Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Regional Airlines : Established only this year , and operating from Jan Smuts with a former SAAF ‘ founding father ’ Dakota III 6871 ( on charge January 1944 , on to SAA in November 1953 and Namibair in 1978 ) ZS-DIW . |
2 | At Monza , he beat Jochen Rindt by a few feet and the championship was his , even though he did not win another race that season . |
3 | It was only a vote in the Commons at 11 p.m. that brought the evening to an end and then she returned to Downing Street for a few hours ' work on her boxes before turning in . |
4 | South Pole concentration of carbon dioxide lags behind that of Mauna Loa by a few ppm in any given year , consistent with the interpretation that most of the carbon dioxide is emitted in the northern hemisphere and that there is a time-lag in the mixing of the atmosphere between hemispheres . |
5 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
6 | I was taken prisoner of war at Saint Valerie for a few of my friends in from Edinburgh who were taken prisoner of war . |
7 | I am shortly to find out , for I am booked to fly out to the Falkland Islands in a few days ! |
8 | No but I did say about it Lester Piggott on a few weeks ago . |
9 | Seems she 's been seeing Mr Marumba for a few months . |
10 | Most despise Mr Milosevic as a former communist , but find themselves agreeing with him on the Vance-Owen plan . |
11 | I 'd rather get Leeds tickets for it of course , but I 've a mate over from Norn Irn for a few days ( ex Larne and Crusaders player ) and he 's not a LUFC member . |
12 | Leith had a brief discussion with Robert Drewer on a few matters , collected up several files while she was at it , then went to her own office , where her assistant had just arrived . |
13 | One in the British Museum ( fig. 77 ) has been known since the eighteenth century and is called the Choiseul-Gouffier Apollo after a former owner . |
14 | Though serial numbers were issued to the Joyces , the identity books were not , since the family protested that it intended to leave the country for the United States in a few more days . |
15 | This comment may have drawn attention to Mary Leapor for a few years . |
16 | Two manuscripts , containing poems and the prose Centuries , were purchased by W. T. Brooke for a few pence from two London book-barrows in the winter of 1896–7 , and were identified as Traherne 's by Bertram Dobell [ q.v . ] . |
17 | The train stopped at Spean Bridge for a few moments , the platform was almost deserted . |
18 | She had Dreamed Lord Roger as a former surgeon , still brooding because of his inability to save the life of his only child . |
19 | Milton , the provost believed , should write to the collector of customs to have him tell the threatened tide waiter that he was in no danger , and at the same time secure an order for Main to cross to West Lothian for a few days , around the time of the burgh elections , in order to get him out of the way , for the election of the deacon of the wrights would turn on this single vote . |
20 | THE Belfast Telegraph today obtained a copy of a letter from US President Bill Clinton to a former Congressman who arrives in Ireland tomorrow to campaign for a peace envoy to be sent to the province . |
21 | She spoke with Lord Furness for a few minutes , and then Lady Furness brought her over to see me . |
22 | Some of these sporting ‘ characters ’ play golf and appear with comedians such as Jimmy Tarbuck and Bruce Forsyth or actor Sean Connery for a few holes and a bit of friendly banter . |
23 | ‘ PhD STUDENTS will flock to Sri Lanka in a few years ’ time and write learned theses on the inappropriateness of high technology aid for poor countries ’ , predicts a Sri Lankan lawyer , Gamini Iriyagolle , a specialist on the Mahaweli Programme , one of the world 's biggest development schemes under way anywhere . |
24 | But Steve had gone off with Maria Luisa for a few days and he was n't thinking about work , that was for sure , and she had n't her freedom anyway ! |
25 | Caerphilly , he suggests , is a bit like Bishop Auckland ( Bishop Auckland with a few more chip shops ) but the outlying villages belong , uniquely , to the Valleys . |
26 | We hope to rejoin Nick Harris in a few minutes , we hope he 's able to speak with manager , Brian Horton or perhaps one or two of the players . |
27 | Living with his mother Kiefer stayed in Los Angeles for a few years before moving back to Bridgewater Canada . |
28 | The charges follow the death of 21 year old student , Henry Skelton after an all night drink and drugs party on December 2nd . |
29 | The breakthrough came in 1980 , when we received a copy of a letter to Michael Heseltine from a former Labour minister who had been responsible for historic buildings under the previous government . |
30 | Oswaldston 's going to be living off Walter Machin for a few years . ’ |