Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could restrict the list of prospective bidders and push Ferranti down a distress sale path . |
| 2 | From an old book of local walks I read of a route up the Remarkables , the jagged range of peaks which overshadow Queenstown across the lake , and which rise to nearly 8,000 feet . |
| 3 | Give me about ten minutes , then bring Isabel into the hall , will you ? ’ |
| 4 | LIVINGSTON can move into second place behind City of Edinburgh in the Scottish Women 's League first division when they host Dundee at the Forum tomorrow in a repeat of last Sunday 's Scottish Cup final , writes Sandy Sutherland . |
| 5 | In Yule 's book , a reporter comments that if you interview Puttnam on a day when he is depressed , you will hear all about it . |
| 6 | ‘ Forget Dana for a moment — she 's not important , ’ Roman said urgently . |
| 7 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 8 | The most senior candidate , Adam Matthews , 16 , of the Socialist Labour Party , said his party would abolish the Queen , generals and public schools , put the Royal Family out to work as wardens in nature parks , and prosecute Arsenal under the Trade Descriptions Act for calling themselves a football team . |
| 9 | ‘ We want May for the villa , ’ Elinor interrupted . |
| 10 | Seduce Eve to the apple . |
| 11 | Said Granada 's Controller of Sport Paul Doherty : ‘ I told the ITV lawyers that I consider this unfair restriction of trade and I want ITV as a body to challenge it in the courts . |
| 12 | Piggott had replaced McHargue , then sitting out a suspension , on Commanche Run in the Gordon Stakes at Goodwood , which he won by a very wide margin ; and though the stable jockey was back on board for the colt 's victory in the March Stakes on the same course , his preparation race for the St Leger , Commanche Run 's owner Ivan Allan , claiming ‘ There 's only one St Leger and only one Lester , ’ insisted that his close friend Piggott replace McHargue for the Classic . |
| 13 | they base Mrs as the villain of the peace . |
| 14 | Huw Lloyd for the health authority . |
| 15 | Throughout the day the Hours of the Virgin celebrate Mary as the instrument of the Incarnation and intercessor for man with God but they also incorporate into this a daily memorial of Christ 's Passion in the appropriate verses of the hymn Patris Sapientia at each Canonical Hour . |
| 16 | For example , we encounter Galileo as a bit-player who corresponded with Lodovico Cigoli over his lunar and sunspot observations . |
| 17 | What he was saying made sense in some respects but she would never , ever forgive Lizzy for the charade of the last eighteen months . |
| 18 | They have been so successful that from an initial yearly production of about 250 tons during the middle forties these rice fields now yield 145,000 tons a year and supply France with the whole of her rice requirements . |
| 19 | Amy Rimmer of the 5th Eastham ( St Mary 's ) Pack takes her turn at the wheel of the Mersey ferry Woodchurch during a Pack outing . |
| 20 | Risky sex or dirty needles send HIV into the blood . |
| 21 | Hewlett Packard have a working agreement with Compugraphic which has already led to that company 's typesetters being able to understand PCL and HP 's printers being able to accept Compugraphic 's fonts — they also provide PostScript as an option . |
| 22 | No , I want James in the front today . |
| 23 | I want James in the front today because the buggy is easier to tip up with the lightest one in the front . |
| 24 | Grant saw Jim Miller grab Louise by the hand and turn away , pulling her after him . |
| 25 | I let two more minutes pass then tap Des on the shoulder . |
| 26 | Those of us who display Buddha in the drawing-room are not necessarily Buddhists . |
| 27 | I phoned up put Maggie on t' phone , told her sa tell her what this bloke had said and , they said , just a minute , that they 'll get in touch wi insurance and phone us back . |
| 28 | The girls move away , but I stop Heather near the door , seize her right ear and twist it . |
| 29 | Def Leppard on every page , with a free pull-out on Mott The Hoople |
| 30 | Lancashire Constabulary positioned a replica police Range Rover at the side of the M55 yesterday as part of an experiment aimed at cutting road deaths resulting from excessive speeding . |