Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip ap Ivor rode into Parfois somewhat before the early dusk of the second of February . |
| 2 | The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster . |
| 3 | President François Mitterrand came under attack both from the opposition and from within his own Socialist Party ( PS ) early in September for his ambivalent initial reaction to the Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev ( although he had swiftly reversed this impression in a television appearance two days later ) . |
| 4 | There was a strong case for saving Thoresby for the nation , but unfortunately its future came into question just at the moment when all thoughts were focused on Brodsworth , near Doncaster , another Victorian house with an even more complete set of contents . |
| 5 | As news of the attack on the villages spread , inter-ethnic fighting flared at points all along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border . |
| 6 | Yasser Arafat arrived in Jordan yesterday for talks with King Hussein , Reuter adds , as part of the American-backed effort to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace talks . |
| 7 | THE MILK of human kindness flowed in Darlington yesterday with a deluge of goods for the Kostroma appeal . |
| 8 | After the procedure saturation fell to values significantly below baseline in both groups ( p<0.01 ; 95% CIs : 2.4 to 3.5 ) . |
| 9 | On the whole , the men of Fontanellato went to church only for feast days , funerals , christenings and weddings , or to ask some special favour of the Almighty . |
| 10 | Outbreaks of fighting continued during March especially in western Georgia , where Gamsakhurdia supporters held positions in the autonomous republic of Abkhazia , and further south around Zugdidi and the Black Sea port of Poti . |
| 11 | What seemed to me a golden opportunity came to hand largely through Pearn 's connections with the History department in the University , to which he had now returned . |
| 12 | Tessa gazed at Bob sadly in the half-darkness of the landing , and shivered slightly . |
| 13 | An official , four soldiers , four children and two adults were injured as a truck driven by two Goajira Indians drove at speed directly at the presidential motorcade . |
| 14 | Liam came to life again with ‘ 'T IS the last rose of summer … ’ |
| 15 | PLANNERS came under attack yesterday for allegedly being inconsistent in the way they deal with applications . |
| 16 | Crews came under attack twice in Bootle and once in Kirkby . |
| 17 | It received a new boost in 1990 when John Gribbin and Martin Rees published their The Stuff of the Universe , where it was asserted that the universe came into existence solely in order to create a carbon-based intelligent life-form on just one planet — Earth . |
| 18 | Scotland rested in Sydney yesterday before their flight today to Hong Kong , where they are in the same pool this weekend as Tonga and Romania . |
| 19 | Pav rushed through Heathrow yesterday on his way home from New York , panting : ‘ I ca n't stop — I 'm late for dinner . ’ |
| 20 | Ehret returned to London later in 1736 and England became his permanent home . |
| 21 | ENGLAND flew to Poland yesterday with reliance placed in a defence that , like Bobby Robson , has shown a talent for confounding the critics . |
| 22 | It did not give , but bones broke like sticks somewhere inside him . |
| 23 | Blom settled in England shortly before the war of 1914–18 , and after working for two music publishers — Breitkopf & Härtel in Berne and J. & W. Chester in London — began to make his name in 1919 as a writer of programme notes for the Promenade Concerts . |
| 24 | While the Duke and Lieutenant Benson went to Maryhill later in the morning to talk to Hess , Carrington soned out a few more ends . |
| 25 | Ronni looked at Guido now from beneath her lashes , taking in the strong , mahogany-dark profile and remembering the story that Jeff had told her . |
| 26 | As a woman who had chosen not to marry , Leapor looked for constancy primarily in relation to friendship . |
| 27 | Even amongst the mountain of slate workings above Llyn Peris , the Rainbow Slab is unmistakeable , sitting as it does above the CEGB hydro-electric power station , flowing from bottom left to top right across an otherwise faultlessly smooth , purple-banded , blue-grey wall . |
| 28 | In June a government bill to privatize 30 per cent of Romania 's state-owned companies ran into opposition both within Parliament and from independent trade unions , but it became law on Aug. 14 [ see p. 38400 ] . |
| 29 | A.C.D. de Graaff arrived as Governor-General late in 1926 and appealed to the nationalists for cooperation while some Dutch officials endeavoured to counteract their countrymen 's reactionary spirit by forming De Stuuw ( Forward Movement ) . |
| 30 | Michael 's father Ian arrived in Darlington yesterday after flying from Oman . |