Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Millwall took the lead in the 40th minute , when Malcolm Allen converted a penalty after Mark Robson had mis-timed a tackle on Kenny Cunningham . |
| 2 | Alexandra ( 4.3 ) quite spontaneously sorted a set of pots , matched each with the right-sized lid and graded them on a shelf by size . |
| 3 | They have surrounded a garrison at Bati , to the east , and on 19 September they attacked Mile on the Assab road , closing it for 36 hours . |
| 4 | By order of Master Miller dated 2 November 1990 the following point of law was ordered to be tried as a preliminary point before the trial of the action , namely whether the council could maintain an action for libel for any words which reflected upon the council as the county council for Derbyshire in relation to its governmental and administrative functions in Derbyshire , including its statutory responsibility for the investment and control of the superannuation fund , and whether , if not , the statement of claim disclosed a cause of action . |
| 5 | The history of astronomy also disclosed a succession of hypotheses , which made claims for physical truth look precarious . |
| 6 | On the ground floor , Isozaki has designed a hall for ticket and information desks , a bookstore and four rectangular galleries . |
| 7 | Now the architect , Halsey Ricardo , had designed a station in redbrick gigantism , providing a dramatic contrast with the syncretic graces of Bombay 's Victoria Terminus . |
| 8 | Gedge is often regarded as candid , but he has designed a style of lyric-writing that effectively camouflages his true self . |
| 9 | Even Michael Jackson has designed a trainer for LA Gear , imaginatively called ‘ Billie Jean ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Along those basic instrument guidelines , I 've designed a bass for BC Rich called The Punisher , which I have on stage . |
| 11 | As with the 2D the manufacturer has designed a number of fittings for it . |
| 12 | In the men 's final Annadale/Queen 's won a thriller against Star of the Sea 68–67 . |
| 13 | Speelman had won a pawn at move 29 , so his position looked far superior . |
| 14 | All were , of course , party men , but they were not politicians in the British sense of having won a reputation as fighters in the party battle . |
| 15 | Congratulations , you have won a holiday to Canada . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , CCG has won a contract at Glenalmond College in Perthshire , and this success could be a breakthrough into a new market for the company in Scotland . |
| 17 | It has another division working on OSI , and recently won a contract from Microsoft Corp to supply X.400 technology for Microsoft Corp 's NT . |
| 18 | OATS has also won a contract from Kuwait Airways to train up to thirty pilots over the next two years . |
| 19 | You 've won a bottle of whisky , Stuart said thank you . |
| 20 | Go back to the wife , hey , I 've won a bottle of wine . |
| 21 | This year the scheme has won a grant from Children in Need but the cheque will be sent back if local people continue to snub the event , she added . |
| 22 | WOLVES have won a race against time to clear £325,000 Paul Blades for tomorrow 's televised clash with West Ham . |
| 23 | She said oh no she says your name gone in and you 've er won a weekend in Wales I think , oh what a load of old bollocks they 're coming out with here . |
| 24 | While the others went on to further success he fought and eventually won a battle against alcoholism , but his writing partnership with Cleese did not survive it , and , at his own choice , he was not a member of the Python film company Prominent Features . |
| 25 | In Estonia and Latvia , pro-independence candidates seem to have won a majority of seats in the republics ' parliaments even in the first round of the local elections on March 18th . |
| 26 | On Nov. 9 , FIS leaders threatened " to reject dialogue " with the government , accusing it of hindering the work of councils where the FIS had won a majority of seats in the June municipal elections [ see pp. 37549-50 ] . |
| 27 | Labour has never won a majority in parliament against a press so tilted against it as now . |
| 28 | The chorus of televisions was tuned to an American game show in which competing families were leaping up and down and screaming with apparent incontinence because they had won a trip to Disneyworld . |
| 29 | Mr D. Ling from Colchester in Essex has won a trip to Club St. Lucia as a result of entering the exclusive competition in the Feb/March issue of Tennis World . |
| 30 | In 1915 , however , Ross finally won a judgement against Crosland . |