Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coin looked as if the minter struck it on a single die , punching the image in the metal in repoussé , so hard that the inverted ear on the reverse would appear on the other side , and could be read the right way round in shallow relief when the coin was turned over . |
| 2 | Hence rather than simply investigate the ability of a tag to follow other tags , it also incorporates the ability of the tag to precede it 's successors . |
| 3 | Now 3 × £9 is £27 , if you add the £2 that the porter kept you have a total of £29 — so who 's got the missing £1 ? |
| 4 | Some of the details are nicely done such as the antiquated ceramic water bottle offered by the porter to enable them to cope with the freezing bedrooms . |
| 5 | That 's why , the morning the porter took me down to the forest , you sent Dame Catherine after me to see where we were going . |
| 6 | The porter fetches it every morning . ’ |
| 7 | The porter gestured him over . |
| 8 | The carpenter looked at him , then at Benedicta and , throwing back his head , laughed hysterically until the porter struck him across the face . |
| 9 | All that was necessary was for the porter to replace it on the wrong nail before going to Compline , and leave her its ineffective twin . |
| 10 | They had missed breakfast but the porter brought them coffee and hot rolls in one of the small lounges , then rang for a taxi to take them to Royalbion House . |
| 11 | The porter brought me the message . |
| 12 | The coroner bawled at the porter to follow them and , for the second time that day , Athelstan heard the confession of a man about to meet Death . |
| 13 | The porter joined them , scratching his thinning hair . |
| 14 | This third body is disposed of , but as the porter returns he encounters the hunchback husband who he supposes to be the corpse returning yet one more time . |
| 15 | He got the porter to buy him aftershave , but they did n't sell his musky expensive brand in Perth so he had to make do with a cheaper one from the tourist shop . |
| 16 | Again , the defence let them down , and despite reducing the deficit to only one goal before the break , Bradford won with plenty in hand against a stuttering home side . |
| 17 | Again , the defence let them down , and despite reducing the deficit to only one goal before the break , Bradford won with plenty in hand against a stuttering home side . |
| 18 | The prosecution says it belonged to Westmore James , the defence say it could have been owned by Ian Barnes and Westmore James had been acting inself defence . |
| 19 | The defence allege he was still there the next day and had insisted on the compulsory repatriation of Cossack prisoners to Soviet forces . |
| 20 | The response astounded us and delighted Durham County Cricket Club , who are backing the tournament . |
| 21 | The ferocity of the response hurt him deeply , although he could say , ‘ I told you so ’ with ICI 's announcement that it is to split into two to enhance shareholder value . |
| 22 | The response overwhelmed them : the fellowship now has more than 9,750 members in 65 countries — including the Soviet Union — and the numbers are growing daily . |
| 23 | The sort of people who wanted a house that size these days did not want it in the high street of a market town , and this young woman surely would not have the income to keep it up . |
| 24 | The Premier made it clear he was not being forced out . |
| 25 | Mrs Hughes , from Marske , Cleveland , was 108 when she had tea at No 10 with the then Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher — and later she returned the compliment when the premier visited her home while in north-east England . |
| 26 | A few minutes later the company sergeant-major marched out of the tent to collect him . |
| 27 | And from that Sunday the tent collapsed we could n't really concentrate on anything else . |
| 28 | I dived angrily inside the tent to clear it , dumbfounded as to how sand could have got in . |
| 29 | I was bending my brains to think of a way of introducing Brian Harley into the conversation when the television monitor in the corner of the tent gave me the ideal opportunity . |
| 30 | But as the continents grew they gleaned more of the carbon from the oceans and atmosphere . |