Example sentences of "[noun prp] in a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The CAA inspector put his arm round Branson in an avuncular manner . |
| 32 | HOMELESS Stephen Grady — living with 11month-old daughter Heidi in an old car — faces being moved on tomorrow . |
| 33 | Then Buddie had slapped his thighs and bellowed with laughter as the biggest bin overturned and its slimy contents rushed towards Frankie in an oozing wave . |
| 34 | Martin Kemp is the handsome human and redeemable Reggie , goaded out of his shred of decency by his mad brother , who watches him murder McVitie in a terrifying frenzy of anger and brotherly affection , stabbing the inert body long after life has left it . |
| 35 | ( v ) Adhere the cells on to their glass coverslips by centrifuging them at 500 g for 10 min at 20-C in a HB-4 rotor of a Sorvall RC-5 centrifuge . |
| 36 | Juha Kankkunen recaptured the lead from compatriot Ari Vatanen in a hard-fought finish to yesterday 's second leg of the three-day 1,000 Lakes Rally in Finland . |
| 37 | ‘ Thank you , sir , ’ said Sergeant-Major Philpott in a clipped bark . |
| 38 | ‘ You 've been listening , ’ announced Ken in a pointed BBC accent , ‘ to an excerpt from Forever Amber . ’ |
| 39 | Then a short time ago she came to Edward in a great state . ’ |
| 40 | The sudden and catastrophic nature of the French defeat at Poitiers placed Edward in a powerful negotiating position , but in no way removed the difficulties that he would face in financing and sustaining the campaigns that would be necessary if negotiations with the French broke down . |
| 41 | Again , an analysis of the lesser offices of bailli , prévôt and constable ( of a castle ) between 1254 and 1307 reveals that at least sixty-one identifiable Gascon nobles held these offices , as against a mere nineteen English or Anglo-Normans , of whom ten were appointed by Simon de Montfort and the Lord Edward in a single year ( 1253–4 ) . |
| 42 | He had met Freud in a dark forest . |
| 43 | Other traditions claim she is a pale and beautiful young woman wearing a grey cloak and green gown , or a HAG in a winding sheet , though most often she is attired in loose white drapery , ‘ putting forward her mournful wail ’ with the coming of dusk . |
| 44 | This half-sister to Dante winner Alnasr Alwasheek showed plenty of promise behind Areciba in a warmly-contested Newbury maiden race last month . |
| 45 | Iran 's oil sales to the US and assets there were frozen by the Carter administration , whose later attempt to mount a Hollywood-style rescue ended in the desert at Tabas in an ignominious collision of aircraft . |
| 46 | The Eastern District also featured prominently among the appendices to the evidence , where there were several tables of information about selected Districts : the Eastern was a good choice for inclusion here because it embraced almost twice as many branches as any other District , it covered a distinctive part of the country and its relatively-high level of students ' and members ' financial contributions tended to show the WEA in a good light . |
| 47 | In 1947 , Tawney in his preface to The future in Adult Education , raised many of the post-war problems facing the WEA in a changing society . |
| 48 | Then he came to the difficulties faced by the WEA in a large town : |
| 49 | In 1982 , while under the influence of drugs and alcohol , he rolled his Mercedes in a 100 m.p.h. crash which he miraculously survived . |
| 50 | She is also rumoured to have turned her attention to acting , and is reportedly starring as Joan of Arc in a new film about the dangers involved when you get tied to a wooden stake with lots of sticks around it which is then deliberately set on fire by your political opponents . |
| 51 | And seeing Richard in a white coat . ’ |
| 52 | The young women had come downstairs and Dad , who had already had a skinful , addressed Molly in a jovial manner . |
| 53 | Alexandra came down the steps in her new green clothes , under which she had managed to put her old comfortable corset when Lyddy had left the room to polish her boots , wearing a smile that was partly triumph at her illicit comfort and partly the satisfaction of having taken five hens ' and four pullets ' eggs to Dora in a little rush basket that very morning . |
| 54 | I did see him you know — oh , I know he 's supposed to have been somewhere else , but his alibi might not be … anyway , I 'm sure he 's quite capable of it , ’ insisted Dora in a transparent attempt at self-justification . |
| 55 | ‘ Our chairman saw them beat Marseilles in a pre-season friendly , ’ says manager Roy Walker . |
| 56 | Inge stayed with the Robins family in Falmouth in a large house and had the benefits of a private tutor but she was homesick for Vienna . |
| 57 | Novelist , Andrew Field , claims to have discovered the lost chronicle of Edward de Vere in a hidden compartment of a desk in Chipping Norton , and he 's written a convincing novel round the supposed documents , supporting the theory that de Vere was a diplomat scholar and soldier beloved of Elizabeth the first , that he in fact , wrote the plays and the sonnets . |
| 58 | He waved it at Maisie in a threatening manner . |
| 59 | NEWCASTLE 'S Gavin Peacock is on course for his best goalscoring season after his 11th goal in 20 games killed off WATFORD in a 2–0 victory . |
| 60 | Standing stripped to the waist , cheered on by Redcoats in a packed arena of wooden chalets and Beachcomber bars , he won the body beautiful contest . |