Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [adv] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His coat and waistcoat swiftly followed it and his fingers ripped away the neckcloth about his throat , heedless of the ruin they effected . |
| 2 | The solution to these two difficulties was provided by the trust , which at a stroke solved both the problem of third-party involvement and that of enforcement . |
| 3 | Swindon swept back within seconds for Maskell to score , but a minute later he had his spot-kick turned around the post by Steve Sutton . |
| 4 | Waves washed away the words on the page as they swamped islands , ships , sailing craft and poets ' daughters . |
| 5 | The time was now about nine-thirty , and I must have looked ghastly , for a young nurse who popped in with a set of pyjamas sized up the situation in a second and popped out again , running down the corridor calling for help . |
| 6 | Just to conclude , I share the view expressed already by Councillor , that just as the issue of the elderly persons homes brought about the loss of control for the Conservatives in , be sure the Health Service will bring about the downfall of the Conservatives in White Hall . |
| 7 | The borough brought in a group of consultants to produce topic papers on twelve of the major areas affected by abolition . |
| 8 | ‘ But it is n't , ’ she cried , frantic now as her words brought home the enormity of what was happening . |
| 9 | The programme marked perhaps the beginning of Mrs Whitehouse 's attempts to influence the content of particular programmes . |
| 10 | The monster 's blood burnt away the grass on Dragon 's hill . |
| 11 | ODDEST sight of the week : top Tory ‘ mandarin ’ Allan Clarke giggling at the readers ' tips in Viz : ‘ Taxi drivers , why not pop into your local garage and have your indicators fixed then the rest of us would know where you 're going … |
| 12 | As a result , the cocoa exporters cut down the use of the toxic pills . |
| 13 | ‘ For it was then that the Vietminh had in one quick stroke taken over the nationalism of the country , that Ho had achieved the legitimacy of power . ’ |
| 14 | The missionary officers had their groceries delivered twice a week by lorry from the nearest store which was nine or ten miles away . |
| 15 | The proposal would not prevent unofficial action taken on the day without any notice . |
| 16 | We measure the region 's troubles in terms of assassinations and war deaths but often forget the toll taken on the living by that everyday acquaintance with fear . |
| 17 | The pictures taken over a period of 30 years by late showbusiness cameraman Dezo Hoffman are to be sold by Phillips in London on April 22 . |
| 18 | Study 5 had two conditions , one set of drivers described fully all the salient information in a film , a second set of drivers described specifically the types of risks that were present in the film . |
| 19 | Tolby smoothed back the tufts of hair above his ears and tried to smile back . |
| 20 | But the ambience called up the shades of Toulouse-Lautrec and Gaugin , and of Mimi , and these began to work their fermentation in my imagination . |
| 21 | They needed weapons badly so the Iraqis brought in a group of people including me . |
| 22 | From their feet stretched away the plain of shaggy grass , a wild lawn of weeds , buttercups , dandelions and lady 's smock in full bloom . |
| 23 | Lessons on what it 's like to be a European went down a treat with the pupils of a rural Ulster primary school last week . |
| 24 | We have of course got here a speech about a human bond versus a larger loyalty . |
| 25 | Again just two lanes open can slow things and a quick glance elsewhere well no real troubles reported just a look at the A One Stanford still the roadworks on the go there both north and south will slow things down . |
| 26 | Perhaps it is fortunate that the fossil record preserved only a fraction of the truly stupendous total number of species that must have lived since the Cambrian , for otherwise the scientists ' task to catalogue 600 million years of life would be an impossible one . |
| 27 | The housekeeper brought in the coffee in an ornate silver tray which she deposited on one level of the Scandinavian wall-system . |
| 28 | Mr Plowden added : ‘ Last year 's forecasts of a 66 per cent rise in demand over the next 20 years brought home the enormity of the environmental threat posed by current minerals policy . ’ |
| 29 | The coroner brought in a verdict of wilful murder . |
| 30 | The sound makes small silverfish run down the back of my neck . |