Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They fumbled away the game , 37-14 , to the Colts , and lost quarterback Jim Kelly for perhaps four weeks with a shoulder separation . |
| 2 | Below : Ben Tee from above Kilfinnan Falls . |
| 3 | Below : Ben Tee from above Kilfinnan falls . |
| 4 | It leaves manager Lawrie McMenemy with just 16 players but he has so far resisted calling anybody off the standby list . |
| 5 | ‘ To be Miss World to just one man is the greatest prize of all ’ |
| 6 | Measurements reveal a pronounced seasonal range in concentration at Mauna Loa of about 6–7 ppm , which reflects an excess of photosynthesis over respiration during the spring and summer , and the reverse during the autumn and winter . |
| 7 | The Dons had enjoyed the better of the early exchanges with Scott Booth in particularly lively form . |
| 8 | He was on his way back from Kensal Green to Paddington , on his way back from discovering in Zohra Labrooy at least one friend of Heather 's who was prepared to be an ally of his . |
| 9 | An RAF match on Wednesday on the Witham was won by Neil Parkinson with around 40 roach , ruff and gudgeon for 1 lb 8 oz . |
| 10 | I have adopted her splendid suggestion and now drink my excellent pint of Flowers IPA from only British made , top-quality tankards . |
| 11 | Gordon Marshall had to save a dangerous cross from Andy Kiwomya after only five minutes , and seven minutes later the Celtic keeper upended the same Dundee player in the box . |
| 12 | When the match is played their semi-final opponents will be Jim McMenemy ( John McMonagle , John Murdoch , Brian Spears ) who managed to beat David Gerrard by just eight imps . |
| 13 | A similar figure is quoted for a large landscape with a castle by Hubert Robert , while the portrait of Countess Maria-Theresa Kinsy , painted by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun in circa 1793 , is estimated to bring FFr1.2-1.5m ( £120–150,000 ; $210–265,000 ) . |
| 14 | Ironically it was part-time spinner Aamir Sohail who pulled the rug from under England by dismissing Ian Botham for 40 and Trent Bridge destroyer Graeme Hick for just eight . |
| 15 | The mystery of her origins occupied both Matey and Dr Neil in quite different ways . |
| 16 | 2 tax inspectors and a bailiff visited the terraced house in Sidney Street at about 4.00 p.m. , apparently to repossess Jones ' van for non-payment of tax . |
| 17 | The government said that it had agreed to allow the phased release of around 1,300 political prisoners after Sept. 1 , and the return to South Africa of around 22,000 anti-government exiles after Oct. 1 . |
| 18 | In 1926 Winifred Holtby visited South Africa for over five months , to speak on behalf of the League of Nations Union . |
| 19 | STEVE CRAM will make his debut at 5,000 metres next month when he becomes the first British athlete to compete in South Africa for almost 20 years . |
| 20 | Mr Major won his mandate to continue his premiership and press on with the Maastricht Bill by just three votes after a photo-finish climax to a day of drama . |
| 21 | The Hampshire Salver for lowest four-round aggregate in the Selborne Salver and the Hog went to Stuart Cage , on 276 , from Pullan ( 280 ) , Steve Barwick ( 282 ) , Graham ( 283 ) and Cox ( 284 ) . |
| 22 | Danish invaders found their way to Lough Neagh between AD 849 and AD 1014 but whether they came up the Bann is uncertain . |
| 23 | The road , now a rough lane , continues beyond Loch Affric into more open country with mountains on both sides . |
| 24 | I have witnessed this expansion in parts of North America for nearly 60 years , first working as a student with a pitchfork on the harvest in Alberta . |
| 25 | One aspect of this is to excuse American involvement as an idealistic attempt to save South Vietnam from ideologically motivated aggression . |
| 26 | ( A smaller complication is the presence near Addis Ababa of nearly 20,000 Falashas , black Jews whom the Israelis may now be tempted to rescue in an Entebbe-style commando raid . ) |
| 27 | It has a top speed of 186mph and can go from London to Monte Carlo on just one tank of fuel . |
| 28 | All gear can be sold in La Paz at quite good prices . |
| 29 | As a consequence it is possible to extradite Mr Ward on only one of the offences allegedly committed by him — the alleged theft of the £5.2m . |
| 30 | He was a businessman , an entrepreneur whose roller-coaster fortunes had taken the family to Puerto Rico and Costa Rica for about four years . |