Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Puzzled at first on noticing the familiar shape of Windmill Hill broken by another small , moving outline , she gazed with heightened interest as semaphore signals began to be spelled out from the ridge against the background of the sky . |
| 2 | A liberal spraying of Waxoyl diluted by white spirit is then easily taken into the metal where it continues to preserve from within . |
| 3 | Thieves who broke into a Nissan Bluebird owned by 68-year-old widow Doreen Reilly and her son Michael found £29,000 under the car 's front seat . |
| 4 | The trouble began after spectators carrying flags of the opposition Mohajir National Movement gathered near a high steel fence outside the general enclosure and shouted slogans expressing their opposition to a visit to Pakistan planned by Indian film stars . |
| 5 | Clashes with the army escalated rapidly ; curfew orders were defied as stone throwers confronted army vehicles and pelted low flying helicopters with rocks ; parts of Gaza blackened by burning protest tyres , were out of control . |
| 6 | All the Met Waafs at Bourn had by this time qualified for their ‘ props ’ , so we were two steps up from the bottom of the ladder and that 's where we stopped . |
| 7 | On the second morning , Miss Honey received by registered post a letter from a firm of local solicitors informing her that the last will and testament of her late father , Dr Honey , had suddenly and mysteriously turned up . |
| 8 | Mr Shamir arrives in Washington appalled by this disloyalty . |
| 9 | That for Chedburgh in the same county illustrates the Lancasters flown by 218 Squadron from the local airfield . |
| 10 | Maastricht threatened by another ambush |
| 11 | France , Spain threatened by global warming |
| 12 | Pre-final spec T9000-based versions will ship in June/July followed by final spec versions in the fourth quarter . |
| 13 | Pre-final spec T9000-based versions will ship in June or July followed by final spec versions in the fourth quarter . |
| 14 | Pre-final spec T9000-based versions will ship in June or July followed by final spec versions in the fourth quarter . |
| 15 | Pre-final spec T9000-based versions will ship in June or July followed by final spec versions in the fourth quarter . |
| 16 | WORDSTAR HIT BY AUSTRALIAN COURT AWARD |
| 17 | Village hit by second disaster |
| 18 | The lighting of three candles for our intentions , the readings from Isaiah accompanied by quiet music , the distribution of tiny paper scrolls with a prayer of blessing inside each , all contributed to my renewal . |
| 19 | Shearer stifled by old pal Neil |
| 20 | Another project Towards Environmental Competence in Scotland funded by Scottish Enterprise and the World Wild Life Fund , was successfully completed and significantly informed the Secretary of State 's Working Party on Environmental Education . |
| 21 | But despite the various aspects of his ‘ U turn ’ , Heath had by this stage burned his boats , so far as the re-creation of a ‘ corporatist accommodation ’ was concerned . |
| 22 | The industrial and commercial development of England had by this time succeeded in ‘ ruralizing ’ the countryside by reducing the economic viability of much small-scale manufacture and domestic handicraft and transferring it to the new system of factory production in the towns . |
| 23 | The caption for pl.56 , for example , is ‘ Hardpoint drawing of St Matthew photographed by ultra-violet light ’ and for pl. 99 is ‘ Marginal drawings ( very faint ) ’ , wonderful evidence easily missed . |
| 24 | Norfolk Broads devastated by modern farming methods , claims NCC report |
| 25 | For the replay in December , Coventry travelled by express train during the morning — and were beaten 4–1 . |
| 26 | Patrick began by blunt cutting the ends then , after blow-drying , he pulled the hair into a high ponytail which he lightly backcombed before splaying it out on the top of the head . |
| 27 | This November Russian President Boris Yeltsin confirmed by special decree the special status of nineteen cultural institutions including the Hermitage in St Petersburg , and the Kremlin Museum , the Tretyakov Gallery , and the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts , all in Moscow . |
| 28 | Tyson hit by new sex claim |
| 29 | Finest collection of works by Miró acquired by Japanese businessman |
| 30 | What Jesus meant by this answer was : |