Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [noun prp] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few months later Murray began a miserable round of university interviews at which he felt his prospects had been unjustly and completely blighted . |
| 2 | The High Court action reached its climax on 11 January when BA issued a public apology to Virgin and paid it £610,000 for damage caused by libel . |
| 3 | There was renewed unrest in May when Lee appointed a new Cabinet headed by Gen. Hau , a former Defence Minister . |
| 4 | He had scarcely reached his feet when Karelius heard a familiar female voice , speaking French with a hint of the Rhineland , and as ever , slightly breathless . |
| 5 | Two days later d'Argenlieu proclaimed a separate republic for Cochin China with its own army and separate budget : he had yielded to the colons . |
| 6 | Two days later Diana took a well-earned break , her last as a private citizen . |
| 7 | Although he did not master the Russian language during his stay at the Frunze Military Academy in the last years of Stalin , thirty years later Ceauşescu revealed a fine grasp of the vocabulary of Stalinist architecture . |
| 8 | Only three weeks ago Clough launched a scathing attack on the way he was treated at the European championship finals in Sweden this summer and voiced his disapproval at manager Taylor 's long-ball style . |
| 9 | Ballymena 's stay in Section I ended after five years when Bangor landed a double victory last week-end and they 'll merely be going through the motions at Ballygomartin Road against Woodvale . |
| 10 | Five minutes later Luke blocked a brilliant goal from the youngest cousin and cleared . |
| 11 | Widnes came back with a Devereux try in the 34th minute , but when Lee sent Reid over four minutes later Salford had a big enough lead to have relaxed and concentrated on the basics . |
| 12 | All in all , they have travelled a long way since that night when Santos led a nervous band of campesinos , complete with a BBC camera crew , onto Doña Elsa 's cattle ranch . |
| 13 | Take the start of last year 's Grand Prix season when Senna set a new record by winning the first four races on the trot . |
| 14 | They considered the outburst as less serious than the disgraceful row at Cambridge University earlier in the season when Ramprakash launched a disgusting four letter tirade against the students ' Marcus Wight , and he almost came to blows with John Emburey when the stand-in skipper intervened . |
| 15 | The only try of the game came after 88 seconds when Fox hoisted a wicked kick to the goal-line . |
| 16 | Indeed , another highly-rated two-year-old from the Chapple-Hyam emerged on Thursday when Balanchine made a winning debut and earned a 25-1 quote for next year 's 1000 Guineas . |
| 17 | Northampton came close to winning the game in the last five minutes when Walden drove a fierce shot against the crossbar , ‘ making a mark which it will take a paintbrush to efface ’ . |
| 18 | Both players easily held serve in the second set but Stich romped through the tie-break 7–2 , clinching victory in 82 minutes when Becker drove a backhand into the net . |
| 19 | In the first century BC Rome underwent a political revolution , which led to the collapse of the Republic and the establishment of an empire . |
| 20 | On June 12 , they went to London where Jones used a portable electric drill to remove the cash box from a kiosk . |
| 21 | Bede merely states that Hengist was granted a settlement in the east of the country which was probably in Kent where Hengist founded a royal dynasty . |
| 22 | On March 8 , 1991 , Defence Minister ter Beek announced a 10-year plan to reorganize the military which would cut the size of the armed forces but improve their mobility and flexibility . |
| 23 | As we shall see , television became a mass medium at a time when France adopted a mixed presidential-parliamentary system , with the President in command . |
| 24 | Last Thursday their problems became public for the first time when Allen began a legal battle for custody of three of their children . |
| 25 | The turn of fortune lifted Glentoran , and they nearly scored again in first half injury time when Candlish unleashed a sizzling drive but this time Keenan responded with a terrific save . |