Example sentences of "[num] [coord] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My own autograph hunting was conducted with boyish enthusiasm at Trent Bridge in the late 19920s and early 30s and began in inauspicious circumstances . |
| 2 | He sold the chemist 's business in 1872 and moved to new premises at Plymouth Hoe . |
| 3 | The answer differs according to whether the contract was avoided by section 7 or frustrated at common law . |
| 4 | Joyce joined the advertising department as secretary in 1979 and moved to special projects eight years later to work in the department setting up the in-store coffee shops . |
| 5 | I woke before six and dressed in casual uniform and went to my office to get things ready for the day . |
| 6 | Well there was er the one who had the most important influence in my school life was Albert Edward , do you remember the printers , he was a teacher and he used to teach standard four , that was your last standard in the junior , and he had a big influence on , on me because er he wanted me to go into the printing trade as an apprentice , but I , me leaving school at thirteen and going into full-time work straight away I could n't do , do that but oh there was er , , he was an officer during the war he was in the and there was oh our , our school teacher , we used to call , we used to call him his name was actually Arthur I think , but he was always , he was a little bit addicted to the lit little whisky bottle , he used to keep a little bottle in his desk and he 'd be having a nip of whisky , but he was what was approximated as a sports master now , he used to look after the football team , we used to call him , I suppose his name was Arthur but his name was . |
| 7 | He was born in Spilsby in 1786 and died in Arctic regions in 1847 . |
| 8 | It was marked on a map dated 1648 and according to local reports was a working mill until 1900 . |
| 9 | Encarnación Valdiva ( " the Tiger " ) reportedly replaced Morán as re-contra leader on Sept. 7 and called for fresh negotiations with the government . |
| 10 | He was present at the siege of Bharatpur in 1826 but deserted in early July 1827 in Agra . |
| 11 | By the outbreak of war in 1939 , he was 32 and compared with other pilots was an old man to be flying against German fighters . |
| 12 | The seven oils include a splendid ‘ Portrait de l'Artiste ’ , executed in his early palette-knife technique of around 1866 and signed in bold red capitals ( est. £1–1.5 million ; $1.8–2.8 million ) ; two landscapes , ‘ Maison dans les Arbres ( Auvers ) ’ of 1879 ( est. £1.4–1.8 million ; $2.5–3.5 million ) , and ‘ Le Bassin du Jas de Bouffan ’ of 1878 ( est. £1.6–2.2 million ; $3–4 million ) ; a ‘ Cinq Baigneurs ’ of 1880–82 , one of the most complete canvases from the Bathers series ( est. £2.5–3.5 million ; $4.5–6.5 million ) ; and a brilliantly-coloured ‘ L'Homme à la Pipe ’ , the only surviving study for the pipe-smoking spectator in the ‘ Card-Players ’ , now in the Metropolitan Museum , New York ( est. £1.5–2.5 million ; $2.5–4.5 million ) . |
| 13 | Wade through them , swinging it from left to right in a figure of eight and yelling like mad , forcing them back as you break out towards safety like a samurai in the Tokyo rush hour . |
| 14 | Formed in 1980 and led by dual singer-songwriters Gimo Remane and Zena Bakar , the group has always made an effort to maintain the traditional rhythms of their home in Nampula province but also take inspiration from a cosmopolitan mix of Latin and Arab styles : the delicate lilting Portuguese-influenced guitar cuts across sliding Arabic rhythms . |
| 15 | Formed in 1980 and led by dual singer-songwriters Gimo Remane and Zena Bakar , the group has always made an effort to maintain the traditional rhythms of their home in Nampula province but also take inspiration from a cosmopolitan mix of Latin and Arab styles : the delicate lilting Portuguese-influenced guitar cuts across sliding Arabic rhythms . |
| 16 | This was implemented early in 1946 and opened in temporary quarters in St John 's College , later transferring to a good site in the centre of the city . |
| 17 | Faced by strikes at ports and mines , a public transport strike in Sofia , the capital , on July 16-19 and strikes by medical workers and government workers , the government on July 14 authorised a 26 per cent pay increase for all state employees . |
| 18 | But elsewhere neatly swept asphalt pathways still connect hundreds of modest brickwork sheds , built in the 1940s and nestling within protective earthen ramparts where generations of rabbits have nibbled the grass to a close trim . |
| 19 | That 's what it is Martin , confirmation really of what er Mick said to you in that interview , Steve , Tommy two , three but playing at central defence , Dean 'll be the skipper playing in midfield , Michael at the heart of the defence , Phil in midfield , Paul wears seven but will play up front , er Mark at eight in midfield , wears nine , well that 's a bit of nonsense is n't i in terms of numbering , cos he 's gon na play at left back not at centre forward , Gary is ten , Tony eleven , then on the bench , really good to see David and Rod , Bob 's there as well along with er Paul and that 's er possibly a a first chance for the youngster there , and Michael who has been bloodied already but er a little bit of experience in and er the youngsters , and as I say again it 's really good to see and in the number and er I 'm still practising and I shall give you the Pisa team when you return to the er rather sodden Lane with the spectators all huddled towards the back of the stands to get er extra protection from the er rain that 's being swept a on to the stands and er has obliterated the markings on the pitch . |
| 20 | The European Court of Human Rights has considered the application of article 10 to contempt of court in The Sunday Times v. United Kingdom ( 1979 ) 2 E.H.R.R. 245 ; to criminal defamation in Lingens v. Austria ( 1986 ) 8 E.H.R.R. 407 and to breach of confidential information in The Sunday Times v. United Kingdom ( No. 2 ) ( unreported ) , 26 November 1991 , Series A No. 217 . |
| 21 | Jiaozi — meat dumplings made of chopped pork , cabbage , salt , ginger and pepper in a thin wrapper of dough — are prepared by the thousand and dipped in soy sauce before being eaten as appetisers . |
| 22 | The idea was Rupert Sheldrake 's hypothesis of formative causation , which he described in New Sciente of Life in 1981 and outlined in New Scientist in 18 June of that year ( vol 90 , p 766 ) . |
| 23 | Comparable opportunities in telecommunications followed industry upheavals — both in equipment ( with the emergence of such companies as ROLM in the manufacturing of private branch exchanges ) and in transmission ( with the emergence of MCI and Sprint in long-distance service ) . |
| 24 | Representatives of the Czech and Slovak television and radio services met in Bratislava on Aug. 5 and agreed on joint back-up and operations of television and radio coverage in both republics . |
| 25 | MATHSOFT STEAMS INTO THE UK PUSHING MATCHCAD 4 AND LOOKING FOR RELATED APPLICATIONS ACROSS EUROPE |
| 26 | She came to London from LA in the mid Eighties and sang with various groups , including satirical rap outfit The Ghastly Girls . |
| 27 | These are compared in column 7 of Table 3.2 and plotted against average relative abundances in Fig. 3.6 . |
| 28 | Haemobilia after puncture of the biliary tree was seen in patient 6 and settled with conservative management . |
| 29 | But Mr Salinas 's people are acutely aware that lack of competition and cosiness with the state have resulted in the squandering of billions and led to insufficient capital investment . |
| 30 | Another important English piece is a fecundity dish dated 1674 and decorated in polychrome relief on a white ground ( est. £30,000–40,000 ; $58,200–77,600 ) . |