Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [verb] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boycott has called a meeting of his own Wakefield members for next Tuesday and seems set on leading a campaign to unseat the majority of the committee , something he managed once before , in January 1984 . |
| 2 | These were baked on Good Friday and eaten hot for breakfast . |
| 3 | The proposal goes before chairmen at the League 's annual meeting on Friday and seems certain to be endorsed . |
| 4 | From Airton the Way follows a peaceful riverside path to pass below Kirkby Malham and come close by Aire Head to Malham itself , dominated by the great scar of the Cove , which for generations of Yorkshire folk has been a place of pilgrimage and picnic . |
| 5 | I 'd buy Deane and swap Bright in exchange for Deane . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , ’ said Hugh and lay quiet for a while . |
| 7 | Mr Sells said he had corresponded with Mr Bewick and asked why he had not joined the BTS and become involved in debates on transplants . |
| 8 | Dr David James , former Curator of Islamic manuscripts at the Chester Beatty Library , Dublin , appeared at Dublin Circuit Court on 19 February and pleaded guilty to thirty-six charges of theft ( see The Art Newspaper No.12 , November 1991 , p.1 ) . |
| 9 | Carne was formerly married to Burt Reynolds and became famous for her part in the American Laugh-In T-V series of the sixties . |
| 10 | He also spent a year in England and became fluent in English . |
| 11 | Brannen came from behind to snatch a World Student Games bronze medal at the same track last July and remains confident of overhauling Kruger , a training partner as well as chief rival , who amassed 4,012 points in the first five events . |
| 12 | He then returned to Newcastle as medical registrar to work with Professor F. J. Nattrass and became interested in neurology , acquiring the MD ( Durham ) and MRCP ( 1940 ) . |
| 13 | By the way , Dr Cooper who moved away from Devon and became well-known as a broadcaster , never let me forget my mistake . |
| 14 | A winner of her last two races , she was ridden confidently last time at Chester and cantered clear of nearest rival Anchorage to win by 12 lengths . |
| 15 | But just in case the bed failed to live up to his claims , Dr Graham wisely installed a more familiar sexual stimulus in the form of Emily Lyon , who took the form of Hygeia and danced naked for the clientele . |
| 16 | Most of my fellow scientists will remember Frank Rose , one of Prof Kipping 's research students who joined ICI and became renowned as a medicinal organic chemist ; he was elected FRS and received Nottingham 's first honorary degree . |
| 17 | Despite the rift between her father and grandfather , Diana was taken to Althorp for regular visits from her home on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk and became close to her grandparents . |
| 18 | Prosecuting counsel said the matter came to light when the police stopped a vehicle driven by Kelly and became suspicious of a vehicle test certificate as the date of issue on it was a Sunday . |
| 19 | Peter emigrated to Australia some 20 years ago from Leicester and at this time picked up an old copy of Bradshaws and became interested in the Bishop 's Castle Railway . |
| 20 | Trading ships from the Inner Kingdoms ply these placid waters bearing horses from Ellyrion and the magical wares of Saphery to Lothern and returning laden with the wares of half the world . |
| 21 | She 'd wanted me to come to Lochgair and say sorry to him there , but I had begged for mercy , and — rather to my surprise — been granted it . |
| 22 | Last night police were also investigating a letter bomb delivered to the Dounreay nuclear plant in Caithness and rendered safe by a bomb disposal team . |
| 23 | He or she is sick on Sunday and continues sick until the following Sunday . |
| 24 | Natalie Merchant 's voice — so emotive it could make you like a song about King Of The Gits Jack Kerouac and feel sorry for the little bunny rabbits that we cruelly kill for a laugh — rose through songs which flew and were simultaneously ecstatic and melancholy . |
| 25 | The words remind us of Hagar 's cry , when she was first driven into the desert and rescued by God : ‘ Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him ? ’ |
| 26 | But the ring disbanded , once more because of Stalin 's penchant for secrecy , after Moscow tried to bypass Roessler and go direct to his Number Two . ’ |
| 27 | Environmentalists fear that the arrival in Guyana of Barama Ltd — a partnership between Samling Timbers of Malaysia and Sunkyong Ltd of South Korea — may herald a new era of expansion by companies that can see the approaching end of their domestic lumber supply . |
| 28 | He found it extraordinary that I had been able simply to get into a car in Britain and drive unhindered to Roztoky . |
| 29 | TOTALLY UNKNOWN US bluesman comes to Britain and gets schlepped into a studio to record with a bunch of locals who wish they 'd been born in America 's Deep South . |
| 30 | The brewery at St. James 's Gate reverted to the Rainsfords and went dark for ten whole years . |