Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poland , for instance , unlike Russia , was a participant in and indeed an important contributor to the great movements in early modern European history , such as the Renaissance and the scientific revolution , and the country 's legal system , literary forms and religious faith aligned it firmly with the liberal West rather than the more authoritarian East . |
| 2 | Sir , So , the swords are drawn with the Government at long last , now that you have a UK Chairman whose speech at this inauguration laid it firmly on the line , that what this country needs is a transport policy to serve commerce and social preference . |
| 3 | Their presence made it hard for the women to rescue the corpses of the drowned , and many bodies had to be abandoned to them . |
| 4 | Any excuse got me out of the office . |
| 5 | Kolchinsky lowered him carefully to the floor then flicked on the intercom switch on the desk . |
| 6 | A bell tolled , the sign for Compline , and Lady Amelia led him down through the darkened cloister out across the grass to the church . |
| 7 | ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday . |
| 8 | ‘ Master Daunbey , ’ Mandeville caught him up at the corner of the gallery . |
| 9 | Manescu grasped her firmly by the arm as he asked his question . |
| 10 | You and Mum built it up from a seedy little run-down nothing ! |
| 11 | Korda let him out on a three-picture deal with Fox , continued to pay him $15,000 a year but would take a large slice of what Fox paid him : from the three pictures Richard would earn about £80,000 . |
| 12 | Only one of this year 's Crufts group winners made it through to the last forty ! |
| 13 | While Kathleen wired him up to a monitor and put in an intravenous line , Ben ran gentle fingers over the boy . |
| 14 | Woolley led them down in a mock attack , the arrowhead formation swooping in a long , curling dive that went under the Frenchman 's tail and zoomed up and levelled out , back on patrol . |
| 15 | Sir Richard led them down through a flagstoned kitchen and scullery , out into the great yard around which the house was built . |
| 16 | Gaveston led them back to the heart of the palace whence a servitor took them up to a chamber high in the building . |
| 17 | Revenue from normal trading fell , but the club made it up from the transfer market . |
| 18 | Scott regarded him impassively for a moment . |
| 19 | Grasping her elbow , Donal moved her out of the way of the small bridesmaid who seemed to have got over-excited and was racing around with someone 's little boy . |
| 20 | She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea . |
| 21 | Culshaw , who knew Karajan better than any of these armchair pundits , noted that since Karajan had never been interested in interpretation for interpretation 's sake — which perhaps helps explain why his readings often outlast those of more ‘ personalized ’ rivals — he naturally diverted his attention to new projects , musical , technological , scientific , logistical , until circumstances or new thinking drew him back to the central repertoire that he had recorded earlier , with other orchestras , other technology . |
| 22 | She was just getting used to the chestnut when Alejandro moved her on to a dark brown mare who , when it was n't bucking , shied at the ball , and then on to another chestnut , whom she had great difficulty in holding . |
| 23 | The miniature St Christopher on it had a brief treat before Sorrel cooled him off in no uncertain terms . |
| 24 | Oxford United has scored , it 's Andy Melville that has put the ball into the net , into injury time , the cross came in , Martin Foyle headed it back across the face of the goal and it 's Andy Melville that has surely clinched three vital points for Oxford United ; into injury time , Oxford United one , Portsmouth nil . |
| 25 | Did you see much of the goal , or as it was a free kick floated in and Martin Foyle headed it back across the face of goal and erm your partner in crime really at the back put it in . |
| 26 | The cross came in , Martin Foyle headed it back across the face of the goal and it 's Andy Melville that has surely clinched three vital points for Oxford United . |
| 27 | Someone close to Mr Mandela described him yesterday as a chess player five moves ahead of anyone else in the game . |
| 28 | I was scarcely conscious but Pat helped me out of the machine and as the dinghy had n't emerged after the ditching we had to swim about 250 yards to the beach . |
| 29 | Donna regarded him blankly for a moment , then nodded . |
| 30 | The guys at New Deal filled us in with the latest on Harrow skatepark . |