Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kept apologising to Nellie and swearing undying devotion to her . |
| 2 | Andrew Kennedy , the Essex Under-17 hockey captain , hit powerfully ( 61 in 64 balls ) , in a drawn match against Berkhamsted and showed some promise as a seamer . |
| 3 | You may want this , and choose coral gravel or crushed shell — but you may be keeping Neon Tetras or Discus and need hardness-free gravel . |
| 4 | As the Government are allegedly concerned about the appalling human rights record , why do they sell frigates , aircraft , missiles and armoured cars to Indonesia and provide military training for Indonesian troops ? |
| 5 | The sculpture , created by Irena Adams and featuring giant bat shapes , was built to demonstrate bricks specially designed to accommodate the furry flying mammals in buildings . |
| 6 | Former Stockton scrum half Barry Corbett and fly half Glynn Armstrong replace the injured duo . |
| 7 | You can look across the Rio Grande river in Texas and see American-owned factories , deregulated and non-unionised , on the Mexican side . |
| 8 | All golf and gin and bridge and cars and the right accent and the right money and having been to the right school and hating the arts ( the theatre being a pantomime at Christmas and ‘ Hay Fever ’ by the Town Rep Picasso and Bartók dirty words unless you wanted to get a laugh ) . |
| 9 | The British bombardment on the Somme began on 24 June ( the infantry attack went in on 1 July ) and on that same day Falkenhayn stopped the massive flow of ammunition to Verdun and cancelled all reinforcements . |
| 10 | I went to the top of Ludgate Hill and watched exhausted men being carried out of the Old Bailey , then down side streets to where the steeple of St Bride 's church was tottering and the bells had gone crashing down minutes previously . |
| 11 | The off-licence was empty except for two drop-outs buying canned beer : the proprietor contrived to address Scarlet and Constance without once taking his eyes off his other customers , not even as he wrapped a bottle of Smirnoff and extracted six cans of Long Life from under the glass counter . |
| 12 | However , the island remains very much a part of Portugal and receives annual funds from the central government . |
| 13 | Channel 4's Have I Got News For You team , headed by Angus Deayton and starring Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and comedian Paul Merton , mercilessly ridiculed anyone . |
| 14 | Bogged down in Mexico and denied any support from Britain , Napoleon III had been unable to exercise any influence during the war which Prussia had forced on Denmark in 1864 and Bismarck was determined that there should also be no interference in the war which he now planned with Austria . |
| 15 | The area I visited , Geurrero State , is in the south-west coastal area of Mexico and includes that idyll of jet-setters — Acapulco . |
| 16 | As part of the evolving role of the regions of Europe , we will establish a Scottish representative office in Brussels and seek appropriate representation for the Scottish Parliament in European institutions . |
| 17 | Jed looked across at Creed and saw that Creed was already staring at him . |
| 18 | DES proposals for a national curriculum , the growth of categorical funding by the DES and MSC in priority areas specified by central government , the dismantling of the Burnham Committee on teachers ' pay , and changes in the control of polytechnics and colleges of higher education are all moves designed to reduce the power of the LEAs and increase central control . |
| 19 | ‘ You may remember , Benjamin , I worked with Falconer and obtained that name ? |
| 20 | He is married to Andrea and has three children , Diane , Stephen and Sarah , and one grandson . |
| 21 | ‘ Go home with Lucy and get some rest , and do n't worry your pretty head about the business , ’ her father added with a slightly guilty air , as if suddenly recalling her convalescent status . |
| 22 | Previous verbosely titled flops had been Oh Dad , Poor Dad , Mamma 's Hung You in the Closet and I 'm Feelin' So Sad ( which also had Barbara Harris in it ) and Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness ? |
| 23 | Recent tests by Rover have shown that , on the four cylinder car engines not designed to run lead free , valve seat regression still occurs when using Carbonflo and lead free fuel . |
| 24 | The strongest motivation for inscribing multilateralism in the new world order came from the United States and had definite implications for the UK . |
| 25 | Some musicians stayed over in the States and opened Hawaiian music schools , plus there were dozens of mail-order courses — it just dispersed like magic . |
| 26 | GERALD 'S wife is understandably miffed when she arrives home in London earlier than planned from a trip back to the States and finds another woman 's underwear in their bedroom . |
| 27 | The European problem was not to oppose the American proposal adamantly , but to find some compromise that would both satisfy the United States and assuage European fears of a revitalised German militarism . |
| 28 | Afterwards he went to the United States and obtained three degrees , the most prestigious being a doctorate from Princeton awarded in 1910 . |
| 29 | In Isis is James Annan , who hails from Ayr and attended non-rowing Edinburgh Academy . |
| 30 | The Committee continued to monitor the development of CPD and sought more resources to enable the regions to offer a service to members . |