Example sentences of "[noun prp] with a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any budding Napoleon with a few hours to spare — or a few days , for some games — can choose from titles such as ‘ Butcher of Baghdad ’ , ‘ Gulf Strike ’ and ‘ Line in the Sand ’ . |
| 2 | Mansell said he would go to Phoenix with an open mind . |
| 3 | Oh , I loved Dr. Mac 's pictures " She looked at the Spencer with a marked lack of enthusiasm . |
| 4 | One can also add that St Paul , who plumbs the depths of desolation but also knows the heights of consolation and joy , provided Montini with a practical spirituality that kept him going throughout his long ‘ hidden life ’ in the Secretariat of State ( 1925–54 ) , his pastoral ministry in Milan ( 1955–63 ) and finally , his Petrine ministry . |
| 5 | H. duplicata is a widespread species recorded from the West Indies , Bay of Biscay to off North Africa , and from the East Pacific off Colombia and Ecuador with a bathymetric range of 125–2870 m . |
| 6 | In the west from off the east coast of the United States at depths of 2452–3659 m ; in the east from the Rockall Trough , the Porcupine Sea Bight , the Bay of Biscay and off Portugal with a bathymetric range of 1560–3548 m . |
| 7 | We passed by , and on to Dawlish with a superb birds ' eye view of Powderham Castle , the tourists already arriving to stroll the grounds . |
| 8 | Lower Thames Street , east London ; originally built in the thirteenth century , destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 , and rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren with a square tower crowned by a cupola and a short spire . |
| 9 | This made for a softer , more innocent and ingenuous ‘ Dora ’ , but perhaps what was needed was a slightly sharper , more bristly Dora with a hidden vulnerability , which came more naturally when I gave her a North London accent … |
| 10 | It is likely to be introduced next Tuesday with a second reading pencilled in for 22 March . |
| 11 | Mr George Bartlett QC opened the case for the National Grid Company at the inquiry in Northallerton on Tuesday with a detailed explanation of why upgrading of the present electricity network was needed . |
| 12 | Wheat and cattle existed side by side in the Weald with a wide variety of local wood-based industries . |
| 13 | William de Casingham fled to the denser Weald with a thousand men , emerging to harry the French until the Earl Marshal could muster enough support to drive the invaders out in 1217 . |
| 14 | A report in the Middle East Economic Digest of April 19 , citing a recent edition of a London Arabic language daily Asharq Alawsat , claimed that the Soviet Union would not fulfil promises made in early 1991 to provide Syria with a large consignment of weapons . |
| 15 | Israel presented Syria with a fresh draft discussion document when the talks resumed on Sept. 14 . |
| 16 | McPherson 's lay-off found McCall with an unobstructed view of goal but the final attempt was too delicate and Verlinden saved easily . |
| 17 | Protesting her innocence , she was taken in a police van from Heathrow to a police station , near the flat where Gemma was found alone after Ms Gibson left for the Costa del Sol with a male friend . |
| 18 | Before going north to meet the French King , Henry had left Poitou in the hands of Queen Eleanor with an experienced commander , Earl Patrick of Salisbury , at her side as her military adviser . |
| 19 | Beattie easily got the better of Kevin Schwantz on the second lap , leaving the Lucky Strike Suzuki rider from Texas with a tough job to keep his own team-mate Doug Chandler at bay . |
| 20 | On 23 October 1642 , the Army of Parliament commanded by Robert Devereaux , 3rd Earl of Essex , clashed at Edge Hill with a Royalist Army commanded by King Charles I. Thirty thousand Englishmen fought this , the first major battle of the English Civil Wars . |
| 21 | Pilot 's Pals have also marked the closure of RAF Biggin Hill with a commemorative beaker in fine bone china with detailing in 22 carat gold in a limited run of only 1,000 , just £24 inc p&p — SAE/IRC for application form . |
| 22 | Right Said Fred tread a fine line between sex and seaside postcard humour ; they are the late Benny Hill with a personal fitness instructor , somewhere between gay disco and Club 18–30. and ‘ I 'm Too sexy ’ is a great record , not least because it 's a piss-take of people who fancy themselves sung by people who fancy themselves . |
| 23 | If the patient reader is not surfeited by all this playing with numbers he may be entertained by a calculation of the " expenditure " of a vote originally given to Paisley with a second preference for Bill Craig and a third for some other candidate . |
| 24 | Traditional Paisley with a gutsy edge , £32.50 |
| 25 | Let us return to the PCBCR with a direct quote from the first Parliamentary Bill drawn up . |
| 26 | Donkey Lane is a path , about 600 m. in length , which links the residential area of Currie with a minor road leading to Hermiston and the campus of Heriot Watt University . |
| 27 | Edward now moved north-east , but heard that Philip was at Rouen with a large force . |
| 28 | ENGLAND 's triumphant Dunhill Cup golfers left Colin Montgomerie with a distinct feeling of deja vu in Morocco yesterday . |
| 29 | An RB with an overseas office must comply with the Overseas Practice Rules in respect of that office . |
| 30 | At a press conference on Nov. 16 Li Peng announced that China would provide Pakistan with a 300,000 kw nuclear power plant . |