Example sentences of "[noun prp] [subord] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 so he said you do n't have to move on a Friday cos Mike said well do we have to move Friday ?
2 That was the view of Swansea team manager and former international Roger Blyth after Jones had just edged his personal battle against Llanelli 's Rupert Moon at a packed Stradey Park .
3 Blanche smiled politely and asked Blufton whether Nicola had ever mentioned a man called Kennedy .
4 IAN WRIGHT grabbed a superb 73rd-minute winner against his old club Crystal Palace as Arsenal moved menacingly up to third place in the Premier League just a point behind leaders Blackburn .
5 ‘ Jay — what do you want ? ’ said Lucy as Jay dived upstairs on the tide of a blush .
6 Mark Robson 's corner from the right was helped on by Thomas , Alvin Martin and then Kevin Keen before Morley slotted home from eight yards .
7 The famous Irish roar echoed around the Cotswold Hills as Montelado shot clear two out in the Trafalgar House Supreme Novices ' Hurdle , winning by 12 lengths from the Pipe-trained Lemon 's Mill .
8 A MORE direct and purposeful Erith and Belvedere side deservedly took the Beazer Homes Southern Division points at Cressing Road as Braintree failed once again with another disappointing display .
9 Max was putting his bag into the boot of his BMW as Morse walked slowly up to him .
10 The extraordinarily complicated sweetness of pineapple meant it was quickly distributed to other parts of the world ; it was apparently cultivated in the West Indies before Columbus arrived there .
11 ‘ She 's tough and game and the ground at Ayr should suit her better than this , ’ said Willie after Lochsong had just held on to take the Portland .
12 It 's a courageous appointment by Taylor because Neal has publicly savaged two of the three England bosses he played for .
13 At the Ninth All-Russian Congress of Soviets on 22 December 1921 , Lenin called for the reform of the Cheka. since NEP required more ‘ revolutionary legality ’ .
14 ‘ We threw it away , ’ said Gooch after England set only 231 for victory lost their last seven wickets for 52 runs in 11 overs at Lord 's .
15 Middlesbrough peacemaker Alan Kernaghan wrapped his arms around Quinn as Wilkinson walked away rubbing his jaw .
16 But not gay , thought Jay as Lucy blushed slightly .
17 Ukraine has threatened to charge world prices for transporting Russian gas to export markets in Europe if Russia goes ahead with charging world prices from February 1 .
18 He was returned to the Long Parliament for Bury with his son Thomas ; however , in 1642 the younger Thomas openly joined the king at Oxford while Henry fled abroad .
19 I also deeply sympathized with George because Lennie had practically spoiled his life yet George never seemed to complain .
20 Ratsiraka 's support was strongest in the town of Toamasina while Zafy took more than 60 per cent of the votes in both Antananarivo , the capital , and Antsiranana .
21 You always do , ’ murmured Busacher as Willi bounced away to welcome Gaston , Julius , and Julius 's large wife who , overwhelmed by the invitation to one of Willi 's famous parties , had gone to Vienna and bought herself a long brown satin dress with a purple sash swathed round the middle .
22 She never went to London after Isabel came here .
23 Dustin Hoffman as Hook looked more like a Regency fop than a serious kidnapper .
24 Technically , Sami was a confidential informant ( CI ) for Michael Pavlick , the DEA 's country attaché in Paris , but he was to play a vital part in Operation Goldenrod , a project preoccupying the NARCOG task force in Nicosia when Coleman arrived there , and which was to touch off the chain reaction of events that exploded over Lockerbie 21 months later .
25 while confusion reigned at Aintree … they were celebrating at the County Ground as Swindon won again and complaining at the Manor as Oxford lost again … here 's the action
26 They were bound for Epping because Dean lived there .
27 Duvall moved to take charge of Jimmy while Simpson slipped resentfully away , dabbing at his nose .
28 ‘ You 're doing splendidly , ’ encouraged Melissa as Lou fell momentarily silent .
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