Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Brown 's shipyard at Clydebank became famous with the launching of Cunard 's liner Lusitania , followed by Queen Mary , Queen Elizabeth and , ultimately , QE2 . |
| 2 | Yellowfin became elusive after the El Nino current change affected the availability of food supplies over the last two decades . |
| 3 | Tranmere made a lightning start with Aldridge firing wide in the first 60 seconds . |
| 4 | Thomas Davidson became deaf at the age of four due to illness and was educated as a private pupil of Dr. Thomas Watson of the Old Kent Road Asylum . |
| 5 | So when DARE planned to sell one of its properties , Wizansky became involved with a group of parents of young adults with learning difficulties to buy property for their children . |
| 6 | Alter Judy became pregnant in the lower sixth at school , she left and found herself a tutor for her A-level English , and also attended maths classes at the local college . |
| 7 | Sheila became aware of the hem of her dress slowly rising . |
| 8 | W. E. Gladstone had returned as Prime Minister and in South Africa , Lt. General R. S. S. Baden-Powell became prominent as the defender of Mafeking . |
| 9 | The Republic of Botswana became independent within the Commonwealth in 1966 . |
| 10 | William became free of the Masons ' Company in 1663 . |
| 11 | After Clough headed wide from a curling Orlygsson cross five minutes after the interval , Everton scored with their first attack of the second half . |
| 12 | The doors on the landing behind Cardiff juddered open with a loud clatter . |
| 13 | For two hours , they 're packed together as the Hercules fly low above the make believe battle zone . |
| 14 | For two hours , they 're packed together as the Hercules fly low above the make believe battle zone . |
| 15 | This led to Gibson being seconded in 1928 to work with Michels on the properties of gases at high pressures , and to ICI becoming interested in the chemical effects of high pressures , the theme of Gibson 's work on his return to Winnington in 1931 . |
| 16 | ‘ If Gazza became available at the end of the season , we would go for him , and we would have more pull than most . |
| 17 | Cadfael kneeled close by the shattered head , and slid a hand gently under the right cheek , to turn the face a little upward to be seen . |
| 18 | No sooner was this revolt put down than Richard became involved in a new war with Count Raymond of Toulouse . |
| 19 | Bernice became aware of a humming , rising in pitch and volume , that seemed to come from all around . |
| 20 | IT 'S 25 years since Malcolm Scott made big on the back pages , and still it rankles with him . |
| 21 | On the death of Charles James Fox [ q.v. ] in 1806 , Creevey became dissatisfied with the party 's leaders , and his attacks on the Grenvilles helped weaken Whig unity . |
| 22 | Food was placed to sizzle on the barbecue , and was turned with the help of long utensils , and as she worked beside Silas , moving rapidly to turn first one piece and then another , Lucy became conscious of a feeling of quiet satisfaction . |
| 23 | Then in 1838 , Tawell became infatuated with a widow , a Mrs Cutforth , a headmistress at Berkhampstead School in Hertfordshire . |
| 24 | Eventually , when they were in Canada , in the fifth month of the picture , Dustin got friendly with an Oriental man who claimed to be 104 years old . |
| 25 | Then war intervened , Oppenheimer became involved in the atom bomb project , and he lost interest in gravitational collapse . |
| 26 | The Soviets , as shown by declining equipment orders since 1976 , have themselves become more careful in weighing the balance , and have lost much of their earlier enthusiasm , as Brezhnev made clear to the Twenty-Sixth Party Congress of 1981 : |
| 27 | CHRIS Waddle backs Manchester United for the championship — and Arsenal to fall foul of the new back pass laws . |
| 28 | Corbett rose swift as an arrow . |
| 29 | NOTTINGHAMSHIRE lies right in the heart of the rural leafy East Midlands of England . |
| 30 | Soon , thought Melissa sadly , it would be the turn of Uncle Vittorio and Aunt Rosina to stand sorrowing over the grave of their niece . |