Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Bob is helping a dozen patients at Stoke Mandeville to prepare for a new independent life . |
2 | After I was at court I had to go back to Low Newton to wait for a few weeks before I could go to Styal prison . |
3 | FIFTEEN years ago few would have picked out the blue-collar Industrial National Bank of Rhode Island to emerge in the 1990s as the pre-eminent banking power in patrician New England . |
4 | There 's a story of a Hercules which left Ascension Island to go to the Falklands . |
5 | Teller did not succeed in attracting more than a handful of Oppenheimer 's brilliant team back to Los Alamos to work on the H-bomb . |
6 | Giggs ' goal was highlighted on Match of the Day , demonstrating uncanny reactions in taking advantage of Dean Austin 's stumble , slipping the ball through Jason Cundy 's legs and rounding keeper Ian Walker to shoot into a vacant net from an awkward angle . |
7 | As well as the four responsible for the Tate slayings , Manson also invited Family members Clem Gorgan and Leslie Van Houten to join in the fun . |
8 | It was Brainsby 's idea for Richard Branson to arrive at the inaugural press conference wearing a brown leather aviator 's helmet , à la Biggles , in an attempt to lend the launching of an international airline something of the savour of a Boys Own adventure . |
9 | Ray Ranson , United 's skipper , was booked for his protests , which were maintained by his team-mates when Blackburn won possession and Mark Atkins headed down for David Speedie to score with a half-volley . |
10 | He had reached the age when friends and companions were beginning to die around him , and in the spring of this year he composed memorial addresses for two of them : William Collin Brooks , who ten years before had encouraged Valerie Fletcher to apply for the post of Eliot 's secretary , and Father Eric Cheetham , who had " taken in " Eliot after the separation from Vivien . |
11 | ‘ MAGGIE ACTS ’ or ‘ MAGGIE STEPS IN ’ are familiar tabloid headlines as Mrs Thatcher convenes seminars of experts at Downing Street to cope with a pressing issue . |
12 | In the sixtieth minute he burst between Shepherd and Webb before drawing Shepherd before drawing Richardson from his goal to square the ball across the penalty area for Neil Owen to shoot into the empty net . |
13 | Senate set up a working party under Professor Furmston , Council asked consultants Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte to look at the matter , convocation set up an ad hoc working group to respond to the first two reports , and the Vice-Chancellor produced a report for Council which drew together the common threads in all three . |
14 | She advanced the opinion that the bird would n't last much longer , and recommended Miss Vine to think about the purchase of a new one . |
15 | The well-organised Russian rearguard should have been pierced five minutes into the second half when Michael Thomas found himself just six yards out , only for Dmitri Khlestov to clear off the line . |
16 | The last sentence was the cue for Miss Horsbrugh to announce to the House of Commons in April that the 10% Cut would be withdrawn and a Committee of Enquiry into adult education established instead . |
17 | Something urged Miss Logan to kneel before the pastor of Noah 's church ; but the presence and certain disapproval of Miss Fergusson , who dismissed as ‘ Romish ’ a large category of religious behaviour , prevented her . |
18 | The smart-money crowd is saying that the revised scoring — with every race counting for title points — is tailor-made for this French Ferrari driver , who now has a more-than-willing helper in Jean Alesi to look after the business of returning the Ferrari compliment to Senna and allowing Prost to go about his business unencumbered by Brazilians wishing to use his piece of road . |
19 | Despite our unsavoury choice of shipmates , our arrival was cause for celebration , and on the very first afternoon we were whisked away from Sinar Surya to stay in the comfort of the sultan 's guesthouse , which was far more impressive than anything we had seen in Makassar . |
20 | Rennie sat in the back of the car holding the pistol to Marita 's head and told her stepfather , Richard Loren to drive into the centre of Gloucester . |
21 | Northumberland had their outside-half Ian Chandler to thank for the late drop goal that led to a 13–11 victory over Alberta on a day when a freak Arctic airflow brought snow and near freezing temperatures to Calgary . |
22 | Greatly did the Cid rejoice when he saw him alive and sound , and he ordered his chains to be taken off ; and then he left Alvar Fañez to look to the spoil , and went into Valencia with a hundred knights . |
23 | With no Lamb and no Gower I can see the chance for England 's batting enigma Graeme Hick to go on the senior tour , even if he has not been offered a winter retainer contract . |
24 | Of course , I avoided so much work , going out to the bloody square on Tower Hill to gawk at the gore-drenched platform where the Great Ones of the land had their heads cut off . |
25 | Fletcher 's fine display may prove just too good for manager Ray McHale to ignore with the Seasiders desperate for a return to winning ways . |
26 | A nicely placed observer speculates that if Univel Inc , the Novell Inc/Unix System Labs joint venture , does well with the Destiny desktop operating system , that that will convince Novell chief Ray Noorda to go for a bigger piece of USL : he already owns the largest outside share . |
27 | So we 're looking for North Yorkshire to play to the same rules basically . |
28 | Later , a few thousand hardliners rallied on the other side of Red Square to call on the government to quit . |
29 | In 1899 he went to South Africa to report on the tensions in the Transvaal . |
30 | Even though she was more than ‘ three score years and ten , ’ she did not hesitate when asked to go to South Africa to help in the education of young Africans . |