Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Not explicitly , but by the perfected mannerisms of smokers , like the way they lick the Rizzla or flick the zippo open .
2 Among other threats Khruschev said the West must settle the Berlin problem and recognise East Germany or face the consequences .
3 You went to Suffolk by the A12 through Chelmsford or took the country route .
4 In his letter of Aug. 14 Saddam had underlined his determination " not to keep any of Iraq 's potential outside the arena of the great duel " and it was widely believed that this implied either an intention to consolidate Iraqi gains in Kuwait or launch an attack against Saudi Arabia .
5 ASSAULTING OR OBSTRUCTING A CONSTABLE IN THE EXECUTION OF HIS DUTY
6 Tel : 071 737 3906 — ask for Angie or leave a message .
7 Jock Houston , secretary of the Borders branch of the Educational Institute of Scotland , said : ‘ Discontinuing or changing the site of a school does require consultation under 1981 regulations .
8 The Ego wants us to develop talents and acquire knowledge , not for the sheer joy and challenge of playing the clarinet , reading Proust or rewiring the house , but so that we will be flattered and admired .
9 We learn more about Tamburlaine as we get deeper into the play , and Marlowe carefully disguises the fact that there is more to Tamburlaine than meets the eye .
10 He told them another long joke and won a laugh out of Bella that sealed the success of the evening for him .
11 Find all towns in the state of Texas that have a population of more than 10 000 and are more than 50 kilometres from a railway .
12 THE role of the church in helping to topple the Communist order in Poland and East Germany , compounded by the fact that it was the fate of a Protestant clergyman in Timisoara that triggered the unrest in Romania , has raised the prospect of Romanian churches becoming a focus of political resistance .
13 SCOTTISH striker Graham Harvey promised Linfield a debut goal — and came up trumps with a 36-minute hat-trick in the 5–2 win over Larne that keeps the Blues a point clear at the top of the table .
14 Although we have no record , the Magnolia Grandiflora from the United States that clothe the wall of the north wing of the house must have been some of the first plantings of magnolias at Lanhydrock ; I would guess that are now well inside their second century .
15 ‘ There are thousands of traits all with different intensities of selection — you have to look for the critical ones-for Lovejoy and Latimer that means the joints of the knee and hip , not the hands and feet .
16 But there was more to Diana Spencer than met the eye .
17 Instead of starting off in Oxbridge and becoming a spy , he started as a spy and ended up in Oxbridge .
18 Reuter adds from Washington : President George Bush yesterday angrily denounced followers of Gen Aoun and said a partition of Lebanon would be totally unacceptable to the world community .
19 McAllister placed the tray on the table before Dr Neil and performed the parlourmaid 's traditional bob after she had done so .
20 ‘ Land of limitless possibilities ’ turns out in strength for Mr Major The Prime Minister flew in to Teesside Airport on Tuesday and said the possibilities for the North-East were almost limitless .
21 A DAYTIME burglar struck a home in Four Marks on Tuesday and stole a quantity of jewellery .
22 English National Ballet start their Christmas season at Royal Festival Hall next Tuesday and give The Nutcracker in the Peter Schaufuss staging until January 20 .
23 only other one he 's got is a silk one so er I was gon na go on Tuesday and have a look and they had them there before Christmas , seven ninety nine and , but it said one size now I do n't know whether the one size will fit Di because the last one I had for him I sent away for and I had erm so I do n't know whether them down there would fit , they were seven ninety nine , there were white and lemon and pale green that was striped I think .
24 Cheryl decided that as Angela would be away all afternoon and Mrs. Yatton wanted her shoes for the weekend , she would go into Linby and fetch the shoes and at the same time collect the signalling flags , if Jessica had found them .
25 He crossed over to Corbett and put a hand on his shoulder .
26 I was also working for Visionhire and hating every minute of it .
27 Make your way to the southern side of Loch Assynt and follow the shore as long as you can and then take the easiest line of travel staying parallel to the loch .
28 Pakistan , Iran , India and the Gulf states having mostly refused military bases to the superpowers could in his view credibly affirm their opposition to the permanent presence of Soviet troops in Afghanistan and endorse the objective of returning Afghanistan to a non-aligned status .
29 In the south the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement ( MSI ) trebled its vote to 17 per cent in Reggio Calabria and became the city 's second-largest party , proposing a coalition with the anti-Mafia Network ( La Rete ) which took 8.2 per cent , with the Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS — formerly the Communist Party ) and with the hardline Marxist Communist Refoundation Party to challenge the traditional parties .
30 In 1878 he tramped through the Cevennes with a donkey named Modestine and discovered the delights of Travels with a Donkey .
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