Example sentences of "[noun sg] [det] [noun sg] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The London computer and the Hong Kong computer each hold and run a copy of the SunAccount application software . |
| 2 | Is not it time that the Government took on board that question and began to tackle the problem of loan sharks positively ? |
| 3 | Tights , which Jane had to pay for herself , were made of thickish cotton and fastened with a coin each side and taped . |
| 4 | ‘ We will set ourselves a budget each year and do only as much as we can afford . |
| 5 | I thought we were doing we 're putting up tent this week and putting up a six tent next week and then |
| 6 | ‘ But I might just feign insanity some day and come back for another cup of that damned fine coffee . ’ |
| 7 | She would drive over to Bracken Cottage this weekend and get some of the garden tools which she 'd noted on the inventory . |
| 8 | Come on — let us beard this lot and send them packing . |
| 9 | Back in the surgery Sophie found Joanna giving the squirrel some milk and saw to her relief that he had not tried to pull off the dressing . |
| 10 | They just saw the opportunity this time and took it — but it could have been prevented . ’ |
| 11 | Walking back to the club that night and recalling old Martin 's letter , I began to understand some of the qualities that make a successful courtier . |
| 12 | He should recall that in the last two years of the last Labour Government , up to 5,000 police men and women were leaving the police force each year and voting with their feet . |
| 13 | Hearing on the grapevine that Island Records ' in-house Fallout Shelter studios were in need of a trainee engineer , he pestered them for an interview that afternoon and began work the next day . |
| 14 | It offers the exporter least security and involves no specific finance arrangements . |
| 15 | When Glen Baxter came for a signing session , we sold 80 copies of his book — a modest number perhaps for a shop of this size , but sales of his ‘ spin-off ’ goods amounted to a further 40% of the shop 's turnover that day and brought us some 16% over our sales target for that week . |
| 16 | With regret Stirling realized that he would have to abandon offensive action that night and decided to withdraw without placing any bombs , so as not to jeopardize a future visit . |
| 17 | I came back and got a deal that summer and started the album immediately but there 've been various setbacks along the way . |
| 18 | MAYBE Alex Ferguson should give Trevor Francis a ring this morning and say thanks very much . |
| 19 | He told me : ‘ We made a bid this morning and had an answer turning it down . |
| 20 | ‘ On a normal car some panel-beating and touching up would do the trick , but this is no normal car . |
| 21 | That has been said and again I went to see the Treasurer 's Department this morning and have been assured that ours is a viable budget . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , the Vatican said it had accepted an unprecedented Chinese invitation to send a top official to Peking to attend a sports ceremony this weekend and meet government officials . |
| 23 | Large companies are facing price increases averaging 20 p.c. this year and say that efforts to cushion the rises through a recent Nuclear Electric auction were a flop . |
| 24 | I did think about emptying the pond this spring and coating the concrete with a rubber paint , but what about the plants . |
| 25 | our construction but the only to get there we had to squeeze through a gap this way and come round |
| 26 | You may have the carriage all day and take Lyddy with you so that there will be no difficulty about dressing — ’ |
| 27 | This will give the Cheshires a good deal more protection and pack a much more powerful punch should they be attacked again . |
| 28 | John Temple will be design expert in this erm Malcolm Price obviously production and Dave Stewart for sales and Loretta for secretaries erm and they have had a deal more training and briefing on the whole process . |
| 29 | ‘ We 're going to play a physical , passing game and we must keep the score low to stand a chance , so we need to slow the game down , not allow the opposition any space and keep possession . |
| 30 | I came down the steps of the Ashbery that morning and burst out laughing at the heat . |