Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Though I was born in Sussex I went out to India at six months old .
2 Not only has that disc problem proved frustrating , but so has the inactivity temporarily imposed by a series of exploratory tests to assess the damage : ‘ Having been injured in the second tour match against Queensland I got back to full fitness , played in the First Test and was looking forward to the second .
3 While Lisabeth was mainlining Cadbury 's Bournville I rummaged around for a sports bag ( one that advertised Marlboro fags , naturally ) and began to pack a spare everything .
4 Katherine 's remains were coming on the Saturday and on the Friday I slipped up to the cemetery and saw the grave diggers digging Mary 's grave .
5 One Saturday I went out to the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club , near Windsor , to watch the Moët et Chandon High Goal Challenge presented by Moët et Chandon in association with Harpers & Queen .
6 Peter : On Saturday I knock around with me mates .
7 On a Saturday she went up to the attic .
8 From Portugal we moved on towards Gibraltar .
9 Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse .
10 Like the Friday we break up for half term .
11 Led by Lt Fusata Iida they flew in at a height of 50ft and within a few minutes the airfield was a smoking mess .
12 only two matches left of rugby union 's league season and Gloucester need to win at least one of them to save themselves from relegation … on saturday they went down to Orrell at Kingsholm … the score 8-13
13 down in Division three hereford are still searching for their first league win of the season … tonight they 're at home to Wycombe … on saturday they went down to Lincoln … the score 2-1
14 down in Division three hereford are still searching for their first league win of the season … tonight they 're at home to Wycombe … on saturday they went down to Lincoln … the score 2-1
15 Its looking good for both Swindon and Oxford , but down in the third division Hereford are having a tough old time … they 're just four points and four places off the bottom of the table … on Saturday they missed out at Lincoln … they lost two-nil
16 Minutes from the centre of Sant' Agata it looks out at the Bay of Naples and onwards to Mount Vesuvius .
17 In the United States it dates back at least to the Civil War ; the 1949 John Ford-John Wayne movie , ‘ She Wore a Yellow Ribbon ’ , underscores the practice 's lineage .
18 On Saturday he fought back from 3-0 down to defeat Steve Davis in a thrilling semi final .
19 Confidence is coming back to Oxford United … three games without defeat does n't make a season but it does build the foundations for the future … tomorrow it 's Leicester City away … no changes to a winning team … the only fresh face is Paul Wanless he takes over from Dave Penney on the bench … form favours Leicester but they were beaten by Stoke last week … and Oxford are on a high …
20 After winning the Berkhamsted he went back to his home club and picked up the Watson Trophy with a 69 .
21 Katie I took out of school and then she went back again .
22 Walking in the Ash Grove at L. I look up through the trees .
23 Bishop Burnet I gave up with even more regret than the ‘ place . ’
24 The draft went to the Treasury and on Thursday 31 January I went over to Downing Street for Cabinet .
25 In January I ended up in bed for a month .
26 So during my three years at University College Swansea I carried on at the shop in the evenings doing the ordering , and on Saturdays running the general book department and the educational department .
27 A short distance south of Trondheim we turned off down a side road to find a quiet spot for lunch , and in a grove of trees we saw redwing , fieldfare and chaffinch feeding young while siskin , blackcap , chiffchaff and willow warbler were singing all around us .
28 Leaving Sagaing for our return journey by boat to Prome we got on to a sandbank and had to wait there until two tugs pulled us off .
29 From Moana we went down to Hokitika on the Coast , a town which now makes its living largely from the sale of bone and greenstone carving , of high quality and quite reasonable prices .
30 Having survived ten days in the Caribbean unbeaten and relatively unscathed , in St Kitts we came down to earth with a large thump and were soundly thrashed by the island 's powerful side , which contained several hard hitting batsmen .
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