Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't need to read the manufacturer 's name to recognise the sleek lines of a Bang and Olufsen television and VCR or its matching hi-fi and CD player stacked on a long , low teak drawer-unit . |
| 2 | The ability to read and write was confined to churchmen ( this was common throughout the whole of northern Europe ) , not even William or his Norman Barons were able to read , so William appointed Lanfranc as Archbishop of Canterbury and he set up a diocesan pattern which endured and encouraged the growth of ecclesiastical courts of law and a succession of ‘ clerks ’ who became the forerunners of the civil servants . |
| 3 | Blade Star is famous for her enormous breasts which she displayed while stripping , her affair with the Governor of Tennessee or her enormous feet ? |
| 4 | Holidays spent in Swindon or Wales , a time of freedom from the severities of classroom timetables and disciplines , gave opportunities for naturalistic pursuits in a setting more favourable even than the widening circle of his weekend and holiday explorations of London and Surrey commons with Arthur Hardy or his own brothers , themselves an essential escape from domesticity , homework and discipline . |
| 5 | One of these writers , the poet Hölderlin , claims our particular attention here for the new attitude towards Germany that his commitment to the Greek ideal entails — and also for his intuitive awareness of a greater complexity underlying " the spirit of Greece " than Winckelmann or his immediate successors had been able to recognize . |
| 6 | The accord , formally entitled the " Agreement on Reconciliation , Non-aggression , and Exchanges and Co-operation between the South and the North " , was signed on Dec. 13 , by South Korean Prime Minister Chung Won Shik and his Northern counterpart Yon Hyong Muk . |
| 7 | Then she thought of Miss Clinton , and of her daddy and his white face as he ran to the car to chase Miss Clinton — and of poor Aunt Nellie and her scared eyes when she realised what she 'd done . |
| 8 | There was no sign of Pinky and his razor-wielding gang : Joshua supposed that Graham Greene had drawn his inspiration not so much from Hove as from Kemp Town , where smelly pubs and mean little houses cluster under railway arches , and supermarket mums push twins in Siamese prams . |
| 9 | For roughly £2 million ( little more than the cost of one Falkland islander ) the British government can preserve both Henderson , Pitcairn and its own reputation for colonial fair play . |
| 10 | But somehow it was the Celtic team of the '70s and particularly their manager Jock Stein and his Italian darling Lou Macari who fashioned the most memorable images of betting . |
| 11 | The hotel is of a very high standard for its grade and is highly recommended — particularly for the care and attention paid to all the guests by the owners Leo and Bert and their small staff . |
| 12 | Jeff and his big mouth ! |
| 13 | A world that had hoped for the old uprightness , not for the collective cowardice of Colonel John Stephenson and his spineless masters on the International Cricket Council . |
| 14 | In the '70s great play was made of his love affair with the former Miss World Mary Stavin and his brief flirtation with Karen Berlinski , one half of an appalling Euro disco duo who briefly graced the German hit parade . |
| 15 | Aoun and his two colleagues , Gen. Issam Abu Jamrah and Gen. Adgar Ma'luf , were subsequently given a special pardon by President Elias Hrawi . |
| 16 | , Johann Christian ( 1735–1782 ) , composer , was born 5 September 1735 in Leipzig , the sixth and youngest son and the eleventh of the thirteen children of Johann Sebastian Bach and his second wife Anna Magdalena , daughter of Johann Caspar Wilcke , court trumpeter . |
| 17 | Coke 's juridical ideas lived on through Hale and Mansfield and his political ideas filter through the work of Blackstone and Burke . |
| 18 | Above left : Andy Cannon , Diane Walker and their young pupils . |
| 19 | However , finally I 'm cosily ensconced with the affable Mr. Adams and his excellent lead guitarist ( linchpin of the Dudes of Leisure ) Keith Scott , and the talk turns to tunes … |
| 20 | I watch what Emilio and our 10-year-old son Nayib eat , too . |
| 21 | These makers can now be identified as Jean and his two sons , Martin and Jean fils aîné . |
| 22 | But it had to be called off after a police blunder led to Dennis and his alleged victim coming face-to-face with each other before the parade . |
| 23 | The historians who have taken this line have identified Eleanor and her eldest daughter , Marie , Countess of Champagne ( 1140–98 ) , as the outstanding patrons of this dangerous movement . |
| 24 | Count Raymond came to him privately and told him that Eleanor and his other sons were also plotting against him . |
| 25 | I watched Gaveston and his meddling tricks . |
| 26 | Erbani , Lorieux and Carminati in the pack are no strangers to the international arena with 75 caps between them , but Fouroux and his assistant coach Daniel Dubroca hope that the French will show willingness and enthusiasm for battle and put behind them the inept and inexplicable performance witnessed at Strasbourg . |
| 27 | Being surrounded by sea on three sides , Wales has a far higher proportion of lower lying land than the Auvergne and its high upland or mountain areas are far less extensive . |
| 28 | In the middle house were Mrs. Cotton and her middle-aged son Fred who was , to use a Wiltshire expression , ‘ a bit light in the top storey . ’ |
| 29 | Wally will , of course , live on in our hearts and minds , thanks to his continuing adventures on our Saturday Morning cartoon show Wally and His Whalesome Pals , and his smiling face will still appear on the packets of Wally 's Whalefood , the popular krill-based breakfast cereal . |
| 30 | She has her own home in Mossley Hill and her 20-year-old son Neil calls around to visit her regularly . |