Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The training grounds and living quarters of the gladiators ( Caserma dei Gladiatori ) are extensive at Pompeii and adjoin the large theatre ( 148 ) . |
| 2 | Instead of starting off in Oxbridge and becoming a spy , he started as a spy and ended up in Oxbridge . |
| 3 | Rickey Henderson 's nerveless brilliance between the bases helped the Athletics beat the Blue Jays 6-3 in Oakland and earn a 2-0 lead in the American League play-off series . |
| 4 | A 23-year-old Glaswegian based in London , the wiry southpaw with the swarming style was voted boxer of the year last season , when he travelled to Las Vegas and beat the Mexican Javier Suazo for the IBF International championship for boxers ranked between No.10 and No.30 in the world . |
| 5 | Reuter adds from Washington : President George Bush yesterday angrily denounced followers of Gen Aoun and said a partition of Lebanon would be totally unacceptable to the world community . |
| 6 | McAllister placed the tray on the table before Dr Neil and performed the parlourmaid 's traditional bob after she had done so . |
| 7 | Jones was handed the biggest fine in FA history on Tuesday and given a suspended six-month ban for his part in the video ‘ Soccer 's Hard Men ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Land of limitless possibilities ’ turns out in strength for Mr Major The Prime Minister flew in to Teesside Airport on Tuesday and said the possibilities for the North-East were almost limitless . |
| 9 | A DAYTIME burglar struck a home in Four Marks on Tuesday and stole a quantity of jewellery . |
| 10 | English National Ballet start their Christmas season at Royal Festival Hall next Tuesday and give The Nutcracker in the Peter Schaufuss staging until January 20 . |
| 11 | only other one he 's got is a silk one so er I was gon na go on Tuesday and have a look and they had them there before Christmas , seven ninety nine and , but it said one size now I do n't know whether the one size will fit Di because the last one I had for him I sent away for and I had erm so I do n't know whether them down there would fit , they were seven ninety nine , there were white and lemon and pale green that was striped I think . |
| 12 | In order to draw this out of him , he wrote a vastly elaborate commentary on the Lay , softening the blow of his harsher criticisms by inventing the personae of a whole group of scholarly editors who are debating the text in the way that scholars have disputed over Homer or Beowulf It would seem that Tolkien took a great deal of notice of Lewis 's invented editors , for he rewrote his Kay and incorporated a high proportion of their emendations . |
| 13 | He negotiated Malaya 's independence from the United Kingdom two years later and was the country 's first Prime Minister , overseeing the creation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963 , and during the next two years withstanding the threat of " Confrontation " with Indonesia and taking the difficult decision that Singapore secede from the Federation . |
| 14 | And what 's more , someone who already owns a PRS and needs a comparable spare guitar can now have one . |
| 15 | People in the British colony of Hong Kong could settle in the British colony of the Falklands and form an independent state . |
| 16 | All the snotty spotty little nerds who support them , who would go weak at the knees and soil themselves if they ever ever went to see MUFC and met the abovementioned evil evil types . |
| 17 | Cheryl decided that as Angela would be away all afternoon and Mrs. Yatton wanted her shoes for the weekend , she would go into Linby and fetch the shoes and at the same time collect the signalling flags , if Jessica had found them . |
| 18 | He crossed over to Corbett and put a hand on his shoulder . |
| 19 | I was also working for Visionhire and hating every minute of it . |
| 20 | The first is the ‘ Austin Special ’ , drawn up by Ted Newman-Jones in Texas and sporting a six-in-line headstock , three of those shimmery-sounding lipstick-tube pickups and a body that looks like someone left a black Les Paul out to melt in the sun , and the second is our review guitar , the Chandler ‘ 555 ’ . |
| 21 | Mosbacher , 64 , like Bush a native easterner who moved to Texas and made a personal fortune in oil and gas , had served as Bush 's national finance chairman in 1988 and was once again expected to concentrate on financing the campaign . |
| 22 | Make your way to the southern side of Loch Assynt and follow the shore as long as you can and then take the easiest line of travel staying parallel to the loch . |
| 23 | Pakistan , Iran , India and the Gulf states having mostly refused military bases to the superpowers could in his view credibly affirm their opposition to the permanent presence of Soviet troops in Afghanistan and endorse the objective of returning Afghanistan to a non-aligned status . |
| 24 | Differences stemmed also from reports that Bhutto was seeking to erode the influence of the Army in the formulation of the country 's policy towards Afghanistan and to adopt a more conciliatory approach to the resolution of the Kashmir problem . |
| 25 | In the south the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement ( MSI ) trebled its vote to 17 per cent in Reggio Calabria and became the city 's second-largest party , proposing a coalition with the anti-Mafia Network ( La Rete ) which took 8.2 per cent , with the Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS — formerly the Communist Party ) and with the hardline Marxist Communist Refoundation Party to challenge the traditional parties . |
| 26 | In 1878 he tramped through the Cevennes with a donkey named Modestine and discovered the delights of Travels with a Donkey . |
| 27 | We 'll fly down to Chernay and inspect the airstrip tomorrow . |
| 28 | Harriet glanced past Meredith and raised the hand holding the rope halter in salute to someone unseen behind her . |
| 29 | Barat then returns , encounters Travers , and succeeds in imitating Marie and obtaining the meat in order to perform a bizarre ritual to preserve it from theft : ( To touch both arse and cunt three times ) |
| 30 | In response to these actions , while convocation debated the necessity to uphold the Ordinances , the archbishop summoned a meeting in March of bishops and magnates to denounce Gaveston and to defend the realm ; excommunication was published on all offenders and on Gaveston . |