Example sentences of "[adv prt] [noun prp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean if you go down Cornmarket in a normal summer , you can hardly hear anything but erm American voices , so it just shows that there is a vast potential there , but it 's getting them here . |
| 2 | Tippett turned down Auden as a possible collaborator . |
| 3 | British Airways agreed to take over Dan-Air for a nominal £1 ; the company will also assume Dan-Air 's liabilities , estimated at £35m . |
| 4 | They write off Ireland as a spent force , which in my experience is a foolish thing to do . |
| 5 | Ansah finished off Leicester with a superb goal . |
| 6 | The illusionism which conjures a complete and natural ( I would prefer apocalypticnatural ) city out of materials as unpromising as the colour yellow , also yields up Raskolnikov like a natural secretion , and this vouchsafing process encompasses and transcends the resources both of first- and third-person narrative . |
| 7 | Nicholas slipping and sidestepping deftly , set up Creaney for a close range shot which Hamilton one-handed , just turned round . |
| 8 | Seth scored 60 not out and then returned figures of 17–5–42–5 as Witham were reduced to 97 for six , setting up Sudbury for a 60-run success . |
| 9 | Lee Doherty set up Johnston for a right-wing cross and Gorman ghosted between two Bangor defenders to keep up his record of scoring in every round . |
| 10 | After their early opportunity Holland did not glimpse another scoring chance until eight minutes before half-time , when Kieft and Koeman combined to set up Berghuis for a hard , low cross which Taffarel could not hold . |
| 11 | That let off seemed to breathe relief back into the home side , and not for the first time this season the imposing physical presence of youngster Ferguson proved crucial with a deft header which set up Cleland for a fine angled finish from 15 yards for the leveller . |
| 12 | Jason Drysdale , the son of a former Hartlepool United defender , caught out Middlesbrough with a superb free-kick for David Holdsworth to score . |
| 13 | The Spirit marks out Stephen as a special vehicle of God when he refuses to remain restricted to the static categories of the temple and moves into broader pastures ( 6:3,5,10 , 7:55 ) . |
| 14 | After a dramatic ‘ slide rule ’ finish , Hampshire 's men edged out Yorkshire by a single rubber after three had tied on two group wins . |
| 15 | It was a hard , bloody fight lasting 3 hours and 16 minutes ( this time still stands as a world record for a championship fight ) before Burke knocked out Byrne with a tremendous punch , thus becoming recognised champion . |
| 16 | From this meeting they sent back Curzon with a formal resolution , urging Asquith 's immediate resignation , and saying that he must in any event accept and publish theirs . |
| 17 | Certainly mention of Cailliet and Bédé brings back Eliot to a familiar uniting of primitive and urban as , after stating that ‘ I myself would like an audience which could neither read nor write ’ , he recalls Sweeney Agonistes ( published in book form in December 1932 ) and speaks of the poet as ‘ something of a popular entertainer … having a part to play in society as worthy as that of the music-hall comedian ’ . |