Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The power of the hit dislodged the ball and Gregory gleefully dropped a goal . |
| 2 | In the latest year , InterCity just scraped a surplus of £2m on turnover of £900m and Network SouthEast slipped back to a £180m deficit , reflecting a drop of 8% in commuter journeys into central London . |
| 3 | In spite of all the obvious agonising , has Neil ever experienced a time when he was totally happy with his sound , and could quote a recorded example of this ? |
| 4 | Pioneering producer Hal Roach also launched a host of other silent film stars including Harold Lloyd . |
| 5 | But leading scorer Tommy Wright nearly snatched a point for Leicester in the final minute . |
| 6 | At just the same time George Stephenson also invented a safety-lamp very like Davy 's ; but he did not know the principle on which Davy had designed his , and his lamp was the fruit of practice , of trial and error , guided by the general idea of restricting the supply of gas-laden air . |
| 7 | In 1717 Wiseman also published a volume of poems . |
| 8 | In St Augustine 's interpretation of Trinitarian doctrine , Hilton also found a way of showing how sinful man could learn about the incomprehensible God and return to his creator . |
| 9 | The Independent of Aug. 27 reported that Bhutto also faced a murder charge : a writ filed on Aug. 25 by members of the Muhajir community ( descendants of Urdu-speaking immigrants ) accused her of responsibility for the death of several people during an incident on May 26 when police opened fire on a crowd in Hyderabad , Sind [ see p. 37452 ] . |
| 10 | His father moved into Liverpool before 1567 and established himself as a merchant , and the younger Edward probably attended a grammar school there before his admission to King 's College , Cambridge , in 1565 . |
| 11 | On Feb. 27 Spegelj reportedly sent a letter reminding the prosecutor that as a government member he enjoyed immunity from prosecution . |
| 12 | The United States certainly pursued a policy of ‘ benign neglect ’ towards the dollar , expanding the economy for domestic reasons with little regard to the effect on the exchange rate . |
| 13 | In sixth form days , he and John Irwin actually invented a joke in a free period ( ‘ I ca n't remember how it went now , something involving a foreskin , no doubt ’ ) . |
| 14 | The Reverend Kenneth Best conducted a mission in the autumn of 1988 which led to a deepening of the spiritual life for many and in June 1990 the present minister , the Reverend J Winston Good , was elected President-designate of the Methodist Church in Ireland and will take office as President in June 1991 . |
| 15 | What , it does Ma , ma just killed a man , I was given him some |
| 16 | Then Karen suddenly heard a voice behind her . |
| 17 | In 1915 , however , Ross finally won a judgement against Crosland . |
| 18 | It is recorded , for example , that in spite of his duties as kadi and muderris , he yet managed to copy every day two leaves from the books of the ancients and Mecdi adds in regard to this point that Molla Husrev thus left a number of books in his own hand at his death . |
| 19 | On April 3 the NPC formally approved a proposal to begin construction of the Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze river in central China . |
| 20 | Fry and Flashman both launched a tirade of abuse against each other following their parting , but now they have shelved their differences and will work together again in a twosome , the like of which football has never seen , or is likely to again . |
| 21 | Short then missed a point-blank header two minutes from time but Blues ' sub Ian Rodgerson also rattled a post in injury time . |
| 22 | After their special meeting , the ANC then released a statement saying the tour was still hanging in the balance ad pointed the blame squarely at Louis Luyt . |
| 23 | Besieged from 11.00 a.m. to mid-afternoon , Randall and another civilian were killed and three others wounded , before Perry belatedly dispatched a relief force . |
| 24 | Bank of Ireland recently issued a circular regarding the above loans and has stated that they now wish to take a charge over the deeds of the home and the cost of this charge is to be borne by members of the Association . |
| 25 | Marcus ( 1990b ) reports that a group from IBM informally surveyed a number of parsers that claimed to be ‘ broad coverage ’ . |
| 26 | Biting the corner of her lip Benny haltingly told a tale of mythical blood tests . |
| 27 | Some people believe themselves addicted to sex ; lawyers in England recently convinced a jury that a teenage hacker was addicted to computing . |
| 28 | Describing himself as the only bishop born , ordained , and consecrated in Scotland , Ewing nonetheless found a solution to the troubles of the Episcopal Church in its future alignment with , or incorporation into , the Church of England . |
| 29 | Based on a solvent extraction plant in the Unilever oil mill at Erith , Minton deliberately adopted a style of drawing , physical and direct , that invites the viewer imaginatively to travel through and around the fantastical scene . |
| 30 | That is where , or so he had been told , Brighton still offered a whiff of the cosmopolitan , esoteric atmosphere of the Left Bank in Paris or a hint of Berlin 's former decadence . |