Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co and DEC got together at the Open Software Foundation 's Challenge'93 shindig in Boston last week to demonstrate their implementations of the Distributed Computing Environment . |
| 2 | She could hear parts of the conversation between the two lost souls , and when Tess went back upstairs , Mrs Brooks crept quietly up to listen outside the bedroom door . |
| 3 | They were also trying too hard , Maria realised quite soon , and she thought Luke was equally aware of it . |
| 4 | GCCS made particularly good progress breaking the Japanese naval attaché cipher traffic , both in London and elsewhere in Europe , since many foreign cable companies routed their signals through repeater stations in places like Malta where GCCS could acquire all interesting traffic without having to go through the charade of obtaining a warrant . |
| 5 | SENSIQ MADE PURELY FOR YOU |
| 6 | And when the film 's director , Alfred Hitchcock , threw a party at his house , Clift became so drunk that his co-star Karl Malden carried him out in his arms . |
| 7 | There was one hold-up after another and all the time Clift became more and more frail . |
| 8 | Lisa beamed confidently as Vass gathered up her sketches and handed them back to her . |
| 9 | This time , he hardly landed a blow as the majestic Christie cruised home . |
| 10 | They were bound for Epping because Dean lived there . |
| 11 | well because there was three of us we went , it was seven hundred and one , like , their go , first bloke got a hundred and eighty , next one got a hundred and forty , this one got a hundred and twenty and me and Matt got about forty each and Rick and we were stuffed just bit , have you been watching any of the darts ? dead interesting |
| 12 | Scarlet asked wearily , ‘ If you mean why are n't we dining out , it 's because it 's a ridiculous waste of money … ’ |
| 13 | From somewhere in the darkness , Sophie made little , stricken noises , all on an indrawn breath . |
| 14 | Roman asked mildly , and Garry 's rather weak features took on a look of selfcongratulation . |
| 15 | Isabel became suddenly aware of her own vulnerability and of the need for preventive action . |
| 16 | Isabel asked softly . |
| 17 | Isabel asked cautiously . |
| 18 | BBC entertainment chief Jim Moir announced yesterday the programme will run until at least April 1994 . |
| 19 | Before Shildon got very far with his answer the doorbell rang again . |
| 20 | Stewart became still more of a national hero when he represented Australia at rowing in the Melbourne Olympics . |
| 21 | Hereford lived dangerously but by half time were still managing to keep afloat . |
| 22 | Mrs Marcos agreed long ago to fly her husband 's body direct to Laoag , but she is now hinting at defiance . |
| 23 | Mr Hobbs asked anxiously . |
| 24 | Jessica admitted freely that she was a cottage-dweller , one of the idle rich that cluttered up the streets and strands of Donegal from May to September , but at least she did n't drive a gas-guzzling BMW like some she could mention . |
| 25 | Hauser whispered again . |
| 26 | She guessed Ben lived mostly in the kitchen , cooking neatly and painstakingly for himself . |
| 27 | " Dinner is served , Madam , " Twomey announced quietly from the doorway . |
| 28 | Ben got away to a really fast start and there was no heading him . |
| 29 | Ben got away to a lightning start and won in a blazing 10.06 seconds ; Chidi ( not going to Scotland ) was second , and I was some way back in third place with 10.32 seconds . |
| 30 | Miss Temple whispered kindly in my ear , |