Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] [noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ill wind that blew one of the pre-tournament favourites out of the Selborne Salver sent a breath of good fortune over Mark Treleaven at a sun-drenched Blackmoor Golf Club on Saturday . |
| 2 | The origins of the black cat , as a distinct colour type , have been traced back to the ancient Phoenicians , who sneaked some of the sacred cats out of Egypt and began trading in them around the Mediterranean . |
| 3 | We have six really tough games in a row — Norwich , Arsenal , Newcastle , QPR , Scum & Villa — probably six of the best teams around on current form . |
| 4 | This abberation apart , Chuff Chuff offered one of the best days out of the summer — little surprise to those who already know them as one of the Midlands ' most reliable and imaginative club promoters . |
| 5 | The network was designed to meet the needs of the international travellers out of America , who , at that time , were those who were likely to use the more upmarket hotels and restaurants , and so the network was established at the top end of the market . |
| 6 | After Canhas there is a road to the right — which it is very easy to miss — which leads up to Paúl da Serra and one of the alternative routes through to Porto do Moniz . |
| 7 | Finding a book from one of the great libraries out on the loose without a cancellation stamp is a disquieting experience , especially when it comes from one of the older Universities . |
| 8 | The 500 tons were not specific goods because , in the words of Lord Hanworth M.R. ‘ There was no ascertainment or identification of the 500 tons out of the cargo in bulk . ’ |
| 9 | They will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me the name of any one of the leading actors in the original 1939 film . |
| 10 | Senders of the first postcards out of the hat next Friday telling me her husband 's first name in the series , will take the prizes . |
| 11 | The prizes will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat revealing who played Superman and who played Thelma and Louise . |
| 12 | Senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me who had a hit record with Watching The Detectives will take the prizes . |
| 13 | They will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me which detective was Basil Rathbone 's most famous screen character . |
| 14 | We have five £75 copies to give away and they will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat next Friday telling me on which American TV show Wayne 's World had its beginnings . |
| 15 | Prizes will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me either of the films for which Maggie won an Oscar . |
| 16 | We have ten volumes of those adventures to give away in our latest competition and they will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me the surname of the puppet-master producer behind the so-called ‘ Supermarionation ’ series . |
| 17 | He came into the hangar where Preston was gluing bits of plane together and told him he was taking one of the new chaps up for a spin . |
| 18 | The Earls of Egremont and Ashburnham wisely ploughed much of the new profits back into estate improvement ; others , particularly Sir Godfrey Webster of Battle , spent it on a round of pleasure that meant disaster when the boom eventually ended . |
| 19 | He stuffs his pistol into the top of his trousers , tilts one of the two heavies back onto the rear chairlegs and drags him out the door , clumping down the steps to the gloom outside . |
| 20 | Well of course there 's been the erm joining of the two Leagues back to where they should have been , you know this silly split that was erm arose over the last couple of years has been put to bed now and sorted out . |
| 21 | Melinda waded out after me and we climbed up one of the mooring ropes on to the deck . |
| 22 | It 's a cute wheeze that arguably owes more to Flann O'Brien ( the rebellion of the fictional characters in At Swim-Two-Birds ) than to James Joyce 's other literary heir . |
| 23 | They may know each of the 17 episodes off by heart , but The Prisoner is a television series like no other . |
| 24 | The names of the little towns round about Valence ring like peals of bells compelling you to go and look at them . |
| 25 | ‘ I gather you 've been interviewing some of the well-known faces down at TVL , Superintendent — like David Parkin and Jane Pargeter . |
| 26 | ‘ I take six of the younger ones out on Vita 's Girl and we see how they shake down . ’ |
| 27 | Thinking of the austere rations back in Britain , Constance was uneasy at such luxury . |
| 28 | He was also a gifted ad-libber in his sermons , and good ad-libs are one of the vital ingredients in Through The Keyhole ( ITV , Friday , 7pm ) . |
| 29 | The cash increases in each of the three years up to 1992–93 have been the biggest ever . |
| 30 | Parts of the Augustinian wall have been found in the streets of the inner city , enough to trace the route of the old walls along Via Agnello , that runs into the north-east corner of Piazza del Duomo , Via Paolo de Cannobiro , Via Brisa , Via Cusani and Via Filodrammatici , as well as several of the roads in between these . |