Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dickson duly complied with their wishes with an appalling 1–4 record on the first day . |
| 2 | At the time of the June 1983 general election , with Geoffrey Howe widely believed to be destined for transfer to the Foreign Office , the financial strategy unveiled in his first budget of June 1979 was being quietly buried . |
| 3 | Widnes bitterly complained about the unfairness of the situation saying — quite rightly — that if incidents like that are to be pulled out you would need 26 cameras — for every player . |
| 4 | Yesterday 's drama came a year and a day after the North Yorkshire shootings in which Special Constable Glenn Goodman was killed and PC Sandy Kelly badly wounded by a hail of bullets fired by on-the-run IRA terrorist Paul Magee . |
| 5 | Forrester eventually got on the pitch with about 5 minutes left , and indeed Fowler was attempting to put him through when the ball richoched back to him , hit him in the stomach and sat up in a ‘ kick me please ’ type fashion , which he did , and scored . |
| 6 | In an age of central heating and renovation Greystones presumably featured as a rare unspoiled habitat . |
| 7 | Cardiff slowly pushed at the door , widening the thin jet-black wedge . |
| 8 | Victoria continued to wear handed-down Liberty dresses from Aunt Rose 's daughters , and wasting money by the excessive use of electric light , hot water or heating appliances was a vice which Pamela rigorously discouraged in children and servants . |
| 9 | Enrico Navarra and Claude Bernard courageously put on one-man shows of Jean Michel Basquiat ( priced at FFr500,000–1.4 million ) and Genevieve Asse , respectively . |
| 10 | All were prescribed as painkillers , with both Zomax and Opren widely prescribed for arthritic patients . |
| 11 | After an atmospheric Christmassy sequence slower than the rest , Arnold suddenly launches into a bold pastiche of West Indian pop music , steel band references and all . |
| 12 | Today the Vatican rightly claims to be the country with the world 's lowest birthrate ; since most of its permanent residents are Roman Catholic clergy and nuns , the chances of a baby appearing in their midst are slim by anyone 's reckoning . |
| 13 | It is possible that Storr continued the concern , Fogelberg perhaps acting as the sleeping partner . |
| 14 | But Dierdriu only smiled at him , and Fergus saw that it was the cruel , charming smile of her ancestors , who had lain with the wolves . |
| 15 | Harvey suddenly thought of something else . |
| 16 | The Duchess has even taken up sketching to feel more at one with the subject of her new book ( Victoria apparently relied on her own sketches rather than paparazzi snaps or pictures in Hello ! as mementoes of overseas trips ) and admits that she , like the late Queen , is a ‘ tireless traveller ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Mushtaq 's effectiveness has steadily declined as the tour has proceeded , ’ Jenkins unwisely observed before Mushtaq 's excellent bowling in both innings . |
| 18 | Nor does Herodotus necessarily refer to the Jews when he mentions Syrians and Phoenicians of Palestine , who acknowledge that they learnt circumcision from the Egyptians ( 2.104 ) . |
| 19 | Marlowe perhaps figures in other ways as well does n't he ? |
| 20 | Jealous of Lubor ? ’ and did n't know where she was when , as if he did n't think much of sitting opposite her in one chair while she had the huge couch all to herself , Ven suddenly moved from his chair and came and sat down next to her on the couch . |
| 21 | Baden-Powell warmly approved of Casson 's ideas , and he quoted large chunks of them in his writings . |
| 22 | Mills all set for ‘ return ’ to Glens |
| 23 | Ten minutes after the break Middlesbrough suddenly burst into attack with two good chances in a minute . |
| 24 | CGT only applies to the actual profit you make , so if you buy shares to the value of £25,000 and sell them later for £35,000 the taxman will only be interested in the £1 0,000 profit you have gained . |
| 25 | The implications of ‘ story ’ have hardened to the extent that Federman constantly refers to the narrative as a ‘ recitation ’ , as if he were writing over earlier texts such as Beat novels . |
| 26 | Roger suddenly launched into this discussion about how they 'd identified the need for someone to join the team with a view to becoming a main board member ; this person would effectively release him from a lot of the day-to-day public company responsibilities and the accounting , reporting and auditing areas , so that he could focus on being part of the entrepreneurial team , organising financing and liaising with the City . |
| 27 | We should be getting at least to March all supplied from us now for the next three or four months it should all be from us . |
| 28 | Winning the toss and putting Knutsford in to bat on a damp wicket gave leftarmer Mike Cross the chance to shine with 4–19 . |
| 29 | Flip over and you 'll find equally impressive tunes from Liberty City and Interceptor patiently waiting to be tried and tested , both estimable club-friendly giants sleepwalking through Deep House style lobbies and thoroughly warranting as much attention as ‘ Reach Me ’ . |
| 30 | Newton only learnt of the charge on Monday , two days before the county appeared in front of the TCCB . |