Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lacuna slowly shook her great head . |
| 2 | MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson staunchly backed his temperamental superstar Eric Cantona last night and claimed : ‘ This man can become a giant at Old Trafford . ’ |
| 3 | Aged 43 , with two teenage children , Maria only found her perfect profession five years ago . |
| 4 | Team secretary David Morris said : ‘ Ian only joined us three weeks ago because he had discipline problems at his last club . |
| 5 | By the following month , furthermore , Reagan 's rating had dropped ten points , where it broadly stayed during the next three months while the administration successfully defended its budget-cutting package and won a stunning endorsement of the tax reduction measure . |
| 6 | Under these the craftsmen skilfully handled their special steels . |
| 7 | As a result , the reorganization only reached its final stages in the summer of 1977 . |
| 8 | His alcoholism apparently alienated his former writing partner ; his admirable disinclination to offer any public denial of his homosexuality may have compromised his potential as a solo performer ; and he battled for several years with the throat cancer which finally killed him . |
| 9 | Corbett suddenly remembered his last meeting with the nuns at Godstowe and his heart began to pound . |
| 10 | Penny and her Second , Sylvia , talked about it all the way to the corner where Sylvia turned off for home , and Penny only remembered her lost budgie again when Sylvia said goodbye and added : ‘ I do hope you find Kelpie soon , Penny . ’ |
| 11 | Josh only gave him some whisky for his own good . |
| 12 | Athelstan was about to snarl a further retort when the coroner 's words suddenly quickened his own memories . |
| 13 | Green eyes stared back at her from beneath dark slanting brows but with her short hair that accentuated her elfin face she somehow felt the swimsuit only made her slight figure look even more boyish . |
| 14 | When Kylie finally won her biggest break as Charlene in Neighbours she remained modest and unaware that the role would take her to international stardom . |
| 15 | Isabell Werth on Fabienne just beat her German compatriot Sven Rothenberger with Ideaal in a battle of European champions to take the Volvo Dressage World Cup . |
| 16 | Talented hurdler Ambuscade finally broke his Flat duck at the 22nd attempt to initiate a 34-1 double for Kevin Darley . |
| 17 | In 1990 , however , David finally realised his lifelong ambition . |
| 18 | My American agent once got me some stuff placed in Reader 's Digest . ’ |
| 19 | Although not packed with tourists like Stratford , Warwick still attracted its fair share of visitors . |
| 20 | MacLane still had his rubber hosepipe with him , like a comforter blanket . |
| 21 | Returning aircraft always had their own ground crews waiting on the air field ready to assist in case of trouble , and relations between air and ground crews were of the highest possible standard . |
| 22 | His heavy-handed tactics usually had their desired effect in reducing men to quivering wrecks . |
| 23 | She was too shaken with sobs to risk driving so she sat there for two hours weeping her heart out while neighbours and passers-by studiously ignored her obvious distress . |
| 24 | This ambition always had its logical weaknesses ; its impracticability is now manifest . |
| 25 | Dr Neil carefully replaced her recent gift to him in the trug , before taking it from her , and watched by Rose , peering interestedly from the kitchen window , they set out together for Vetch Street . |
| 26 | One glance also breached his initial prediction . |
| 27 | News organizations also issued their own guidelines to their reporters . |
| 28 | John Bowis probably owed his 1987 victory to the gradual ‘ yuppification ’ of the constituency . |
| 29 | Lucenzo dragged her bags with him and muttered under his breath about their bulk while Meredith stoically forced her exhausted body after his dark figure , her legs aching with the long climb . |
| 30 | The governments of Argentina , Chile and Mexico also expressed their strong disapproval of the law . |