Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The two owners were aged 84 and 71 and , after the chewing incident , the RSPCA swapped it for a smaller dog .
2 Four days after the Ralembergs told me about the Luciferi , I was in the Golden Turk carousing by myself .
3 On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper .
4 He was an Apostle and a prizeman , though his zeal as president of the Union condemned him to a second in part ii ( 1904 ) after a first in part i ( 1902 ) of the classical tripos .
5 Nor does it seem to be the case that the notorious reluctance of the Masai to accommodate themselves to the modern world was to any significant extent the result of administrative protection from it .
6 The DoE tell me in a letter that they are free from indemnity .
7 After his death , the Maori honoured him with a lying-in-state at Pipitea Marae , near Wellington Cathedral , and a karanga ( lament ) by two kuia ( older women ) who remained with the casket throughout the ceremonies .
8 At a symbolic rally , held on May 23 in the capital San Salvador , the FMLN transformed itself into a political party .
9 As all areas were initially classified as class I and II , the EPA left it to the states to redesignate some class II areas as class III , or even to upgrade such areas to class I ( Stern , 1977 ) .
10 The Fourth Gospel , that of John , places the cleansing of the Temple near the beginning , whereas the Synoptics have it near the climax of Jesus ' confrontation with the authorities .
11 The Sheikha settled herself in the dressing room , determined not to be too far away from her son at any time .
12 From that moment on , the Kremlin saw him as a ‘ realistic ’ politician — in other words , as one who urged the people to accept the invasion .
13 Within years their cotton plants were decimated by a tiny bug and the Sutherlands resigned themselves to a meagre living from farming .
14 The Sandfords provided us with an elderly Amhara called Habta Mariam as cook .
15 The proto-JPL proved itself during the Second World War .
16 The Feldwebel took us to a German Red Cross canteen .
17 The Feldwebel took it into a corner and pulled out a large envelope which he threw onto the table .
18 The CNAA committed itself to the Diploma .
19 He had seen the CNAA establish itself in the eyes of many — though employers in the more conventional industries had been slow to recognize the public sector and adapt their recruitment policies .
20 When the Reeve likens himself to an " " open-ers " " he associates himself with Nicholas in the tale just passed , and can thus be attributed with the same wry self-reflection as the Miller shows in attaching himself to John the carpenter .
21 There 's a wide range of services offered by the NHS to help you through every stage of your pregnancy , including regular antenatal classes , designed to keep you well and to prepare you and your partner for the birth and for looking after your child .
22 There 's a wide range of services offered by the NHS to help you through every stage of your pregnancy , including regular ante-natal classes , designed to keep you well and to prepare you and your partner for the birth and for looking after your child .
23 The Roman defences were still in place , and the Normans used them as the foundations of their medieval fortress .
24 On 19 December 1960 a new Cuban — Soviet agreement was announced , by which the USSR committed itself to the purchase of 2.7 m.t .
25 He will liaise with the medical rehabilitation teams and with the ERCs to know something of the overall picture of the person 's employment problem .
26 They enlisted the help of a rebellious warlord from Vidin , in Ottoman-occupied Bulgaria , Osman Pazvant-oglu , and the governor was able to maintain his position only by arming the Serbs to defend themselves against the invaders .
27 In the first decade of the century the Bridgewaters aligned themselves with the whigs .
28 Detectives believe terror gangs have been renting flats in London and the Midlands using them as a base for operations and then moving on .
29 As the Galks led them into the desert , the travellers could see the Cun arguing with the skull people , trying to reclaim their raw meat .
30 We 've struggled against a background of the Charter Review in the BBC to match ourselves to the changing needs of the audience .
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