Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officials asked for money to help the Middlesbrough club survive after a series of fires at their Normanby Road ground . |
| 2 | Sion Hill Hall open to the public , a beautiful Edwardian Country House with superb collection of antiques , also tea room , Kirby Wiske , Thirsk ( off A167 ) , 2–5pm . |
| 3 | In the United States average stay for a patient aged 65 + decreased from 13 days in 1967 to 8.8 days in 1986 ( Eisdorfer et al . |
| 4 | Eighteenth-century Bristol was an environmental disaster area with problems of atmospheric pollution that would make present-day Mexico City seem like a health resort . |
| 5 | It 's Christmas , 1912 , and as the McKie family prepare for the festivities , the ambitions of the younger members show that the world is rapidly changing . |
| 6 | So what really happened the night that Jimmy Johnstone set sail on the seven seas ? |
| 7 | THE MEDAU SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND REVENUE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 1979 |
| 8 | Over coffee and NHS apple crumble in the staff canteen , watching the West Indian cooks quietly stir the carbohydrates , she describes the staff 's attitude to the opted-out hospital trust as ‘ bitter indifference ’ . |
| 9 | This centre for the war wounded , holding up to 600 patients at a time , makes an NHS ward look like a palatial five-star hotel . |
| 10 | Listen to what Gabe Mirkin and Martshall Hoffmann in The Sportsmedicine Book say about the athlete 's heart : |
| 11 | ( For some peculiar reason the Boeing company speak of the ‘ chord ’ when referring to what is known in Britain as a ‘ spar boom ’ and for which the standard American expression is ‘ spar cap . ’ |
| 12 | In the same year Darwin set sail on the Beagle taking with him Lyell 's " Principles " and read it so much that he had to ask the ship 's carpenter to rebind it in wood . |
| 13 | The civilization flourished for more than a millennium until , about 1400 BC , the comparatively nearby volcanic island of Thera erupted in a fashion that makes the 1883 Krakatoa event look like a mere squib . |
| 14 | While Lady Chatterley outrages viewers on BBC1 , and Carlton Television invest in a major three-part drama called A Woman 's Guide to Adultery ( to be screened in the autumn ) Ray has pulled off a major scoop now . |
| 15 | They moved outside and saw a Land Rover pick-up emerge from the trees . |
| 16 | Yorkshire TV insist on a household name in return for their £30,000a-year sponsorship money . |
| 17 | Will emphasis shift from the provision of services with a high value-added component to the bulk handling of a large number of fairly simple enquiries ? |
| 18 | Apart from the 1 per cent who have their own private supplies , the great majority of the UK population rely upon the decisions of the water suppliers to ensure that the great bulk of the water we drink and cook with is ‘ wholesome ’ . |
| 19 | Charles heard Lesley-Jane Decker say to the star . |
| 20 | The parish records of St. Martin by Looe Church refer to a seventy foot whale ‘ … driven ashore , dead , near Millendreath ’ in 1718 . |
| 21 | The origins of the BCG matrix lie before the 1970–1 recession . |
| 22 | At twelve thirty two traffic and travel for Wednesday lunchtime listen for a space in a moment first traffic further afield from Jonathan Clays . |
| 23 | Past pleasures NOSTALGIA time is nearly here again as the British Glen Miller Orchestra prepare for a return visit to the province . |
| 24 | The basic recipe is a reduction of white wine and brown fond de veau lié with a julienne of gherkins and mustard stirred in at the last moment . |
| 25 | The origins of Coombe House lie in the 14th century ( the surrounding farms date back to the 10th and 11th ) ; today it is a Georgian building with an attractive garden , the perimeter of which has been left to flourish without the interfering hand of man . |
| 26 | Clapton is a graceful , authoritative performer , even sitting down , and his ten acoustic country-blues tunes made the 6,000 seat Royal Albert Hall seem like a club . |
| 27 | Uncle Miles suggested that Lord fitzAlan retire for the night while he and the Empress read through the Queen 's letters . |
| 28 | The ordeal , which lasted all of twenty minutes , was repeated twice a day ; a high price , thought Joshua , for having to listen to Bill Cash warn of the dangers of Europe . |
| 29 | If you are working on the RM Nimbus network WAIT for the Command Menu to reappear and then : |
| 30 | Rowbotham says the third years have made the Cherry Orchard look like a cotton-wool factory . " |