Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Jason has been my boss for the last year , and as far as I was concerned a reasonably good one . |
| 32 | Following my disclosure in the last issue that escalating costs and reduced financial expectations had forced the United States Tennis Association to contemplate a major re-think of plans for the rebuilding of Flushing Meadow , I hear that the French Federation has also run into problems over the upgrading and expansion of Roland Garros . |
| 33 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |
| 34 | Encouraged by the finding of this tiny coin , I turned my attention to the second side of the pond and began the same operation along its full length . |
| 35 | My right to the first move at chess carries with it the duty to continue with the game , and so on . |
| 36 | Until , encouraged to repeat the achievement , she chooses as subject : My Town in the Third Reich . |
| 37 | I stayed in my room on the eighth floor for most of the day , just waiting . |
| 38 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 39 | I shake my head and trawl my spoon through the last of my soup . |
| 40 | Before he boarded the team coach for the Midlands , Ironside said : ‘ I never expected I would get my chance in the last game of the season . |
| 41 | Before he boarded the team coach for the Midlands , Ironside said : ‘ I never expected I would get my chance in the last game of the season . |
| 42 | To paddle around Laguna Chica enjoying the idle drift of time , the depth of natural silence ; to go and rest my head for a last time between the fifteen-foot-high buttresses of Big Tree … |
| 43 | of manufacturing jobs were lost in Barry in my constituency in the last Conservative recession , manufacturing growth is down 3.7 per cent . |
| 44 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
| 45 | Besides , I set my tale in the last century and not today , because that is a convention which readers like . ’ |
| 46 | Ian Jack , my guide for the next part of the trip , was waiting for me with his new vehicle . |
| 47 | As the most experienced grown-up , I had calculated I would hold my edge till the second day . |
| 48 | ‘ During one practice session , ’ writes Iain , ‘ I perpetrated the highest , latest and crudest tackle of my life on the first XI 's star player , a footballer of considerable skill . |
| 49 | I regard that day as determining the direction of my life for the next two years at least . |
| 50 | Of course I was in a fever to hear again , but as his regiment was sent back into the line , I did not have further word till April , when he responded to that phrase with the comment : ‘ I think you would consider that this lily has grown into rather a thistle … seriously , though , I 'm not the same little lad you last saw ; I feel so much older because of my life in the last year . ’ |
| 51 | I bided my timing till the last , then , Gypsy Rose Lee-like , flung off my good nap coat to reveal all . |
| 52 | From continually chasing my tail in the first month and being late for everything , and always being in trouble in varying degrees , punctuality became second nature . |
| 53 | With reference to your telephone conversation with my secretary on the 15th instant when you confirmed that you had completed your mortgage arrangements with Barclays Bank PLC , Bishops ' Stortford and that it was in order for me to deal with the draft Contract when it was received . |
| 54 | I would therefore be grateful if you could publish my address in the next issue of CONTACT . |
| 55 | I did have er upon my door from the last week in last term was a saying er , you know this one , I do n't know if you 've had this ? |
| 56 | I jammed one finger in my ear against the fourth circle of hell that had just broken loose . |
| 57 | Erm you already had , er , the opportunity to read my letter of the eighteenth of April er , circulated with the report and accounts , which fully explains the proposals being put forward and which are for firstly increasing the authorized share capital of the company creating two new classes of preference share er , renewing the board 's authority to allot shares renewing the board 's power to modify preemption rights authorizing the company to purchase its own er , ordinary shares reducing the company 's share capital by repaying the existing preference shares er , making certain amendments to the company 's employee share schemes increasing the aggregate sum available for directors ' fees and authorizing the company to issue summary financial statements . |
| 58 | The letter from the plaintiffs solicitors in respect of question of interest one causes , the letter of the twenty ninth of January of nineteen ninety two , asking Mr to confirm , that in addition to the settlement figure of forty two thousand pounds in respect of costs he 'd be paying interest until the date of payment , and er , there was never a mind that erm which find a reply to in , in thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two by Mr , there 's no unqualified agreement in figure of forty two thousand pounds , I do not wish to appear obstructive but your clients must recognise that there are effectively two issues to be resolved , namely the payment of their costs and the division of the parts of other property , surely in all parties interest that none of these are resolved , so it is surely in all party interest that those , those are resolved contemporary and then the letter goes on to dealing with questions of valuation , the bottom paragraph on page thirty two in the bundle says in answer to your letter therefore is that there is no agreement to pay interest , if there is then my client must be credited with interest on his costs , and then it says surgery and finally if ove if overall agreement can not be reached then my client reserves his rights on the issue of costs and I feel that this could lead to an acrimonious and protracted taxation , at the end of the day I suspect it would only be enforced the order for costs about taking a charge in my clients interest in the surgery premises , does that improve your clients position at all , as I say that was the position of the thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two and during the remainder of nineteen ninety two there were then further negotiations , some of them appeared to have been carried out er personally between er doctor and er doctor which seems to of been the partner , dealing with the plaintiffs position and er he says about his non negotiable offer at page forty one in the bundle apparently attached to a letter of the twenty first of December nineteen ninety two and er that had a time limit on , the twenty second of March , there was a reminder on the twenty second of February and erm the plaintiffs solicitors wrote on the fourteenth of April nineteen ninety three raising the question of costs erm say that erm we have now received your clients instructions , that they would be prepared to accept the sum of forty two thousand in respect of their standard basis costs which is inclusive of V A T and disbursements , you remember that our initial schedule of costs which I set part of my letter of the eighth of October total fifty thousand , nine hundred and ninety eight pounds , twenty six pence , in addition to this our client would require interest from the which is as of todays date at seven hundred and sixty days at seventeen pounds , twenty six a day totalling thirteen thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds , sixty , in the circumstances I look forward to receiving your clients cheque for the sum of fifty five thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds and sixty pence within the next seven days and then it says I believe you were certainly agreeing have been very patient concerning your clients costs , but now we wish these to be paid and that was responded to er Mr on the twenty second of April er but why he quite has not been directly involved in the conversation for some time and there was not reasonable expected response for seven days from him , er and then he goes on to say that although he appreciates his firm is still on the record , I shall seek instructions from my client , but it maybe he would wish to give notice of acting in person and indeed that is in fact what happened , what happened in this case . |
| 59 | My answer to the first part of his question is that in the few weeks that I have had my present portfolio , two or three times in public I have stated my firm belief that it is in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland , the police and the security forces — indeed , in the interests of all of us — that the law be applied even-handedly and that those responsible for applying the law should do so . |
| 60 | ‘ Meaning that I 'll need all my strength in the next few days . |