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Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	NCR Corp yesterday announced enhancements to its Top Eed distributed transaction processing system .
2	On the boat , Johnson asked about ‘ the use of the dirk , with which he imagined the Highlanders cut their meat ’ , and was told they also had knives and forks , that the men tended to hand the knives and forks to the women after they had cut their own meat which they then ate from their hands , and that one old Macdonald retainer always ate fish with his fingers , claiming that ‘ a knife and fork gave it a bad taste ’ .
3	WH Smith 's Swindon warehouse today took delivery of 25 000 copies at its Swindon Warehouse .
4	The Manager , Mr. Ratcliffe Hulme , resigned and was replaced in July , by A. V. Mason from Devonport , who became Manager and Engineer of the S.M.E.T. C. W. Durnford , the S.M.E.T. Engineer then became Manager at Devonport .
5	But the Buxton clan also saw emancipation as a family triumph .
6	Like the palace in his exotic novel , Vathek ( 1786 ) , Fonthill Abbey both resembled Babel and suffered the same fate .
7	A Stravinsky versus Strauss controversy also surrounded Newman 's head , with supporters of the Russian composer challenging his views by suggesting that Stravinsky had penetrated more deeply into the human mind than had Strauss .
8	Brian Burke , ALP state Premier from 1983 to 1988 , was singled out by the report for particular criticism for having acted improperly both in dealing with political donations from businesspeople and in his 1987 handling of the rescue of an investment bank run by Connell.The report also criticized Burke 's successor , Peter Dowding , and the last Liberal premier of the state ( in 1982-83 ) , Ray O'Connor .
9	DAVID BISHOP almost handed Wales an early disaster as they prepare for Sunday 's rugby league Test against France in Perpignan , writes Ray French .
10	Robin Gomolka and Alastair Marshall from Peel Park recently visited IBM at Greenock .
11	Recklessly deciding that the appointment was to become effective on All Fools ' Day , April 1 , IBM Corp duly named Louis Gerstner to the posts of both chairman and chief executive .
12	IBM Corp yesterday announced CICS OS/2 Version 2.0 , a full function server implementation of the transaction processing monitor .
13	The SEATO Pact effectively became moribund in the wake of the American military withdrawal from Indo-China in the mid 1970s , and was not reinvigorated .
14	THE financial holding company controlled by the Agnellis of Fiat fame yesterday denied press accounts which reported that the family had acquired 3 p.c. of HJ Heinz .
15	SCOTLAND Yard yesterday issued descriptions of the two vans used in the IRA bombings in the City of London and Staples Corner bombs and appealed for information about their movements on and before last Friday .
16	Since then hundreds of observers have produced thousands of observations and scores of theories ; but it was not until the 1970s , when the Loch Ness and Morar Project formally began work , that the loch itself was subjected to thorough and systematic study .
17	For instance , although the Farjana tribe generally supported Magharba , one section was in dispute with the others over land rights : the Zuwaya nominated a man from this dissident section .
18	The Committee , with the support of the Resource Planning & Finance Committee , initiated a twelve-month pilot scheme whereby upon payment of a lump sum by the student society , all students at the School of Architecture , De Montfort University automatically became student members of the RIBA .
19	Assistant county trading standards officer Ed Chicken yesterday told Bedale magistrates that animal health inspectors spotted Taylor 's animals being weighed at the mart .
20	Assistant county trading standards officer Ed Chicken yesterday told Bedale magistrates that animal health inspectors spotted Taylor 's animals being weighed at the mart .
21	It was evident to all the family that Stephen Lassiter still loved Tamar and that she , too , was happy .
22	The Yorkshire Terrier then gave birth to three puppies before the police could even find a local vet 's telephone number .
23	BRAVE entertainer Roy Castle publicly snubbed Lady Thatcher yesterday because of her involvement with a cigarette firm .
24	The Craven family of Ashdown Park eventually bought Compton Beauchamp in the middle of the nineteenth century , but never lived there .
25	Since St Petersburg University also employed Konstantin Kavelin ( the prime advocate of conferring land as well as liberty on the peasants ) , Vladimir Spasovich ( an enthusiastic Polish nationalist ) , Aleksandr Pypin ( a cousin of the trenchant journalist Nikolai Chernyshevskii ) and Boris Utin ( a former associate of Mikhail Petrashevskii ) , it could have been said to represent almost all the forward-looking opinions of the day .
26	A Yeltsin aide also gave warning that even if the congress voted to oust him , the president would refuse to quit on the grounds that the decision was illegal .
27	The patronal festival of the parish church of St Peter of Tankersley should be the 29th June , but Tankersley Feast always took place during the second week of July .
28	Pope Pius XI publicly praised Hitler for his stand against Communists , and in July 1933 , a Concordat signed between Nazi Germany and the Holy See , was subsequently ratified in September .
29	Their strong support came after a top BBC manager also backed Mr Birt , while admitting he and the corporation and Mr Birt were damaged by the row over his tax deal — which enabled him to be treated as self-employed and his pay to go to his private company .
30	Their strong support came after a top BBC manager also backed Mr Birt , while admitting that the corporation and Mr Birt were damaged by the row over his tax deal which enabled him to be treated as self-employed and his pay to go to his private company .