoped her life might be completely happy and perfect , and expected Vronsky to sacrifice his whole life to love her entirely .
24 Tom Cannon rode his first winner in 1860 , and shortly afterwards came to the attention of the trainer , John Day of Danebury , whose daughter he later married .
25 Settled round a large pine table with their assorted drinks , Helen listened attentively as Sophie revealed her new plan .
26 Now red-faced Clough wins his eighth cap , saying sorry and backing Taylor .
27 Stromson said : ‘ Paul also told me that Dr Bean-Bayog shared her erotic fantasies with him and asked him to act them out with her — and that they did . ’
28 Ian gritted his bigoted teeth .
29 As to how young William met his untimely death , accounts vary .
30 Cincinnati got their first win of the season but only by 23–21 against Cleveland .
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