Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Monsieur Gaston concerned himself with other things . ’
2 A pickup truck passed us with three men in the back sheltering under a tarpaulin .
3 On the handling of the union 's finances , Wilson 's enemies attacked him with equal vituperation .
4 Malengin Fole led them through several apartments , all of them apparently abandoned .
5 At the junction of the Welford branch , a boat from Welford met them with ample supplies of refreshments to fortify them against the passage of Bosworth tunnel .
6 In line with the preference for heuristic pedagogies associated with RBL and a child-centred progressive ideology , all the proposals concerned themselves with information-handling skills of one sort or another .
7 Pollensa and Alcudia were in the north of the island and Fernando owned nothing in that region .
8 As they strolled deeper into the gardens she became aware that the Pantominteatret was by no means the only form of free entertainment , as their progress led them from one area of performance to another .
9 Elizabeth Woodville drew her to one side .
10 At one time , people thought that birds transformed themselves into other creatures during the winter .
11 In France , Bernard found himself with more time than he had ever been used to in his working life ; after his hour-long morning telephone call to John James the day stretched ahead .
12 Yet there is also a less determinate area , in which artists devoted themselves to religious art not only , and sometimes not primarily , because this was the willed commission of their Immediate patron , but because they could identify themselves with the religious purpose of which the immediate social organization was the available manifest form .
13 Mr Brown is parading this tacit Jackson support in an effort to draw blacks away from Mr Bill Clinton , the Democrats ' front-runner whose solid black support helped him to big victories in the South and Mid-West .
14 She was nineteen , the age Maria had been when she had first felt the power of Luke 's attraction , and Maria regarded her with ironic envy , wishing she could have reacted as insouciantly , her awe and admiration as impersonal as Penny 's , Luke confined to some remote pedestal along with other out-of-reach heroes , contact undreamed-of .
15 Stockport 's second victory in four days at Edgeley Park moved them into second position in the Fourth Division .
16 Beatrice was married now , with a family of her own , and because times were hard her sister helped her with surreptitious gifts of money ; and with clothes , toys , and treats for the children .
17 Even his close confidant Manning described him in later years as imprudent .
18 De Gaulle had long believed that the PCF 's tendency to align itself with Moscow invalidated it in crucial respects , and in November 1945 he had refused to give the PCF one of the three ministries that he regarded as essential to national security .
19 In 1707 , for example , when one of the Duke of Montrose 's associates found himself in legal difficulties , he begged for his chiefs intervention , pointing out that ‘ my pursuer is laterlie marryed to a near relative of the Justice Clerks and My Lord Arnistons , which makes it more necessar Your Gr[ace] should interest your self to take it away by arbitratione ’ .
20 However , high interest rates in 1989 and 1990 brought about a sharp reduction in sales , and some of those who had already bought their houses found themselves in financial difficulty .
21 As his passion grew , to be answered in kind by her own almost overwhelming desire , his arms tightened their hold and his mouth sought hers with greater urgency .
22 JIM COURIER redeemed himself for past Davis Cup failures by beating Switzerland 's Jakob Hlasek in Fort Worth , Texas last night to clinch the Cup for the United States for the 30th time since 1900 .
23 We thought all was well until the Battlebus passed us at full speed in the opposite direction .
24 In breaks in our work Edward entertained me with curious stories of the old alchemists .
25 His secrecy about his unhappiness made everything about daily life seem a little counterfeit , apart from meals with Sam and sprees with him at the pictures .
26 His mouth met hers with bruising force , and the clamour inside her head rose to a deafening crescendo , the world twisted and turned , tossing her adrift with the turbulence of a whirlwind .
27 A typically ambiguous attitude towards foreigners manifested itself at this point .
28 Smith 's wife died in 1825 ; this loss made him for some time anxious to resign , and may help to account for the relative lack of distinction of his period of office .
29 The eyes lanced hers with swift rage and her pulses raced .
30 The Mayor rebuked him in warm terms , whereupon the elegant creature said , hotly : ‘ Who are you to talk to me like that ? ’
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