Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [noun prp] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 Comrades struggled to get to grips with Bangor 's cavalier attacking play but they had a chance to pull one back on 31 minutes , Paul McGurnaghan threading the ball through the defence only for Davy Armstrong to screw his shot past the post .
2 GREAT BRITAIN star Phil Clarke was sent off as ton-up Wigan took their points tally to 114 in five scintillating days .
3 Between dives Trent considered his charter party .
4 SOME FOLKS seemed to be moaning about Nanci Griffith rejecting her Nashville roots .
5 Yet do we hear any outcry about Roger Cook harassing his ‘ victims ’ ?
6 For reply Robyn ran her hands instinctively across his chest , down and down to the waist of his jeans , further to his inner thigh , to the place where his need was strongest .
7 And he remembered with satisfaction , because it proved that he was not at fault , that Miriam and Louise had both approached him with some wild tale about Miss Hughes leading their brothers into debauchery and sensuality .
8 She and her husband had only moved to a government-sponsored caravan park south of Miami after Hurricane Andrew destroyed their home last August .
9 Japan urged repayment by North Korea of accumulated debts of 80,000 million yen ( US$580 million ) , and repeated earlier calls for North Korea to open its nuclear facilities to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency .
10 Er so with no more ado I will ask Mr Davis for North Yorkshire to present his opening statement , and then I 'd like Mr Curtis , your moment has come Mr Curtis , er to follow on from Mr Davis .
11 But on fifty nine minutes Milton put the game beyond doubt as Nigel Mott grabbed his second goal of the game despite howls of protest from the Fairmile players for offside , he ran through and stroked the ball home with ease .
12 Time passing never softened the impact of that moment when she looked down the table to where Twomey waited for Aunt Tossie to give her attention to the pudding he offered .
13 A plaque erected by the Israeli Ministry of Defence pays tribute to Ben-Ami Pachter , the Israeli commando leader who died in the ambush ; which is one reason why the name Um Al-Farajh ceased to exist and the name of Ben Ami took its place .
14 Request the drug lords of Los Angeles take their monies and invest them in business and property in Los Angeles
15 In Sydney , Australia , the Pharmaceuticals and Crop Care divisions of ICI Australia reassessed their energy needs and as a result , Pharmaceuticals installed a small boiler .
16 This echo of Kite Hill brought his hirer to mind .
17 The first onslaught came with the ambitious attempts of Cardinal Wolsey to found his new Oxford college , financed from the seizure of the property of smaller monasteries and convents .
18 After a couple of minutes Phoebe recovered her breath ; she pushed herself off the wall with her hands and went through the stairwell doorway into the green-painted corridor .
19 Of course Herman loves her whisperings — for he is always convinced that he will catch a word or two — but all he has ever heard was when she was going from the dining-room to the drawing-room after lunch with him , and she whispered : ‘ I hate sauces .
20 THE long legs of Gary Pallister denied his former Middlesbrough team-mates the chance of Wembley glory last night .
21 On 4 Jul 66 the Royal Australian Air Force ordered three aircraft , and most important of all on 28 Feb 67 the Business Jets Division of Pan Am increased their firm orders to 160 .
22 Somebody said the girl had been taken by Chiricahuas on a raid and held four or five weeks before a patrol out of Fort Thomas surprised their rancheria and found her .
23 Friends meet : Friends of Heighington Village held their group meeting on Tuesday night .
24 THE 14-year-old adopted son of Woody Allen had his dreams dashed by Allen 's affair with his 21-year-old sister and thought the film director should consider suicide , according to a letter read in court in New York yesterday .
25 Now erm no if you so leave a say leave a page would be the easiest way to fill in your mini saga account of David Copperfield meeting his new father .
26 Mike Hooper retains the goalkeeper 's jersey ahead of David James following his solid display against Spartak Moscow .
27 In the Psalms of David Smart had his pattern laid out for him , even if he chose to embroider it a little .
28 On a hill looking down towards Spain Roland meets his end ; and , although his death is not the end of the poem , it is its climax , and it enshrines almost all that is really great in it .
29 The promoter Barry Hearn , expects a full house of 2,500 when Carlos DeLeon of Puerto Rico defends his World Boxing Council title against Nelson at Sheffield City Hall on January 27 .
30 The alabaster face of Rogal Dorn branded his retinas : a crag of a face , with lush tough lips .
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