Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co and DEC got together at the Open Software Foundation 's Challenge'93 shindig in Boston last week to demonstrate their implementations of the Distributed Computing Environment . |
| 2 | East Grinstead got off to a great start with an 11th minute goal , but in spite of their pressure — they won ten penalty corners to Holywood 's none — they seldom troubled goalkeeper Kyle Thompson . |
| 3 | By nine that morning they were parked on a side-street off Tottenham Court Road , Bodie at the wheel of the Capri , Doyle slouched down in the passenger seat , idly , almost cursorily , watching the heavy flow of traffic up towards Warren Street . |
| 4 | She guessed Ben lived mostly in the kitchen , cooking neatly and painstakingly for himself . |
| 5 | " Dinner is served , Madam , " Twomey announced quietly from the doorway . |
| 6 | Ben got away to a really fast start and there was no heading him . |
| 7 | Ben got away to a lightning start and won in a blazing 10.06 seconds ; Chidi ( not going to Scotland ) was second , and I was some way back in third place with 10.32 seconds . |
| 8 | William gazed out of the window as they drove through what used to be called The Village and was now just another suburban shopping centre . |
| 9 | When Sarah got back to the attic bedroom in Newcastle Place the first thing she did was open the window , letting in damp , wintry air . |
| 10 | She loved the hot stews that Minton produced out of the oven when they returned from the pub . |
| 11 | Blair crept down to the bank whilst I rehearsed various reasons to explain why he had not caught the trout : lack of experience , bad casting technique . |
| 12 | Maggie was about to protest that talking to Roger and Luke did not qualify as lurking , but Roger made off with a bottle in each hand and Luke had vanished again . |
| 13 | As Mr Crump meandered away on a line his wife had drawn for him and in which he half-believed , John-Augustus recalled vividly a discussion he had overheard in the stable-yard earlier that morning . |
| 14 | Dan got up from the breakfast bar . |
| 15 | Cecilia got on to the platform . |
| 16 | WC apps : 1st time Costa Rica qualified early from the Concacaf play-offs , leaving the rest to fight it out among themselves . |
| 17 | Raul Gardini , then head of the family group , was battling for control of Enimont , a big chemical company which Montedison owned jointly with the Italian state . |
| 18 | Earlier she had listened intently as a statement by Cheshires commanding officer Lt Col Bob Stewart read out at the hearing told how L/Cpl Edwards ' killer had not been traced . |
| 19 | Kolchinsky was waiting in the foyer when Whitlock got back to the hotel . |
| 20 | William lived on for a further 16 years after that , into the reign of George V and the First World War . |
| 21 | In the 100 metres Allan got away to a fine start , I came through fast at the end , there was a photo-finish between us and he got the verdict . |
| 22 | Allan got away to the best start and led for the opening thirty metres ( the commentators were going berserk ! ) . |
| 23 | Philippa got up from the chair she had brought into the kitchen , went to take the cloth from Lee 's lap , decided against it , and started to wipe up the insidious liquid with tissues . |
| 24 | Cardiff attacked gamely in the final quarter and scored a late try through Jeffreys . |
| 25 | Hun Sen sold out to the Vietnamese , and is now selling out to Thai businessmen as well , it says . |
| 26 | Tony Rickardsson cruised through to the Nordic Final stage of the World Championship when he finished third in the three-leg Swedish heats last week . |
| 27 | Though outnumbered the Nez Perce fought valiantly in a gallant but vain attempt to reach Canada and to find sanctuary . |
| 28 | The robbers described as Afro- Caribbean made off with an unspecified amount in cash and jewels . |
| 29 | ‘ Go for the girl , ’ ordered Randy Sherwood , as South Sussex rode on to the field . |
| 30 | Following their Olympic collision in the 3,000 metres , Decker Slaney tumbled out of the race in tears and Budd-Pieterse — running for Britain — finished seventh . |