Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I understand the position , the duty in negligence arose purely from the fact that the wife was also a customer of the bank . |
| 2 | Lines of humour fanned out from his mouth , and his teeth gleamed whitely in the darkness . |
| 3 | One review board chairman agreed completely with the inspector , one completely disagreed and in the third case the chairman merely rewrote the report in different words without coming down on one side or the other . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , never for a second was there any lifting in the murderous artillery blanket laid down by the cannon of the opposing sides , now nearly 4,000 strong . |
| 5 | More than half the 12.5 billion kilograms of milk produced annually in the Netherlands today is sold abroad and , of course , Dutch cheeses are renowned as well . |
| 6 | In many Latin American countries teachers lack the freedom to devise and organise their own teaching plans , Peru being one of the few exceptions ( and even here there is a general curriculum laid down by the ministry ) . |
| 7 | Teaching in schools must follow the lines of a national curriculum laid down by the Secretary of State which will dominate approximately 90 per cent of school timetables . |
| 8 | I would like to ask a question , that if this particular rule is n't necessary , then how does a branch go about appealing a decision made elsewhere in the union 's hierarchy ? |
| 9 | The royal favourite gazed moodily around the chamber . |
| 10 | Finally , we showed that indomethacin at a concentration of 100 uM significantly inhibited the chemiluminescence produced chemically by the interaction of hypochlorous acid with luminol . |
| 11 | Importantly , Gramsci did not believe that consent was produced as the result of a ruling class conspiracy to hoax the workers ; for him , ideologies arose out of the material realities within which human beings live and work . |
| 12 | He clambered over and pulled off the covering so quickly her hair bushed out like a halo . |
| 13 | The calls come via three sources : personal requests made by members of the public at the station 's enquiry desk ; telephone calls made directly to the station ; and messages relayed from BRC , the central communications network . |
| 14 | To the layman they all look pretty similar : crisp emerald weed buoyed up in the stream and then , in July , a snow in summer of glistening white flowers , which spill over the water in a way that seems to spell out the brief abundance of midsummer . |
| 15 | The Ministry of Defence argued strongly against the merger on the grounds that GEC and Plessey were the two largest suppliers of defence electronics in the UK . |
| 16 | The words which I have read are plain : it was Mr. Vanbergen who said he was going down to Eastbourne , that he was going down as part of his business , and that he did not think he would be getting back after his business on Thursday in time to pay it on Thursday , and the concession arose out of the question whether or not the debtor could be back in town in time to bring it himself , because he frankly said he was trying to get a little more time . |
| 17 | A ‘ Slaven for Scotland ’ number was followed immediately by the striker 's selection for Ireland ; the ‘ Pears for Sweden ’ shirt led inevitably to the goalie missing his England B call up with a fractured cheek bone . |
| 18 | By nine that morning they were parked on a side-street off Tottenham Court Road , Bodie at the wheel of the Capri , Doyle slouched down in the passenger seat , idly , almost cursorily , watching the heavy flow of traffic up towards Warren Street . |
| 19 | The Acts of Parliament , although applying to Scotland , use the English spelling , as do the various forms laid down in the Acts in connection with the representation at Westminster . |
| 20 | The story got about over the years that his lectures were very obscure . |
| 21 | She guessed Ben lived mostly in the kitchen , cooking neatly and painstakingly for himself . |
| 22 | " Dinner is served , Madam , " Twomey announced quietly from the doorway . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The ducks gazed thoughtfully at the sky and flapped their wings , but not so much as a peep was uttered by any of them . |
| 25 | Quacking and complaining , the ducks hopped back into the water and swam away . |
| 26 | William gazed out of the window as they drove through what used to be called The Village and was now just another suburban shopping centre . |
| 27 | The case arose out of a letter sent by the Attorney General in the summer of 1988 to booksellers handling Spycatcher warning them they were in contempt of court , because an injunction had been obtained to stop publication of extracts of the book in several national newspapers . |
| 28 | The case arose out of the Executive Agreement concluded between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran which led to the eventual release of the hostages detained in Tehran from November 1979 to January 1981 . |
| 29 | When Sarah got back to the attic bedroom in Newcastle Place the first thing she did was open the window , letting in damp , wintry air . |
| 30 | She loved the hot stews that Minton produced out of the oven when they returned from the pub . |