Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her own domestic incompetence ( which was indeed extreme , but what had Edgar expected from a wife with an upbringing like hers ? ) , |
| 2 | There is a biography of Jasper Carrot which I can hardly wait not to read , there is a biography of Cliff Richard written by a woman who hugged him once 20 years ago ( ‘ I would have married him if he 'd asked me ’ ) . |
| 3 | On Dec. 12 the Punjab provincial government denied reports that it had recommended that remarks about Pakistan published in a book by a UK journalist should be punished by death . |
| 4 | With the evening sun touching the highest peaks with crimson , and the smoke from a wood fire undisturbed by breeze , Kirchberg seen from a hill above the village is one of the most tranquil inhabited spots in the Alps . |
| 5 | A £10,000 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth stolen from a driveway in Brook Meadow , Sible Hedingham , was found damaged in Cambridgeshire after being used in a burglary in that county . |
| 6 | This is an Epona seated with a foal on each side from Ashton , Northants . |
| 7 | The House of Commons met on a Saturday for the first time since the war . |
| 8 | I feel an obscure sense of shame and irritation at finding the word Marmite written on a Government document , even one filed under Sarson 's Malt Vinegar . |
| 9 | Over the onshore area — 2000 m of inversion is recognised which is in accord with the independent estimate of 2000 m of missing section given by Barnard and Cooper based on a study of vitrinite reflectance data from Jurassic rocks in the area . |
| 10 | Together they sailed along the Thames accompanied by a flotilla of dinghies to present their bid to a Department of the Environment official at Westminster Pier . |
| 11 | ‘ Has Donald gone for a doctor ? ’ |
| 12 | It all then got rather frustrating and a little worrying as Portsmouth looked more and more dangerous ; in the seventy seventh minute Les Robertson was booked for a foul on Russell and a minute later John Beresford booked for a foul on Nogan . |
| 13 | The former is clearly Hancock reborn as a rag and bone man , the latter , well a ‘ dutty old man ’ . |
| 14 | But because the F major , treble-clef version was published in 1692 , it has been argued that the dialogue was composed in that key , with Mopsa sung by a soprano in the original show and uproariously ‘ sent up ’ by Pate in the revival — hence the G major , alto-clef version in the theatre score . |
| 15 | In October , the Overseas Director visited South Africa accompanied by a group of members from the UK . |
| 16 | Wynkyn de Worde printed Hilton 's Scale at the command of Lady Margaret Beaufort and carefully arranged selections from the Book of Margery Kempe known as A shorte treatyse of contemplacyon . |
| 17 | At no time had Sanchez asked for a name . |
| 18 | He went quickly up the metal staircase , leaving Amanda entangled with a group below . |
| 19 | He thus arranged to have each Dalek fitted with a waistband of vertical metal slats to suggest some form of solar ray receiving system . |
| 20 | ‘ They say he 's in Australia disguised as a kangaroo . ’ |
| 21 | Two days later the family received a letter from Joe written in a field dressing station before he was taken by boat to Naples . |
| 22 | Maxim thought for a moment . |
| 23 | One fainted , according to some reports , and had to be carried out — so tremendous had been the spectacle of a man of God slain by a man of science . |
| 24 | How many times had Kate snuck into a school hall , late for some school event , her male driver beside her cringing with embarrassment at the childish antics on stage . |
| 25 | They plan to march through Banbury led by a procession of funeral bearers to signify what they say could be the death of the hospital . |
| 26 | The third volume of Antologia devoted to Neo-classical studies ( n.s. nos. 39–42 , 1991–92 ) includes a highly important article by the editor , Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios , which recapitulates what has so far been published on the great Roman bronze founders Francesco and Luigi Righetti and then adds twice as much more and concludes with a fascinating technical account of the casting of Canova 's equestrian statue of Charles III Borbone in Naples taken from a family notebook . |
| 27 | James and Kate divided by a tea table on the terrace at Carinish Court . |
| 28 | All this suggests that lack of competitive pressure felt by US business played an important role in the loss of its pre-eminent position The structure of domestic industry was probably dominated by fewer firms than in Japan or the EEC taken as a whole . |
| 29 | ‘ We achieved nothing because the prime purpose of the movement was only to ban the book or withdraw the book from the shelves or have Rushdie brought before a court of law . |
| 30 | The freedom and diversity of the media in Nigeria taken as a whole has been guaranteed in a rather unexpected way . |