Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Kenneth Baker came up in the House to offer congratulations . |
| 2 | Ngo Van Loc reached out in the darkness and clasped both his sons ' hands tightly in his own . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Oxford United were heading for their second successive nil all game , when in the first minute of injury time , central defender , Andy Melville popped up in the penalty area to score a vital goal , and to give United three vital points in their fight against relegation . |
| 5 | Like when a drunken Richard Burton nodded off in the middle of a question ; the time Warren Beatty kept him waiting for an hour-and-a-half … and the day Robert Raging Bull De Niro looked as if he was about to punch him on the nose . |
| 6 | David Koresh grew up in the Bible belt . |
| 7 | The Strauss waltz started up in the bedroom . |
| 8 | Katherine Lundy sat back in the darkened sitting room , her eyes on the deep red glow from the fire , the only sound the soft hissing of the burning coal and the solemn ticking of the clock . |
| 9 | As Carol Jackson moved about in the kitchen she could hear the steady burble of conversation , punctuated every so often by a laugh . |
| 10 | Liam Hamilton grew up in the mining village of Kilsyth . |
| 11 | The England manager hit back in the row with his former captain and said : ‘ I find it hard to understand how any player can retire from international football at the age of 30 . |
| 12 | A stack of empty bamboo Tuak tubes rattled around in the back . |
| 13 | Detective Van Heflin stood up in the car , hat clamped to his head , firing his tommy gun from the hip . |
| 14 | Mr Mortimer popped up in the last episode of the seventh series of Rumpole as a guest at Mr Justice Oliphant 's lunch . |
| 15 | Wayne Biggins went down in the box . |
| 16 | ‘ Mr. Gould went off in the morning to the Acteon [ sic ] Islands , which are about a mile distant from each other and at the distance of about 3 or 4 miles from Research Bay . |
| 17 | Mr Hildon grew up in the area and was a pupil at William Turner 's Grammar School , Coatham . |
| 18 | Selwyn Lloyd pointed out in the House of Commons , during a debate on the operations in the Oman , that Britain had to honour two types of obligation . |
| 19 | JOHN Major 's tub-thumping speech at the Guildhall on Monday night went down in the City like a lead balloon . |
| 20 | Neither Andy Forshaw nor Martin Langston stood out in the HDM event , so Clark , for so long on the fringe of national selection , could get his chance for England in the Buttermen Indoor tournament at Crystal Palace on December 29-30 . |
| 21 | As the many Ontario lines stretched out in the 1870s and 1880s , dozens of new stations were built . |
| 22 | Philip Schutte went off in the 18th minute after a tackle on Aadel Kardooni , and Wahl Bartmann followed in the 32nd minute with a shoulder injury . |
| 23 | Middlesbrough full back Gary Parkinson limped off in the final minute with an ankle injury . |
| 24 | Riddick Bowe 's World Boxing Council belt ended up in the trash can , Mike Tyson ended up in the can , and Lennox Lewis became Britain 's first world heavyweight champion without even hitting anyone . |
| 25 | THE Lawson affair rumbled on in the Commons yesterday with the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , asking the Prime Minister why she did not ‘ tell the truth ’ when she was asked why the former Chancellor of the Exchequer resigned by television interviewer Brian Walden . |
| 26 | In case such arguments failed , the king also reminded the commons frequently that the war had been undertaken with their consent and that this consent had from time to time been renewed , as Sir William Thorp pointed out in the parliament of 1348 . |
| 27 | The 22-year-old striker , a £20,000 capture from non-League Burton Albion , scored the 48th-minute winner that sunk Charlton , who had striker Garry Nelson sent off in the 69th minute for swearing at a linesman . |
| 28 | Moments later , home defender Steve Breach slipped up in the box and allowed Parvin time to round the ‘ keeper and cross to Tony Thurgood , but the Bordon man , less than a yard out , spooned the ball wide and sank to his knees in incredulity . |
| 29 | The match had a thrilling finale when , with Kendal leading 13–7 and only seconds to go , Greg Young went over in the corner and Andy Craggs kicked the conversion to share the honours . |
| 30 | Petitions were fastened to a statue of Julius Caesar set up in the Roman Forum , and appeals for justice were made to statues of emperors in later antiquity . |