Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 Nearing Sligo , we passed Collooney , where General Humbert and his French-Irish army had defeated the British .
2 Milan , with La Scala and its famous fashion shops is another popular excursion .
3 He could n't see Fernando Serra and his beautiful companion or the crew dispersing for the night .
4 They approached Peter Simpson , then Chairman of Dalton-on-Tees Parish council , who enlisted the support of local plumber Alec Clacher , in collaboration with Tholthorpe farmer Geoff Wood and York-based S/L Jim Cable and his wife .
5 When Theseus and the other Athenians arrived in Crete they were met by King Minos and his beautiful daughter Ariadne .
6 We have chosen two programmes of fifteen minute films featuring these artists : Rhythm Masters ( 1948 ) featuring Stan Kenton , Jack Teagarden , Louis Prima ; Symphony in Swing ( 1949 ) : Duke Ellington , Edwards Sisters ; Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra ( 1949 ) ; Deep Purple ( 1949 ) : Gene Krupa and his Orchestra ; Sweet Serenade ( 1950 ) : Tex Beneke and his Orchestra .
7 This followed a parade , at which the Queen presented a new colour and addressed RAF personnel and their families .
8 At the Church Meeting on the 9th , we appointed Jim Brooks as our new church secretary in succession to Malcolm Brown who had intimated in June his desire to step down from the post .
9 ALISON Hargreaves and her children put in some low-altitude training in Scotland yesterday as they prepared for the high life of the Himalayas .
10 Enter freelance writer Ian Lucas and his enquiring mind .
11 ‘ I 'm Sophie Ferguson and my partner here is Joanna Kennedy .
12 ‘ It occurs to me that one of the cleverest things about Operation Eagle was the way Colonel Steiner and his men were transported to England . ’
13 The vast Kharg Island refinery and its associated depots at Bander' Bushehr in the northern part of the Persian Gulf are the major oil loading facilities for Iran .
14 Shabba Ranks and his enigmatic manager ‘ The Specialist ’ seem to be in a minority with their enthusiasm for the record .
15 The PAC on Dec. 9 elected Clarence Makwetu as its new president following the death in October of Zephania Mothopeng [ see p. 37765 ] .
16 I ask my hon. Friend to think of any reason why detailing the savage discrimination of the MacSharry proposals and their impact on Scottish agriculture would weaken the Minister 's hand when negotiating .
17 Within the hour , a telegram was on its way to London claiming the reward for information as to the whereabouts of Patrick Lundy and his female servant .
18 KEEPING an eye out for crooks , it 's TV cop Jon Iles and his real-life pal Lorna Ewin .
19 As the daughter , Margo Gunn is somewhat expressionless and William Armstrong as her brother at times inaudible so emotionally choked is his delivery .
20 Sir Kenneth Younger and his colleagues had first to consider what was meant by privacy .
21 But later editions of today 's Sun newspaper say Colonel Stewart and his 40-year-old wife , Lizzie , are now living apart and have consulted solicitors .
22 I had this dreadful feeling that my journey to London and my meeting with this Frenchman had all been carefully managed by Cardinal Wolsey and his blackguard , Doctor Agrippa .
23 In addition to these agents , we have our own wholly owned subsidiary in Sweden , Stoddard Mattor , Stockholm , managed by Anders Falkman and his Sales Manager , Thomas Nilsonne — a successful company operating exclusively in the hotel and contract sector .
24 Stoddard Mercia , worked closely with developer Roger Penfold and his wife Carolyne , who has her own interior design business , Libra Interiors .
25 The significance of the Ruiz case and its aftermath for any analysis of the significance of the work of John Howard lies within the example it gives of a certain approach to penal reform .
26 Quite fortuitously early music has come to its aid : Montpellier co-produces all the operatic ventures by William Christie and his Arts Florissants .
27 The other source of inspiration — and indeed guidance — for the research was an experiment by William Hayward and his colleagues at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York ( Nature , vol 290 , p 475 ) , Their work on a virus-induced lymphoma of birds inspired the researchers to look specifically for the myc gene — rather than for any of the 13 other known proto-oncogenes .
28 A study done by Edwin Colbert and his colleagues showed that a tiny 50 gramme ( 1.76 oz ) alligator heated up 1 °C every minute and a half from the Sun , while a large alligator some 260 times bigger took seven and a half minutes .
29 Bernard Ellis and his wife Megan are among only a handful of people in the world capable of making the reproductions .
30 So Bernard Ellis and his wife Megan make reproductions .
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