Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Tony then joined men 's captain David Havelock in a doubles and the Bourne paid managed to beat the Parun/Knight pairing in a lively and hard-fought match .
2 A win over British No. 17 , Katie Ricket in a ratings tournament at Alfreton in May , confirmed her rapid progress .
3 The 23-year-old who lives at Sychdyn , near Mold , graduated this year from the University College of North Wales with an honours degree in geological oceanography .
4 In the 1980s , the families stepped aside in favour of Shaw , who took square old Mr Cube on an acquisitions binge , bloating its gearing levels to 230 per cent at one point , but setting the business on course to exploit the booming market for low-calorie diet foods .
5 Americans , with no colonial history in the Middle East , tend to see the war against Mr Hussein as a police action against an international thug .
6 The Bath fly-half partners Wales scrum-half Robert Jones in a Barbarians line-up bristling with talent , but edged with steel .
7 By most measures Meadowell is the worst council estate in Britain , and probably the most notorious since the riots last September , which followed the deaths of joyriders Colin Atkins and Dale Robson in a police chase .
8 So a male companion and I drove up to the starting point in Glen Lyon , a few miles east of Bridge of Balgie where a bridge crosses the River Lyon to a cattle farm .
9 A German captain , interviewed off Larak Island by a Times correspondent , acknowledged the risks involved but went on to point out that ‘ the money is good and the contract is only six months ’ .
10 Jagger and Carla were introduced by ex-boyfriend rocker Eric Clapton at a Stones concert in America .
11 I treasure a torn and spotted letter , valueless from the autograph point of view , dating from the late eighteenth century and endorsed on the back ‘ This Letter was found by Lord Lewisham in a Haberdashers Shop . ’
12 well what in actual fact happened , it 's not easy to get Terry Wogan at a moments notice to come and sit down , what in actual fact happens is that we draw up exactly what it is , that , that he would be saying and what the answer will be , he sees that and it 's totally approved , understandably he 's not gon na put his name to anything that he does n't believe is , is correct and that is how it 's done and
13 Regional programming sees the return of dumped ITV soccer pundits Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves on a sports debate programme .
14 The Cookie Monster 's colleague , Big Bird , was later seen at Mrs Major 's neighbour Mrs Rosemary Lamont for a children 's charity event .
15 LONDON Region staff who performed to an exceptionally high standard last year were guests of Local Director John Bell at an awards dinner at The Dorchester .
16 POLICE last night named a man they want to quiz in connection with the murder of Michael Huntington at a nurses ' home party 11 days ago .
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