Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I drew my session with Geoff to a rapid close . |
| 2 | I ca n't imagine I can only say that from my knowledge of Herefordshire as a Herefordian myself , I ca n't imagine for the life of me that there are seven thousand people locally who could remotely afford a thousand pounds per share . |
| 3 | Neither Salinger nor Ross knew of my role in Cyprus as a DIA agent , and I certainly did n't tell them . |
| 4 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 5 | ‘ My father and mother took my boys to Paris for a weekend recently just to buy them clothes , ’ says Louise . |
| 6 | I would n't mind selling my shares to Hansom for a bit more . |
| 7 | Massoud Barzani , leader of the Kurdish Democratic Party ( KDP ) and of the eight-member coalition of Kurdish opposition groups , the Kurdish Democratic Front ( KDF ) , secured agreement from Turkey and the UK at the end of February that allied aircraft would continue their protection of Kurdistan against a possible attack by Iraqi forces . |
| 8 | The Congress then signalled its support for Ryzhkov with a thunderous and sustained ovation . |
| 9 | It was Amanda who , beaming like a Cheshire cat , wiggled her fingers at Grunte in a familiar greeting and waved what looked like an autograph book in his direction . |
| 10 | Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time . |
| 11 | In doing so , he failed to appreciate the political impact on the British , who had put their faith in Skybolt as a way of maintaining the greatest measure of independence for their nuclear deterrent that was practicable at reasonable cost . |
| 12 | Two pensioners celebrate their wedding on Saturday at a top nightclub . |
| 13 | She went into the hall , glad of anything that would take her mind from Dana for a few minutes . |
| 14 | Mairi turned on her , focussing her fear onto Luch in a flood of complaint , scolding and slapping . |
| 15 | At times when the winds obliged , Torbay smacks sailed their catches to Portsmouth for a shorter van-haul to the capital . |
| 16 | PENSIONER Pearl Reed , 63 , got a letter at her home in Cambridge from a friend three miles away — 15 minutes after it was postmarked . |
| 17 | SOUTH AFRICA last night celebrated their return to England after a 23-year absence by naming five internationals to face the Midlands at Leicester tomorrow . |
| 18 | ‘ New Zealand will regard their match against Wigan as a ‘ fourth Test ’ . |
| 19 | W H Smith celebrated the 90th anniversary of its bookshop in Paris with a cocktail party on 22nd March , attended by Sir Christopher Mallaby , the British Ambassador to France . |
| 20 | Its hero has lost wife , mistress and even the cause he fights in , since the war against dictatorship lost most of its point for Waugh on a day in June 1941 when Hitler invaded Russia . |
| 21 | The most extraordinary of the group was bought by the V & A in 1986 ( after the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art had halted its departure from Britain to a collection in North America ) . |
| 22 | Insensitive Roman government provoked the Jewish revolts of ad 66 , 116 , and 132–5 , the last ending in their expulsion from Jerusalem and its transformation by Hadrian into a wholly Gentile city , Aelia ( Hadrian 's family name ) Capitolina ( because a shrine of Jupiter of the Capitol was built ) . |
| 23 | Once Ann had been helped to understand that she felt insecure in her relationship with Charles as a result of earlier experiences , she and Charles were then able to commit themselves to a contractual approach to problem-solving . |
| 24 | Melancia said that the Portuguese government handled its relations with China in a responsible way and would always strictly abide by the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration on the Macao issue . |
| 25 | Certainly she could not compete on anything like equal terms with Hilda Doolittle , the poet H.D. who , having mythologised her relations with Pound in a roman à clef many years ago , did it all over again just before her death in End to Torment , a supposed ‘ memoir ’ which people seem disposed to take literally , though in its scattiness it may well be as fictionalised as the novel had been . |
| 26 | The consequent unattractive quality of life led to a reappraisal of their commitment to Taiwan by a number of foreign companies . |
| 27 | Their key player is the fly-half Matthew McCarthy , who opened their scoring against Ampleforth with a penalty , and went on to make and then convert a try by Neil Ryan . |
| 28 | In 1985 his batting reached its peak at Taunton against a Warwickshire team who bowled and fielded well but who could not stop him making 322 , the highest first-class innings in England for thirty-six years ; after a slightly uncomfortable start , the second and third hundreds came off sixty-seven and sixty-three balls respectively , and only tiredness after a drive from Leeds the evening before caused his downfall . |
| 29 | Even now , and though the events of June triggered a brief period of reappraisal , the British still seem besotted by their vision of China as a billion-strong market for their goods and services — and either unaware , or unimpressed , that their exports to Hong Kong itself are currently worth three times as much as those to its northern neighbour . |
| 30 | At 8pm in the Central Library the Foyle Yarnspinners will be joined by their friends from Belfast for a night of gripping stories . |