Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [verb] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mother and daughter in the Forest of Dean are writing to more than fifty prisoners in America … including convicted killers on death row . |
| 2 | British Airways says that alongside pursuing its own action , the company and chairman Lord King are planning to vigorously defend the defamation case brought by Virgin and Branson . |
| 3 | EQUIPMENT : Night Goblin Netters are armed with either nets or clubs . |
| 4 | The glaciers of the Valtellina are retreating by up to 7 cm a day . |
| 5 | Lifestyles copied from Miami and Fifth Avenue are enjoyed in closely guarded compounds well away from the misery of the slums . |
| 6 | Nor can Edward be blamed for not foreseeing the ends to which Gloucester might put his power . |
| 7 | Nor can Edward be blamed for not foreseeing the ends to which Gloucester might put his power . |
| 8 | Autocatalyst sales in the United States were affected by generally flat car sales although there was increased demand for light duty trucks , where our major customers have their largest market share . |
| 9 | Two goals from the irrepressible Andy Ritchie , his 13th and 14th this season , and a third by the 20-year-old midfield player Nick Henry , and Arsenal were sunk with only the trace of a last-minute goal by Quinn . |
| 10 | Owain Williams led a Bridgend drive from a line-out and when Newport were penalised for off-side a swiftly-taken tapped penalty and deft passing gave Gareth Thomas the space to round his man and score wide out . |
| 11 | Welshman Ian Woosnam would have joined them in second place but for a double bogey at the 17th for a 73 , while Scotland 's Colin Montgomerie is tucked in just behind after finishing four over par . |
| 12 | David is looking for somewhere to put his croquet club . |
| 13 | Not that Uttley was allowed to completely forget his rugby past — also competing is fellow ‘ crumbly ’ Andy Ripley who , after taking the Ergo up in recent months , almost overtook Uttley at a recent head-to-head in a London gymnasium . |
| 14 | In 1608 Evesham was referred to as both sculptor and painter . |
| 15 | Bernice was gazing at yet another painting in yet another curving corridor . |
| 16 | In its short life , Stox was staffed by very young salesmen , sometimes teenagers . |
| 17 | Mary Finnigan : ‘ It emerged that David was looking for somewhere to live . |
| 18 | In 1933 roughly 4,000 banks shut their doors , and the United States was left with only half as many as it had had in 1929 . |
| 19 | By this time CBR was originating at least half a dozen full-orchestra shows to the national network weekly and we were coming into ‘ the golden era ’ of Canadian radio network production . |
| 20 | Wilfred became a socialist and an Anglo-Catholic ; and Ronnie was driven by both his logic and his need for security into Roman Catholicism . |
| 21 | It was during this crisis that Gregory was criticized as not being a local : even a bishop who belonged to the episcopal dynasty of Tours could be portrayed by his own clergy as an outsider . |
| 22 | Therese was huddled in nearly every garment she possessed , slacks , jumpers , her shabby grey coat and the multicoloured shawl . |
| 23 | Early in September the four Thomas brothers were told to make ready for the journey home , where Ernest had to re-sit for his Teacher 's Certificate , and Edward was left with scarcely a month to reassure Helen of his faithfulness and to make his final preparations before beginning his historical studies with Owen M. Edwards . |
| 24 | With the reserves winning 2-1 at Falkirk to stay top of the Premier Reserve League , it was a good day all round for Hearts , though one disappointment for chairman Wallace Mercer was that the game at Tynecastle was watched by just over 7,000 . |
| 25 | The seizure of Oslo was delayed by only a few hours , just long enough for the king , his ministers and most of parliament — the collective personification of constitutional legitimacy — to evade capture . |
| 26 | Dr Tom Courtney was sentenced to just seven years for drugging and assaulting four young women at the London premises where he practised as a gynaecologist . |
| 27 | Courtney was sentenced to just seven years for drugging and assaulting four trusting young women at the Harley Street premises where he practised as a gynaecologist . |
| 28 | Mr Lang was accused of merely carrying out a public relations exercise , however . |
| 29 | Theodora wondered quite what point Miss Dersingham was making at so resembling presumably her mother 's style of dressing . |
| 30 | The Rosenthals and Godowskis are gone for ever . |