Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly the huge wooden arched door was sprung open and Fernando Serra stepped out of the gloom of the house and into the almost indecent brilliance of the sun . |
| 2 | Peace People development co-ordinator Patrick Corrigan looks back on the mass rallies of 1976 . |
| 3 | They sat in the parlour , on the evening of Saturday , September 2nd , waiting for Menzies ' man Allan Stewart to come back with the news from Blair Atoll . |
| 4 | The colourful draperies of the various stands and tents billowed and flapped gently , as the denizens of Little Tuckett strolled about on the freshly clipped lawns of the vicarage garden , taking in the various delights on offer . |
| 5 | ‘ Kenneth Baker came up in the House to offer congratulations . |
| 6 | All nine members of the crew were killed when their RAF Hercules went down during a treacherous low level flying mission through the Grampians 19 days ago . |
| 7 | Nearly fifty years ago Peggy Lucas walked out across an airfield to fly a Spitfire for the first time … now she 's about to come bang up to date with a helicopter . |
| 8 | Nearly fifty years ago Peggy Lucas walked out across an airfield to fly a Spitfire for the first time … now she 's about to come bang up to date with a helicopter . |
| 9 | Muir , omitted from the event last year after an administrative error , needed just 15 ends to help heal the wounds as he sent New Zealand 's Gary Lawson tumbling out of the championship . |
| 10 | Herr Nordern sank on to the sofa and , astonishingly , found himself holding his wife 's hand , and feeling hers firmly gripping his . |
| 11 | As Ian Macdonald points out in The New Immigration Law ( Butterworths , 1972 ) : |
| 12 | Programme assistant Ian Edgar stood in at the last minute . |
| 13 | Newport were in shreds as Marcus Hannaford cleaned up for the third try . |
| 14 | As Sabrina stood outside the hotel on the Place de la Gare staring up at the Cathedral 's spire silhouetted against the dark , sombre skyline , she let her thoughts drift back over the hours since their departure from New York 's John F. Kennedy Airport . |
| 15 | Ngo Van Loc reached out in the darkness and clasped both his sons ' hands tightly in his own . |
| 16 | Roger Courtney went back to the raiding of the SBS which we will follow in later Chapters . |
| 17 | Then Gary Gregory leaned over to a pal viewing the programme with him and said : ‘ Can you keep a secret ? |
| 18 | A few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune . |
| 19 | After an indifferent start to the season Surrey 's David Ward bounced back with a NatWest century against Glamorgan , then went on to record the fastest first-class hundred of the season ( 70 balls ) against Northants |
| 20 | Cords , white or beige , were worn early on in small numbers but in mid'71 black/bottle green/navy straight leg Levi cords caught on in a big way . |
| 21 | When Photoplay 's editor Ken Ferguson went down to the set of The Devil 's Brigade , a World War Two adventure filmed in England in 1968 , he and the other reporters were warned not to try and interview the star . |
| 22 | ‘ In the stunned silence that followed , Miss Honey walked up to the front of the class and stood behind her table . |
| 23 | Wednesday 's players are still furious over the controversial refereeing that saw striker David Hirst sent off in the 3–1 first leg defeat in Kaiserslautern . |
| 24 | What Scotsman would not be captivated by the extraordinary vision of Linda Evangelista trussed up as the supermodel-from-Brigadoon ? |
| 25 | Tendulkar and Richard Blakey hit back with a stand of 176 in 24 overs , but then Neil Fairbrother swooped to run out the Indian ace with a direct hit . |
| 26 | Only two minutes left when Richard Walker popped up on the proverbial back stick , sounds painful does n't it , and it was for Portsmouth . |
| 27 | However , the Scots launched a spirited recovery in the second half against a very powerful side made up of former and future Wallaby internationals and , especially after David Sole came on as a replacement prop , they took complete control of the match , running in four excellent tries in an exciting 24–24 draw . |
| 28 | While she was deciding whether to support the Denver Broncos or the Pittsburgh Pederasts ( whatever ) , I sneaked into the bedroom and nearly had a heart attack to find a three-foot Paddington Bear propped up on the pillow . |
| 29 | Money in the Royal Life and Hafnia funds rolls up inside the bonds tax free , because they are offshore . |
| 30 | Jean Reece-Carlton strolled out onto the terrace to inspect it . |