Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] [num] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One really dismal day when the sky was totally covered by a dense grey blanket of cloud , the OC sent up one of the Mosquito pilots to find out the cloud depth . |
| 2 | Kharin , unable to speak a word of English , saw Hitchcock pull off one of the saves of the season as he watched his first match following a £400,000 transfer from CSKA Moscow . |
| 3 | The East stand is somewhat of a boon for us ‘ traditionalists ’ who like to stand to watch our teams play … when the Leeds Bond came out one of the perks was season tickets for the new seats in the East Stand at Kop standing prices ( for then existing Kop season ticket holders ) which is/was 180 quid . |
| 4 | Separated from Forte dei Marmi by the small Fiumetto channel , Marina di Pietrasanta stretches along one of the most exceptional beaches on the Tuscany coast — three miles of golden sand , up to 200 yards wide in places — simply perfect for relaxing , lazy days in the sun . |
| 5 | Fighting down an abrupt rush of fear as she zigzagged across the stone floor to avoid the rifle fire , Benny pulled out one of the small plastic sample bags she always carried , and dropped the paper on to which she had copied the drum 's label into it . |
| 6 | The Family Islands make up one of the groups of tiny islands within the Bahamas . |
| 7 | In the semi-final , in which I ran second , Cameron Sharp was in the lane adjacent to Chidi , who has a side-to-side action with his running which many felt made Cameron run along one of the lines so that he was disqualified . |
| 8 | Duncan pulled up one of the chairs and sat opposite the man . |
| 9 | They had taken out all the drawers to make it lighter and Matthew brought down two of the drawers a few minutes later . |
| 10 | Olympia picked out one of the gems when they released Salmanov 's Fourth Symphony ( 3/89 ) , and I have been listening with much pleasure to Mravinsky 's Melodiya LPs of the previous three symphonies by this intriguing composer . |
| 11 | MIKE BIRT kept his head in the choppy conditions at Hove to win round one of the British Funboard Cup . |
| 12 | Hussa arrived with her mother and while Shama eased herself on to the carpet and settled against a cushion , Hussa picked up one of the newspapers which a driver brought from the village each morning . |
| 13 | In offering advice to aspiring photographers , Dermot points out one of the most common mistakes made by amateurs . |
| 14 | Tennyson turning down one of the countless invitations to tea with which he was plagued is one thing . |
| 15 | Brenda Denvir takes up one of the most pressing contemporary issues , that of the multiple roles of assessment in schools , by looking at the intimately-related questions of ‘ what are we assessing ? ’ and , ‘ what are we assessing for ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It means , ’ said Duvall holding up one of the paraffin cans , ‘ that we have to burn what we found in that car wreck outside . ’ |
| 17 | Refereed by Zimbabwe 's World cup referee , Kingsley Went , Malaysia went down 14–10 after an entertaining game . |
| 18 | Kenrick Wynne-Jones set up one of the first and best organised of them in Newcastle Wynne-Jones 's work for the Labour Party , added to his success as a chemist , made him a clear choice as a working member of the House of Lords . |
| 19 | What it does not mention is that the little club from the wrong side of the Mersey crashed out 9-1 in the replay , their worst defeat . |
| 20 | Thatcher shipped out 100,000 of the Old Farmer 's Almanac tubes on Monday — just in time to catch their customer 's filling lines in California . |
| 21 | Dalgliesh carried over one of the chairs and , carefully avoiding any contact with the window or the sill , looked out . |
| 22 | Bob picked up one of the knives laid out for dinner and scored along the grain of the table with it . |
| 23 | He shot a glance at Ellen , making sure that she had understood him as well as Thessy , then he looked at his watch and shouted for Bellybutton to start up one of the workboats . |
| 24 | Henry Condell picked up one of the papers from the table . |
| 25 | As Ginsberg read out one of the Russian 's works , the writer himself stalked out of the hall . |
| 26 | It had been previously owned by Maurice Macmillan MP , son of the late Conservative Prime Minister Lord Stockton , and the Duchy paid over three-quarters of a million pounds for the property . |
| 27 | Her mother took a folder from the drawer of the dresser and Terry took out one of the photographs . |
| 28 | Duncan stood back , against the wall , as Myeloski picked up one of the wooden chairs and pulled it up to the cot . |
| 29 | The arrival of Christianity in Birka sparked off one of the sternest tussles between Christianity and paganism anywhere in this period . |
| 30 | Taylor pointed out one of the things about great players who are given freedom is that they work very hard , and Gascoigne is prepared to do that , even in the knowledge that he has been given a special licence . |