Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the game larder , pheasants and duck and partridge hung by their necks in winter time , and bunches of snipe waited , pin-eyes closed , to be plucked — once Nicandra picked up a little bird , too mangled to hang in the bunch and faced him with a fellow . |
| 2 | The difficulties and tensions of undertaking developmental work once CMHTs take on a normal caseload were amply illustrated by many members of ‘ traditional ’ CMHTs ( casework and co-ordination ) who attended seminars organized during the course of the research ( Grant et al . , |
| 3 | Within weeks , Time Out had an article written by London playwright and football fan Mick Mahoney who got it right when he pointed out that ‘ if Nike brought out a crocodile-skin trainer for £140 , it would be a smash ’ . |
| 4 | Cos Pete putting out a good , alright Pete might say if say you , you just rung up to say look Pete I 'm sorry . |
| 5 | They were a delight for the charterers in the Bahamian lagoons , but in an Atlantic storm such wide windows could be our death warrants for if Wavebreaker fell off a big wave the glass could be driven out of the windows and the boat be filling with water in seconds , and so I cut and shaped sheet steel shutters that could be bolted over the boat 's glass at the first sign of bad weather . |
| 6 | While Halliday takes on a new role , David Irwin is just happy to return to the scene . |
| 7 | But his best work is in the past , whereas Greene kept up a continuous output over many years — there 's nobody like that now . |
| 8 | After Hurd wheeled out a different version — to stem potential defeat — the expediency of this political twist was pinpointed acerbically by the Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness , Nairn and Lochaber , Sir Russell Johnston : ‘ Where there is a political will , there is a legal way . ’ |
| 9 | A couple of examples which bear this out are : After Linfield played out a goal-less draw at Coleraine in September , Mr B described the game as drab with nothing to recommend it . |
| 10 | Sub David Cork was brought down by Wes Saunders after Cusack headed down a long punt by Prudhoe , but Cook , taking the responsibility instead of the absent Lee Ellison , blasted his spot kick too close to Gareth Howells and the keeper pushed the ball away . |
| 11 | A few hasty notes in July show that he continued to visit 6 Patten Road , and occasionally to have dinner there , until their separation became a reality , when Helen took up a resident post as governess with the Wards , at 33 Bath Road , Bedford and Edward spent August with his father 's relations at 17 Woodville Street , Pontardulais , while his younger brothers became pupils at a small denominational school in Ammanford . |
| 12 | MIKE TOMCZAK , the Chicago Bears quarterback , threw for three touchdowns and Neal Anderson rushed for another as Chicago staved off a fourth-quarter rally by the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night to win 27-13 . |
| 13 | KARL FAIRBANK 'S try was the difference as Bradford set up a Regal Trophy quarter-final against holders Widnes on Sunday at Odsal . |
| 14 | It looked as though Forest had done enough to earn a valuable point when Barmby picked up a loose ball in the area and crossed for Mabbutt to score . |
| 15 | Graham watched in horror as Iain slid down a rocky buttress , and then waited on a ledge for 12 hours until rescued by the RAF . |