Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a drop of 42% from the peak reached in 1990 the German Expressionist Index has held up better than the more volatile sectors of French and American painting . |
| 2 | David tried to work out just when Carole would return . |
| 3 | Pond needs cleaning out again as well . |
| 4 | Juliet had noticed how David had looked up sharply while Miss Rose was talking . |
| 5 | Those responsible for the access funds at Dundee university wrote to me to say that their funds had run out even before the summer recess had begun . |
| 6 | The next day the Prince was leading a small group of businessmen he had brought over from Britain , including Stephen O'Brien , to look at a scheme called the Boston Compact , evidence that the United States had woken up sooner than anyone else to the dilemma of falling educational standards . |
| 7 | Hungary had turned back more than one million people from its borders since October 1991 , when it restricted the conditions of entry into the country . |
| 8 | Hungary had turned back more than one million people from its borders since October 1991 , when it restricted the conditions of entry into the country . |
| 9 | Shakespeare makes the point about interpretation that modern research in theories of vision and the education of young children has confirmed — that we are all taught to see — by Iago 's prediction of the view that Othello , hidden in the normally superior position of the eavesdropper , will take of his imminent conversation with Cassio : After the scene has turned out exactly as predicted , Iago checks on his victim 's responses : The Signifier here , the handkerchief , has been made by Iago to yield a meaning which is totally false , but which he has put upon it with so much circumstantial detail — Shakespeare 's diligence in this point risks pushing his plot into the incredible — that Othello can only see it as a present that Cassio has received from Desdemona and has ‘ given … his whore ’ . |
| 10 | Some link with the doctrine of the matrimonial offence has been retained by the further provision that the court may not decide that a marriage has broken down irretrievably unless the petitioner can establish one or more of the five following circumstances : |
| 11 | Benny turned to go back home as usual . |
| 12 | That night , after Alina had gone out , Pete decided to find out exactly where she went . |
| 13 | SHAW Branch Manager John Powell had to pay up quicker than he expected after promising his staff an expenses-paid outing if they achieved their Royal Scottish leads target . |
| 14 | See horse 's feet 's picked out properly before he goes out exercising and when he comes in exercise . |
| 15 | Western countries have handed over more than $1 billion in aid , mainly as food , which is sold by the government as its main source of revenue . |
| 16 | ‘ Smaller boats tend to rock about more when the storms come , but they get moving faster when the weather calms down , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Home Office Minister Peter Lloyd admitted : ‘ The announcement has come out earlier than we intended . ’ |
| 18 | The Group has taken on more than 30 schools in the mining communities in an effort to improve the standard of education among the disadvantaged groups of the community . |
| 19 | I know Mr used to go up there cos he was still at school then and he used to go up there cos he was doing nothing but whether he he wants her to get a job , well he . |
| 20 | True , on the first working day after the bomb , business did go on much as usual . |
| 21 | If Europe 's governments choose muddling through rather than such reform , then that achievement , as well as the ERM itself , will remain at risk . |
| 22 | Instead Rory had found out only when Ken had had his first story published , and now it was as though they were passing each other travelling in opposite directions ; Ken slowly but surely building up a reputation as a children 's story-teller while his own supposed career as a professional recounter of traveller 's tales sank gradually in the west . |
| 23 | The concept tends to fall down slightly when variations are required . |
| 24 | It does something even more wonderful , it accelerates critical illness diagnosis by paying out on the disabling condition like loss of limb , where it creates a situation where the permanent person get paid out even before he has a critical condition , because that condition threatens his chances of paying his daily needs due to financial independence . |
| 25 | Rose liked to come down here when he old man got on her wick . ’ |
| 26 | Yesterday a spokesman for Reg Vardy said the firm and Rolls- Royce had carried out more than £1,000 worth of work to rectify the steering problem , including fitting two new road wheels . |
| 27 | Irvine plans to turn out more than 600 buses this year . |
| 28 | For Sp1 , this has proved extremely difficult because multiple , and heterogeneous phosphorylation appears to occur in more than one region of the protein ( S.Jackson , unpublished data ) . |
| 29 | SPURS star Gordon Durie hopes to carry on today where he left off with new striking partner Teddy Sheringham . |
| 30 | I tried Gallanach , in case the train had got back there before the bag had been discovered under the seat by some honest person . |