Example sentences of "a [adv] [verb] [noun prp] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowhere was this clearer than in Vietnam , where the legacy of the Kennedy era was a vastly expanded United States commitment ( pp. 95–100 ) . |
| 2 | A widely publicised New York Times report of March 9 , 1989 , quoted " official US and Swiss sources ' expressing their governments ' concerns about the development of a chemical plant at the Abu Zaabal military-industrial complex near Cairo , the Egyptian capital . |
| 3 | A bitterly disappointed Mr Campbell blamed his defeat on transfers from Sinn Fein to the SDLP , and claimed the recent joint statement by John Hume and Gerry Adams had helped ‘ solidify ’ the nationalist vote . |
| 4 | The Front 's formation the previous spring had been backed by Ferlinghetti , Rexroth , Bill Graham — whose role as a rock promoter around the Filmore ballroom was just emerging and Ralph J. Gleason , then a little known San Francisco Chronicle columnist , later one of the main inspirations , and writers on Jann Wenner 's Rolling Stone , just a year away from its first edition . |
| 5 | But what is most striking is that by adopting the voice of the Psalm , Herbert is also adopting the voice of a king ( and a shepherd ) as the Psalm was presented as being authored by a divinely inspired King David . |
| 6 | I thus made my way as quietly as possible to a position from which I could execute such a march , and clutching my implements firmly about me , succeeded in propelling myself through the doorway and several paces down the corridor before a somewhat astonished Miss Kenton could recover her wits . |
| 7 | Using a specially devised PN EU ( Parents National Educational Union ) course she tried teaching Emma herself at home all morning . |
| 8 | A specially woven Chlidema Wilton with a border of bows and delicate flower tracery , formed an inviting centre on which visitors could freely circulate . |
| 9 | They soon form their own production company while Chaplin mixes with Tinseltown 's glitterati , including Kevin Kline as a suitably swashbuckling Douglas Fairbanks . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you and good luck to Jack Mason tomorrow , ’ said a slightly flustered Stewart Hart . |
| 11 | With a delicate sniff in the direction of a slightly cowed Hester Davis , Mrs Stych enrolled herself as a sleuth in search of an author . |
| 12 | Category one was won by Airlie Anderson with a storming 144 , second place was taken by a nearly fit Neil Cooper with D. Jones coming in third . |
| 13 | A similarly specified Dan ISA machine with a cached IDE drive would go for around half that price . |
| 14 | World No 1 Monica Seles began her bid for a third consecutive title by crushing a hopelessly outclassed Nathalie Tauziat 6–1 , 6–2 . |
| 15 | A coarsely knotted Mori Bokhara or Indo Mir , for example , can be perfectly acceptable provided that is inferior quality is reflected in the price . |
| 16 | While Montgomerie radiated confidence and respect for the course , it was a typically down-beat Sandy Lyle who prepared to re-acquaint himself with the course where he made his U.S. Open debut in 1980 . |
| 17 | Example 1 is the hook riff from a well known Huey Lewis tune from a few years back . |
| 18 | ‘ Some Friendly ’ , a neatly produced Chris Nagal run through The Charlatans ' current set , carries on — albeit in a tad more linear manner — from where the singles left off . |
| 19 | ‘ Some Friendly ’ , a neatly produced Chris Nagal run through The Charlatans ' current set , carries on — albeit in a tad more linear manner — from where the singles left off . |
| 20 | Stephen , a softly spoken Mike Tyson lookalike , had kicked someone into a coma , Michelle was serving an indefinite life sentence for torching her victim , Tony tried to blow up his father and Lizzie was in for armed robbery . |
| 21 | A visibly overcome Mr Major said simply : ‘ We won . ’ |
| 22 | Of the Italian drawings , a newly discovered Perino del Vaga pen and wash study of ‘ Psyche borne on a litter to her marriage festivities ’ , a study for a fresco at the Castel Sant' Angelo , Rome , sold for $34,000 ( £21,250 ; est. $20,000–25,000 ) ; a rare Guercino oiled charcoal academie of a male nude was sold under estimate for $100,000 ( £62,500 ; est. $120,000–150,000 ) ; and the badly-faded Domenico Tiepolo ‘ Scene of Execution ’ made a remarkable $72,500 ( £45,300 ; est. $40,000–60,000 ) . |
| 23 | PERFORMANCE ART / The art of performance : Dalya Alberge talks to a newly installed Derek Jarman … |
| 24 | The children at school mercilessly bully Elenya , her aunt keeps her skivvying day and night , she yearns for her missing father and her best friend Sidney , a podgily dim Iago Wynn Jones , is eventually forced to abandon her . |
| 25 | Diana waited outside the main entrance of Great Ormond Street holding a clutch of excited little hands for a good five minutes before the Wishing Well song , which pop star Boy George had specially recorded for the appeal , struck up ; and then Father Christmas , in the shape of a heavily disguised Jimmy Tarbuck , juddered round the corner on his sleigh , pulled by two little white ponies . |
| 26 | OSHKOSH 92 had to be seen to be believed , it was everything that any aviation enthusiast could ever hope for , a unique mix of every form of aviation on this planet , from a USAF KC–135 that performed fly-bys to the Experimental Aircraft Association 's Ryan NYP monoplane Spirit of St Louis replica , from a privately owned NDN–1T Firecracker N2157C ( owned by Richard Slaney from Eugene , Oregon ) to a 1935 built Waco YMF–5 C–GIBF , and from the latest homebuild designs to a staggering collection of warbirds . |