Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As news of the attack on the villages spread , inter-ethnic fighting flared at points all along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border . |
| 4 | THE MILK of human kindness flowed in Darlington yesterday with a deluge of goods for the Kostroma appeal . |
| 5 | After the procedure saturation fell to values significantly below baseline in both groups ( p<0.01 ; 95% CIs : 2.4 to 3.5 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This simile continued in use even in recent times , with The Times newspaper commenting on the American Civil War as follows : |
| 11 | A big reason for the Penelope Spheeris-directed film 's success is that in a period crowded with pictures nowhere near as smart as they think they are — Paul Verhoeven 's lumbering , botched , thrill-free Basic Instinct , Robert Altman 's unbelievably over-exalted The Player — it 's the only fun in town . |
| 12 | Pontin 's , for the second consecutive year , have agreed to stage and sponsor the championship , assisting the women 's game , which desperately needs the financial input and widespread television coverage enjoyed at present only by the men 's game . |
| 13 | As he had expected , the sentry came to attention automatically at the suddenly terse voice . |
| 14 | But Aboyeur 's blinkered head showed in front soon after the start as he took the field along from Craganour and Aldegond , with Shogun , Nimbus and Louvois all handy . |
| 15 | Evidence garnered by reporters either in the courtroom or by pursuit of previous lovers produces highly sexualised stories . |
| 16 | MEMBERS of Kimberly-Clark 's American board flew into Hawarden yesterday for a whistle stop tour around its Clwyd factories . |
| 17 | A DISTRESSED father appealed for help yesterday in finding the ‘ animals ’ who had gunned down his daughter and her husband . |
| 18 | What they found was that the river bottom invertebrates which spend their larval stages among the gravel and pebbles on the riverbed plummeted in numbers immediately after the inundation . |
| 19 | Gould 's enthusiasm proved to be the kiss of death , for the collection disappeared without trace shortly after his visit . |
| 20 | But my father went to America just after the war , and when he came back on the Queen Mary , he brought my mother some nylons , which were not obtainable in Britain at that time . |
| 21 | The Newcastle-based steel fabricator and erector contracted to carry out the steelwork went into receivership early in the operation but fortunately Bone , Connel & Baxters of Motherwell was able to take over at short notice and , says Alan Muir , ‘ did a great job ’ . |
| 22 | During 1990-91 the question of Irish neutrality came under discussion both in connection with the possible extension of EC competence to cover defence issues [ see p. 38022 ] and during the Gulf crisis , after the government announcement on Jan. 14 , 1991 , that it would allow US planes to refuel at Shannon airport en route for the Gulf [ see p. 37942 ] . |
| 23 | The following example of horse jading happened in Suffolk just after the First World War . |
| 24 | Eddy himself lives in Oxford , and this morning he told me that the final piece of his Formula One jigsaw fell into place recently with a major sponsorship deal from soft drink manufacturers , Seven Up . |
| 25 | ‘ My grandmother went to chapel twice on Sunday , paid a tenth of her pension to charity and read the Bible every day . |
| 26 | A MAN died in hospital yesterday after being shot by police during a raid on a country post office in the Irish Republic . |
| 27 | Polythene went into production just in time to play a crucial role in enabling radar equipment to be deployed effectively in the Battle of Britain . |
| 28 | A MAN appeared in court yesterday on charges of child abduction and indecent assault . |
| 29 | IN mid-July 1991 training began in St. Just for any child under 16 who wanted to play rugby union — at that time I had no kit and no idea of how to run a junior/mini rugby club . |
| 30 | Radio started in Europe shortly after the First World War , and the BBC began broadcasting in 1922 . |