Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun sg] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the help of Mick Neil from Imperial Pottery 's engraving department , George has designed a poster warning of the dangers of carbon monoxide fumes which will be displayed in all departments throughout the factory . |
| 2 | We have done more than any other union to help prepare the T U C's complaint to the European Commission that the abolition of the Wages Council is a breach of the U K's obligations under European law , and London region has recently won a test case on the application of the acquired rights directive to the opting out of schools , and potentially of sixth form colleges and hospitals . |
| 3 | Last year 's Sainsbury's/British Airways promotion has won a Gold Award from the Institute of Sales Promotion for the best consumer promotion run by a multiple retailer . |
| 4 | It 's just won a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show . |
| 5 | Christopher also does judo at the Stockton Judo Club and recently won a gold medal at the Judo Mini Mons at Willington Spectrum Centre . |
| 6 | However , he is now back in top form and has just won a gold medal at the International Open championships in Paris . |
| 7 | Neil Kinnock has won a standing ovation from the Labour Party faithful at their conference in Blackpool , by presenting himself as the next Prime Minister . |
| 8 | A TEENAGE schoolboy has won a court divorce from the bullying mother who made his life a misery . |
| 9 | Since then Allison Gregg and Alan Neale have changed solicitors twice , and even won a court order against the developer , awarding them £51,000 , money they did n't get because the developer had gone bust . |
| 10 | But the fact that he had won a signal victory over the headmaster on Monday night made him reluctant to pit himself against him again so soon . |
| 11 | Sharif , 41 , was backed by the coalition Islamic Democratic Alliance ( IDA ) , which had won a landslide victory over the Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) in the general election held in October [ see pp. 37763-64 ] . |
| 12 | The parallel National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma had been set up principally by exiled members of the National League for Democracy , the main opposition party which had won a landslide victory in the May 1990 elections but had subsequently been prevented by the SLORC from taking power . |
| 13 | I do n't think the Blues have won a League game at the City Ground for ten years . |
| 14 | A Vietnamese was said to have attacked a taxi driver in a black market-related dispute , although other reports spoke of a police operation against black-marketeers . |
| 15 | Certainly they were all rooting for him and just as certainly Harvey responded , and he did things that night that would have attracted a talent scout from the Bolshoi . |
| 16 | He made several instruments for James I and Charles I , and clearly occupied a position equivalent to the later instrument-makers to the king . |
| 17 | She sang along with the radio as she drove up through Gloucestershire and crossed into Wales by way of Abergavenny and Brecon , then took the road north towards Builth Wells , to the wooded hills south of the town where Penry 's house occupied a vantage point above the River Wye . |
| 18 | In R. v. Bolton magistrates having found that the plaintiff had occupied a parish house as a pauper and that a formal notice to quit had been served on him , directed constables to enforce the notice . |
| 19 | It was announced on Jan. 13 that prosecutors had dropped a slander case against the defeated presidential candidate Stanislaw Tyminski , arising from the recent election campaign . |
| 20 | dropped a drawing pin in the kitchen so keep your eyes open for it . |
| 21 | However , towards the end of the sample year there was the ‘ M4 Rapist ’ , who received enormously detailed coverage about the way that he had trapped a woman driver on the motorway . |
| 22 | Thus the court has modified a use covenant in a lease for the purposes of a rent review ( The Law Land Company Ltd v Consumers ' Association Ltd ( 1980 ) 255 EG 617 , in which Brightman LJ recognised that some modification had to be made to the strict wording of the rent review clause if it was to work . |
| 23 | Decorated a Christmas tree for the birds ? |
| 24 | ‘ People have listened to tracks and they 're amazed , they 're like , ‘ Oh you 've mixed a reggae bassline with a soul feel ! ’ |
| 25 | Earlier , Barry , a panel beater and Debbie , a fitness instructor , had enjoyed a Christmas drink in a local pub . |
| 26 | How would St Jerome shape up after he 'd caught a Dinky toy in the mouth and had a few handfuls of fettucine thrust into his armpit ? |
| 27 | Tajik Radio also reported a tank attack in the Yavansky region , and unconfirmed reports suggested that thousands of refugees were stranded near the border with Afghanistan . |
| 28 | Power is supplied by a 12 volt AC mains adaptor and to prevent accidental unplugging from this type of lightweight plug BOSS have included a cable hook on the back panel to secure the cord . |
| 29 | However , we have not included a poetry strand in the statements of attainment because we do not feel that any pupil should be required to write a poem in order to achieve a particular level of attainment . |
| 30 | It would have been a foolish , bull-necked man who would have looked a gift horse in the mouth … so I like to see myself in a small way as following in his footsteps . ’ |