Example sentences of "[noun prp] [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 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Tessa gazed at Bob sadly in the half-darkness of the landing , and shivered slightly . |
| 6 | Liam came to life again with ‘ 'T IS the last rose of summer … ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Pav rushed through Heathrow yesterday on his way home from New York , panting : ‘ I ca n't stop — I 'm late for dinner . ’ |
| 9 | Ehret returned to London later in 1736 and England became his permanent home . |
| 10 | ENGLAND flew to Poland yesterday with reliance placed in a defence that , like Bobby Robson , has shown a talent for confounding the critics . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | While the Duke and Lieutenant Benson went to Maryhill later in the morning to talk to Hess , Carrington soned out a few more ends . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | As a woman who had chosen not to marry , Leapor looked for constancy primarily in relation to friendship . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | Michael 's father Ian arrived in Darlington yesterday after flying from Oman . |
| 17 | I did two rabbit sculptures for an exhibition in Yorkshire made of cow much on a metal frame . |
| 18 | First establishing himself at Sockbridge Hall , Lowther moved to London permanently in 1663 . |
| 19 | Sigibert and Guntram came to blows again in 573 , and the crisis was exacerbated by Chilperic 's attacking Sigibert 's lands south of the Loire . |
| 20 | Samuel arrived in Algeciras late in 1939 , after a journey of three months , not long after General Franco announced that Tangier would become a Spanish territory . |
| 21 | POLICE battled to hold back about 200 shrieking fans as Michael Jackson arrived in Japan today on the final leg of his ill-starred Dangerous Asian concert tour . |
| 22 | Cuthbertson returned to London sometime between 1793 and 1796 , perhaps because of the worsening political situation in the Dutch Republic . |
| 23 | SDLP leader John Hume flew to Portugal today for a summit of the leaders of Europe 's social democratic and labour parties . |
| 24 | Nguyen Ai Quoc went into Yunnan early in 1942 to link up with the many other Vietnamese exiles who were known collectively as Dong Minh Hoi . |
| 25 | Second-choice keeper Gary Walsh went into hospital yesterday for a knee operation and third string Ian Wilkinson is out with a broken wrist . |
| 26 | VETERAN comedian Cardew ‘ The Cad ’ Robinson died in hospital yesterday after a short illness . |
| 27 | DUTCH transport minister Johanna Maij-Weggen apologised to colleagues yesterday for breaking her own speed limit . |
| 28 | The ungrateful King , however , refused to part with the mares and Hercules returned to Troy later with a body of companions and destroyed the city . |
| 29 | Heavy and hoping , Lee moved through air inland towards the building she was now to walk away from . |
| 30 | An Olympic gold medallist in 1960 , Ali came to prominence shortly before his assumption of the world heavyweight title in 1964 . |