Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Widnes bitterly complained about the unfairness of the situation saying — quite rightly — that if incidents like that are to be pulled out you would need 26 cameras — for every player . |
| 2 | Yesterday 's drama came a year and a day after the North Yorkshire shootings in which Special Constable Glenn Goodman was killed and PC Sandy Kelly badly wounded by a hail of bullets fired by on-the-run IRA terrorist Paul Magee . |
| 3 | Forrester eventually got on the pitch with about 5 minutes left , and indeed Fowler was attempting to put him through when the ball richoched back to him , hit him in the stomach and sat up in a ‘ kick me please ’ type fashion , which he did , and scored . |
| 4 | In an age of central heating and renovation Greystones presumably featured as a rare unspoiled habitat . |
| 5 | Cardiff slowly pushed at the door , widening the thin jet-black wedge . |
| 6 | After an atmospheric Christmassy sequence slower than the rest , Arnold suddenly launches into a bold pastiche of West Indian pop music , steel band references and all . |
| 7 | It is possible that Storr continued the concern , Fogelberg perhaps acting as the sleeping partner . |
| 8 | Nor does Herodotus necessarily refer to the Jews when he mentions Syrians and Phoenicians of Palestine , who acknowledge that they learnt circumcision from the Egyptians ( 2.104 ) . |
| 9 | CGT only applies to the actual profit you make , so if you buy shares to the value of £25,000 and sell them later for £35,000 the taxman will only be interested in the £1 0,000 profit you have gained . |
| 10 | The implications of ‘ story ’ have hardened to the extent that Federman constantly refers to the narrative as a ‘ recitation ’ , as if he were writing over earlier texts such as Beat novels . |
| 11 | Winning the toss and putting Knutsford in to bat on a damp wicket gave leftarmer Mike Cross the chance to shine with 4–19 . |
| 12 | Newton only learnt of the charge on Monday , two days before the county appeared in front of the TCCB . |
| 13 | I relished the moment during a rehearsal once when Mel Brooks suddenly boomed at the researcher , ‘ Judith — go to my dressing-room and put on that thing I bought you ! ’ |
| 14 | It is the biggest manufacturer of mechanical engineering products in the EC with 44% of the total output — a disproportionate share as Germany only accounts for a quarter of total EC output . |
| 15 | However , the WPS only works with the HP LaserJet II or IIIs . |
| 16 | Corbett secretly marvelled at the cool composure of his opponent . |
| 17 | We were some distance out in the lake when Edward eventually called from the shore that supper was spoiling . |
| 18 | Naturally , the Hagen make the ‘ Muss es sein ? ’ phrase , to the questioning figure which Beethoven thereby put into the musical vernacular , severe and demanding ; so it is , but the answer has a positive affirmation which does not exclude merriment . |
| 19 | Tommy Pickernell duly won on the horse with ease . |
| 20 | However , with their playmaker Turner injured , and his replacement Yendle not really hitting it off with scrum-half Llewellyn , Newport rarely threatened behind the scrum . |
| 21 | Scott merely glared at the DI . |
| 22 | Situations such as those described by Lewis and Meredith apparently fall within the range of what is regarded appropriate for a daughter who has a sense of filial duty . |
| 23 | Which left Rex somewhat stuck for a reply . |
| 24 | Accommodationist states like Jordan and Kuwait only dealt with the Soviet Union because of favours withheld by the United States . |
| 25 | Yes , yes , but erm , you know , I have had to say to the chaps , one of them came in and he said he 'd been spoiled down at the cedar and I said oh well , I , I 've been cooking a breakfast for Neil of course by the operation of sods law , Neil suddenly goes off the idea of having breakfast , so I find myself cooking breakfast for this other lump , who is as idol and selfish as anybody ever met in all the born days , and I said to him just recently , I said , I , I ca n't get up and do breakfast 's in the morning any more , well he says he come 's down and does he 's own , you see they can when they feel that they want too . |
| 26 | Carrie asked but Albert did n't reply because Mister Johnny suddenly spoke from the doorway . |
| 27 | Mark 's smile did not reveal that Faustina naturally went on the beds as well as in the lounge . |
| 28 | Mailer apparently concurs with the belief he attributes to Lawrence , that ‘ men and women can survive only it they reach the depths of their own sex down within themselves ’ ( p. 147 ) . |
| 29 | Jorge suddenly appeared at the door and Maggie did not wait to hear any answer ; she walked out of the room , scooping up her bag and swinging it over her shoulder , quite satisfied that this time Felipe de Santis had come off worst . |
| 30 | Rex suddenly sobered to the rifle butt which struck him between the shoulder blades . |