Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dan realised with growing dismay that at forty-six he was qualified for nothing . |
| 2 | The 32-year-old helped Sheffield stay in big time soccer but Dave Bassett would n't stand in his way if a move back South came up . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've never seen anything like that in my life , ’ Mitch announced in absolute awe . |
| 4 | In this way , Man and Daurog lived in uneasy harmony for many generations , each keeping to their realm , each finding power in the other , each recognizing the other in themselves … |
| 5 | But Ward agreed that it would still be very difficult to stop Hamilton-Jones competing in big road races or marathons in which thousands of runners take part . |
| 6 | The red warning lights of The Sandhopper glowed like boiling blood in the blackness . |
| 7 | But it would be a mistake to believe that from the beginning Baldwin exercised all the power and merely allowed MacDonald to sit in impotent glory in 10 Downing Street . |
| 8 | The Soviet Foreign Minister Boris Pankin also visited Jerusalem , on Oct. 17 , and met with Israeli Foreign Minister David Levi , while Baker met with Prime Minister Itzhak Shamir . |
| 9 | Lawson insists on high interest rates |
| 10 | With the edge of the island visible on either side , Manhattan sits in murky river , an absurd chunk of metropolis looking like a Gothic spaceship working up to an explosive departure from the planet . |
| 11 | Hun Sen met with Foreign Minister Qian Qichen and other senior Chinese leaders . |
| 12 | Down went Alvar Salvadores in great haste , and ordered a bell to be rung which was a signal for two hundred knights to make ready ; for the history saith , that the Cid , by reason that he was alway in war , had appointed such signals for his people , that they knew when one hundred were called for , and when two , and so forth . |
| 13 | Mr Nightingale beamed with gentle superiority . |
| 14 | Mitch asked with real surprise . |
| 15 | Carver gazed with open admiration at her figure . |
| 16 | Costa Rica and Panama agreed on ecological protection measures for their joint border areas . |
| 17 | In 1988 Cairns reported in abstract form 90 patients treated with an endoprosthesis , in 39 it was a short term measure as they underwent surgery or endoscopic clearance of the duct in a mean of 2.4 months , two ( 5% ) of these patients developed cholangitis . |
| 18 | An hour later Perdita sidled into the yard with wet hair to be confronted by Frances quivering with ecstatic disapproval . |
| 19 | Klaus was a boy with a good school certificate who wanted to join ICI to work in chemical engineering . |
| 20 | 22 year old Lebanese chauffuer Ali Choukeir has appeared at the Palais de Justice charged with involuntary manslaughter . |
| 21 | Will he ensure that any suggestion of parachute recruits going to Lichfield to train with Royal Army Medical Corps recruits of both genders would be ruled out of court immediately ? |
| 22 | Peter Scott assesses Perry Anderson 's verdict on English intellectuals ; Tony Parker on Thatcherism 's casualties ; Stephen Howe looks for new life in the unions ; Conor Gearty cross-examines a defender of the Bar ; and Geoff Dyer wades through Ted Hughes ' Shakespearean fantasy |
| 23 | Take the case of Essex Junior School in Newham described in Spare Rib issue 55 : |
| 24 | Venezuela stands in sharp contrast because the banks see it as a better bet than Mexico . |
| 25 | ‘ The Graces dwelt on ev'ry Limb : |
| 26 | Robert Scholes writes in Textual Power : |
| 27 | When writing the book Alain-Fournier drew on personal experience : at the age of nineteen he had fallen in love with a young woman he saw at the Lycée and with whom , though they exchanged only a few words , he felt a powerful affinity . |
| 28 | Student Rugby : Newton adds to big tally |
| 29 | As they were about to go inside — for although it was a pleasant summer day , it was always likely to be windy on top , and their hats might blow away — Florrie exclaimed in sudden panic : ‘ Oh , good gracious ! |
| 30 | Doyle rose to full height , stepping out across the grass , and saw Jack Stone himself , crouched by the flower border , a trowel in hand . |