Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mistress Philippa tightened her mouth and Athelstan cursed ; he did not wish his interrogation to end in mocking laughter . |
| 2 | The Computer Programmer threw his bat down , in the reckless manner allowed only to one who knows he 's done a good batting job and is respected by his fellows . |
| 3 | During the original trial Ronson 's defence counsel emphasised his client 's integrity on several occasions , a fact which the trial judge found difficult to reconcile with his criminal behaviour concluding it must have ‘ been a moment of greed ’ . |
| 4 | A tinted Perspex hand protection shield did its job , and was flexible enough to survive the knocks and bumps of the tool shed . |
| 5 | THE compliments have been pouring in since Branch Banking Division launched its Service Quality Award programme , Ovations . |
| 6 | She did n't mention training in case Connie found her presumptuous . |
| 7 | Bargain basement Newry matched their high price rivals stride for stride . |
| 8 | In the fourth division Hereford scored their first league win of the year . |
| 9 | In the afternoon Bathsheba called her workers together , and spoke to them in the old hall of the farmhouse . |
| 10 | In 1988 the National Radiological Protection Board produced its first report commissioned by the government into whether there was any link . |
| 11 | Until researchers from the National Radiological Protection Board published their figures there had never been a national survey on the potential risks . |
| 12 | Japanese and Russian officials in charge of diplomatic and defence policies held their first bilateral policy planning meeting on June 14-15 at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow . |
| 13 | Lord Stevens , the chairman , said the Express titles increased their market share of circulation , while advertising volumes rose 7 per cent in the year . |
| 14 | When a customer at Glasgow 's Charing Cross West Branch found her car battery was flat , Tina Browne , a member of staff at the Local Operations Centre situation above the Branch , offered to give her a jump-start . |
| 15 | The money Danica gave my mother was not enough to buy one of the better sorts of bicycle , but it was no good buying a cheap one as it would have to last me for years . |
| 16 | Compaq Computer Corp accompanied its new product blitz yesterday with the news that it will no longer publish suggested list prices for its machines in the US — but unlike IBM Corp with its mainframes , it 's not tearing up the price list . |
| 17 | A good cross section of rig support vessels came our way including tugs , survey ships , safety vessels , rig supply and small merchantmen with supplies like cement , chemicals and drilling mud . |
| 18 | And to her shame and horror Shiona felt her nipples tighten and press hard against the softness of her dress . |
| 19 | After take-off Beaton surveyed his surroundings : ‘ Silk-lined walls , arm chairs like Pullmans , various compartments for eating , sleeping , smoking — this is the aircraft that took Churchill to America … how grateful I am to be among the lucky ones on the last lap for home . ’ |
| 20 | Seven of the 213 Squadron aircraft lost their Beaufighter and returned to the island . |
| 21 | However , just six weeks into the trial Suter dropped its claim , blaming time delays when correlating evidence and expert witnesses , and ‘ gaps ’ in its evidence ( see ACCOUNTANCY , April p 19 ) . |
| 22 | A man short , the Fourth Division side held their more illustrious opponents at bay with no great difficulty until midway through the first half , and the crowds had fallen into an apprehensive silence when Drinkell revived their spirits . |
| 23 | On the day of the launch of The Campaign For Unbleached Paper , the Association of Sanitary Protection Manufacturers sent their own press release in response to the World in Action expose by courier bike — to all the women 's magazines and papers . |
| 24 | After his wife 's early death Macmillan 's sister Ann became his housekeeper and looked after his two young children . |
| 25 | Even after the mid-1973 elections when the Popular Unity Coalition increased their share of the vote to 44 per cent , at no time did Allende have an overall Congressional majority . |
| 26 | From now on , for the most part Branson confined his role in contract negotiations to a neo-imperial one , coming in to ‘ do a number ’ , as Draper put it , when a particularly big star , or recalcitrant manager , required wooing . |
| 27 | The leather bucket seat held her slender figure in a cushioned caress , and trees overhanging the road softened the strong Queensland sunlight with patches of blurred green shade . |
| 28 | Another Gramophone critic found his Viennese recording of Beethoven 's Fifth Symphony unpleasant in its ruthlessness , in marked contrast to a performance of the symphony at Karajan 's début concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra in April 1948 which the reviewer remembered for its grasp of musical architecture and its remarkable intensity of feeling . |
| 29 | Dr Andrew Burnett of the Museum 's coin department estimated their equivalent modern value to be in the region of £250,000 ( $375,000 ) . |
| 30 | The aversion to drummers extends across musical boundaries and , like hundreds before them , The Wedding Present ousted their man from the drums . |