Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We need to control it Bea ; why should those fat cats get rich off our books ? ’ |
| 2 | Footnote for Davidson Room Team : – total for our books and records was £4179.81 . |
| 3 | More English wines are beginning to appear on wine lists as growers become increasingly professional about their production and marketing . |
| 4 | The royal commission on awards to inventors awarded him £12,000 in 1948 for his work on the bridge . |
| 5 | Mary Finnigan : ‘ We were extremely righteous about our drugs in those days . |
| 6 | It looked too frail for his hand . |
| 7 | Because on this occasion the fame seemed such a foregone conclusion , there was less talk than usual about its progress , which was a disappointment to those on our side who desperately wanted to be able to display modesty about their achievements . |
| 8 | THE DOCTOR : There 's something fundamentally absurd about your attributing reason to a lunatic . |
| 9 | In the five weeks since Perrier , a French bubbly-water company , was struck by a contamination scare , its competitors have been exquisitely polite about its travails . |
| 10 | He finished last of the Europeans , two behind David Feherty , who had a 70 for his best round of the tournament . |
| 11 | To Paul Dubrulle , a thirty-four-year-old French Jesuit serving as an infantry sergeant at Verdun , whose journals are outstanding for their un-embellished realism , it seemed as follows : |
| 12 | The Gazebo has an excellent menu and the elegant Pompadour Restaurant is outstanding for its haute cuisine . |
| 13 | His voyage was outstanding for his persistence and seamanship and in 1833 he was awarded the royal premium of the Royal Geographical Society . |
| 14 | A cheque for the amount outstanding for our services arrived yesterday . |
| 15 | Team Scotland 's Ten Pin bowlers were again rampant during their victory in a four team international last October . |
| 16 | I find them ‘ dead ’ in the ashtray or unlit between my fingers . |
| 17 | People appeared to be very small , and their voices were too loud for their size . |
| 18 | Northants made two hundred and twenty-four for eight off their sixty overs . |
| 19 | Nos. 34E and 55E were due for their annual inspection , servicing and relicensing , which took place on 15 and 27 July respectively . |
| 20 | Strangely enough , his announcement came just the day before Sir Richard Body 's press conference on his Pig Husbandry Bill , due for its second reading on 25 January . |
| 21 | Mr Clarke yesterday showed no sign of giving ground on the reforms set out in the National Health Service and Community Care Bill , due for its second reading in the Commons today . |
| 22 | It 's due for its MOT test . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , pressure groups are variously encouraging retailers to open on a Sunday or urging local authorities to prosecute the law breakers , and labour MP Ray Powell 's Private Member 's Bill ( supported by the Keep Sunday Special Campaign ) is due for its second reading on 22nd January . |
| 24 | It relates to the Education ( Schools ) Bill which is due for its Second Reading next Tuesday . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm due for my ride . ’ |
| 26 | Well when , the week before I 'm due for my period I 'm really really nasty , in |
| 27 | your due to , you know , you , you were due for your hip replacement . |
| 28 | It was hesitant about its role , and indeed divided within itself over doctrinal issues like the significance of the Resurrection , and over such indicators of change as the ordination of women . |
| 29 | ‘ And there is also ’ , the clerk said , ‘ two hundred and seventy-nine dollars owing for your calls , señor . ’ |
| 30 | Mrs Carson had been a little apprehensive about their visit . |