Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without doubt , Anne Bancroft emerged as your shining example of growing old gracefully , with Judi Dench following in second place and Diana Rigg a close third . |
| 2 | Clifford Geertz follows with a luminous sketch of anthropological psychology , while Richard Gregory gallops in third with his now familiar but lively inferences from illusions . |
| 3 | The visit lasted over an hour during which time Neil Kinnock experienced at first hand what carpet manufacturing was all about . |
| 4 | Alexander Peden died on 28th January , 1686 . |
| 5 | He took to the front on the second lap and left Dave Milling , Woolsey Coulter , Phillip McCallen and Alan Irwin to go for second best . |
| 6 | He continued to urge Canterbury 's supremacy over York , and in the general settlement of 1107 , Archbishop Gerard promised at last to show him the same obedience as archbishop as he had owed as bishop of Hereford . |
| 7 | Mr Simon Heffer argued in last week 's Spectator that welfarism is once more coming to characterise the British , having been repulsed during the Thatcher years : ‘ The plaintive , dependent-relative voice of the something-for-nothing society , heard on almost every street in this campaign , was a little harder to find five years ago . ’ |
| 8 | As the mysterious man following Blackeyes , Nigel Planer speaks at last , though he has damn all to say . |
| 9 | On 12 May Macmillan arrived at Eighth Army headquarters at Treviso with his assistant Philip Broad at about 10.30 am . |
| 10 | A GOVERNMENT minister yesterday promised emergency cash aid to bail out areas of North Wales devastated by last week 's ‘ storm of the century . ’ |
| 11 | Mr Edgar refused at first , and Linton sent him several more letters . |
| 12 | The position , which Mr Cudbird assumes on 1st June , involves planning the future growth of the WHS high street chain , as well as co-ordinating the marketing strategies and physical development plans of the group 's UK retailing chains ( WHS Retail , Waterstones , Our Price Music , Our Price Video and Paperchase ) . |
| 13 | Main Street consists of 19th century cottages which back onto the river frontage and mid 20th century terraced houses on the other side . |
| 14 | The unfortunate incident meant Sonya was immediately out of the competition and paved the way for Vina Buller to come from third into first position after Caroline Sharp had also faults on cross country . |
| 15 | The then commanding officer of the reconnaissance unit recalled : ‘ The naval battle off Cape Matapan occurred on 28th . |
| 16 | He said Mr Lamont declared in last year 's Budget he had ‘ no need , no proposals and no plans either to raise or to extend the scope of VAT ’ . |
| 17 | The poem ‘ Futility ’ by Wilfred Owen seems at first glance to be simple and relatively straightforward , but , as with many of Owen 's poems , it is well structured and very clever . |
| 18 | EDDIE Irvine moved into second place in the All-Japan Formula 3000 championship with his first victory of the season at Suzuka yesterday . |
| 19 | branded the penalty , which resulting in Courtaulds InterSpray slipping from first to last position in the opening stages of leg three before clawing back places , ‘ draconian ’ and has lodged an objection . |
| 20 | The Phantom and Teardrop which Eddie Allen looked at last month were made by Paul Chandler in the USA . |
| 21 | Prince Charles calls for third world aid , population control |
| 22 | ‘ Let him be , ’ Uncle Nick said at last . |
| 23 | Jim Wagstaffe says at first he was shocked … and then delighted by the news that his wife was expecting . |
| 24 | A serious feminist critique of masculinity and male power was long overdue ; Lynne Segal has at last provided it . |
| 25 | ‘ You must be crazy , ’ Pietro Miletti said at last . |
| 26 | No idea of the nicest , but the nastiest was our January '91 cover with the words ‘ Jesus Jones Arrive At Last ’ — the words ‘ On The Front Of The NME ’ were conspicuously absent . |
| 27 | Which saint did Mrs Thatcher quote on first entering Downing Street as Prime Minister ? |
| 28 | It was not until the following Pentecost , in early summer , that Rosalba heard Tommaso Talvi had at last come back . |
| 29 | Adam Clark retired on 18th April . |
| 30 | He was followed by Hep Porter in Wagner Solution , Sitting Duck , and 1990 Gold race winner Jim Miller flew to third place in JM-2 No 14 Pushy Cat at 231.012mph . |