Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just three days after taking an intensive training course for civilians he leapt into a blazing flat to rescue a pensioner with his pal , James Hodson . |
| 2 | To raise the money for Greece he went to Ipswich , the nearest city to Plumford , and worked as a labourer at a warehouse belonging to a mail-order company . |
| 3 | Now a freelance journalist , in his first piece for Esquire he returns to Pinner to trace the story of a young man who was drawn inexorably into a spiral which led to murder ( When Iain Met Tommy , page 126 ) . |
| 4 | As director of social services for the London borough of Hillingdon I knew of the work with refugees in my role in Hillingdon I was responsible for services for child arrivals at Heathrow airport and I worked closely with Save The Children on the successful effort to get specific recognition for asylum seeking children in the asylum and immigration appeals act . |
| 5 | erm There was a great deal of difficulty I think at the court , as well as the rather glamorous exterior . |
| 6 | Up and down and over and over , again and again and I 'd marvel at the bulk of prayer they made in any one day . |
| 7 | As a result of the centrifugal force of rotation it bulges at the equator and its polar radius ( 6378 km ) is 21 km shorter than its equatorial radius ( 6397 km ) ; thus the Earth is more accurately described as an oblate spheroid . |
| 8 | I did not dawdle , but as I had to pass our post pigeonholes , from force of habit I looked in mine in case the second post had been sorted early . |
| 9 | With a flailing of arms it drags in a huge breath ; it roars , then sucks , then roars again . |
| 10 | The loss of heart she experienced in May perhaps contributed to the loss of touch she demonstrated through the summer . |
| 11 | The loss of heart she experienced in May perhaps contributed to the loss of touch she demonstrated through the summer . |
| 12 | Gouzenko 's involvement in the allegations against Sir Roger Hollis was the result of statements he made during the lengthy debriefing following his defection when he claimed there were two Russian spies both with the codename Elli . |
| 13 | The other clarification followed swiftly from a photograph of Tace he saw in a newspaper review . |
| 14 | Try as I might , apart from a certain cosiness of tone I discerned in his interview with Brian Redhead , I do n't remember Neil Kinnock getting such an easy ride in his appearances . |
| 15 | In a lengthy study of Britain it addressed in particular what it described as the " rather fashionable " debate on the imminence of change and decline in the Anglo-American relationship . |
| 16 | In creating figures from the imagination , this grasp of the three-dimensional form is something you will need to call upon constantly as you draw : your practice with these simplified forms will help increase the stock of knowledge you bring to the task . |
| 17 | In creating figures from the imagination , this grasp of the three-dimensional form is something you will need to call upon constantly as you draw : your practice with these simplified forms will help increase the stock of knowledge you bring to the task . |
| 18 | In regard to smells resulting from the transportation of manure it seems to me that , irrespective of the methods employed , the necessary journeys would occur so infrequently as not to be unduly detrimental to the residential amenities which nearby residents in this rural community could reasonably be expected to enjoy . ’ |
| 19 | And for the future of applications we talked about Gain and Multimedia and what that might deliver in applications that look like your business . |
| 20 | However , world troubles halted his immediate progress , and at the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service ( RNAS ) , beginning training on November 19 , 1914 . |
| 21 | It is strong and not damaging and is probably the one absolutely essential piece of equipment you need above all others . |
| 22 | So now if I need a ‘ new ’ piece of equipment I go to a reputable second-hand wood working machinery dealer . |
| 23 | James put down the piece of china he held in his hand . |
| 24 | This was despite the fact that probably the most influential piece of evidence they received during the three years they sat , the Church of England Moral Welfare Council 's ( CEMWC ) updated report , Sexual Offenders and Social Punishment , recommended a universal age of consent of 17 . |
| 25 | That piece of toast you grab in the morning while trying to tidy the kitchen and brush your hair at the same time . |
| 26 | ‘ Actually , ’ he said , commencing slowly what every contrary sense told him was a venture into dangerous territory , the piece of history I had in mind was a defenestration . |
| 27 | I sent two samples , one of dust particles , the other a piece of waste I believed to be asbestos , to Dr Martin Brewer in London for examination . |
| 28 | Er the other er er poi er piece of paper we want of course is copy . |
| 29 | But whatever she was up to — and it was something — she spent days ticking and marking the party guest list , a thick , creamy piece of paper she kept with her at all times . |
| 30 | And I 'd like you , if you have n't destroyed them totally , to use the little piece of paper I gave to you all . |