Example sentences of "[noun prp] [subord] [pron] new [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Early in 1066 they were reluctant to accept Harold Godwinsson as their new king , and he and Bishop Wulfstan II of Worcester had to visit York to conciliate them , whereupon the Northumbrians overcame their reluctance to be associated with southern softness — an attitude not uncommon in the north even today . |
2 | Bush named Transport Secretary Samuel K. Skinner as his new Chief of Staff on Dec. 5 , and also took the opportunity to announce a new team to take responsibility for his re-election bid . |
3 | Since the appointment of Mr J Stevens as its new chairman , some wonderful phrases have appeared in the media about both Mr Stevens and English Heritage in general . |
4 | It was the final heartbreaking disaster for Joanne Smith and fiance Maurice Jones as their new home was engulfed by stinking brown flood water . |
5 | Lynn , 38 , confessed she was n't as nutty about Elvis as her new hubby , but admitted she 's growing to love the King . |
6 | At the Church Meeting on the 9th , we appointed Jim Brooks as our new church secretary in succession to Malcolm Brown who had intimated in June his desire to step down from the post . |
7 | The PAC on Dec. 9 elected Clarence Makwetu as its new president following the death in October of Zephania Mothopeng [ see p. 37765 ] . |