Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came out of it and saw the window clear and the sun shining and the heavy clouds rolled back to leave a blue , washed sky . |
| 2 | The town seemed deserted until a postman appeared and willingly explained that the only Germans there were Gestapo and a few businessmen . |
| 3 | Alida Thorne sat rigid until the calling ceased and the house folded back into silence , and her clock showed twenty minutes past twelve . |
| 4 | She had been as light as a feather to carry and her small hands were as cold as ice . |
| 5 | Freedom of the press has a long history , but it is only since 1980 that the right to communicate and the freedom that it entails has been seen as the very centre of human rights , and indeed as a precondition for a meaningful implementation of other human rights . |
| 6 | Gerrard raised his hands again , and this time his control over them was so complete that the applause stopped and there was silence . |
| 7 | The viking army also would not let the giantesses rest , but sailed away with them and set them to grinding salt ; they ground so much that the boat sank and the mill with it , though still ( adds folk-tradition ) in the Maelstrom the giantesses grind their magic quern . |
| 8 | I wish to call attention to the need for regional government in England , and I beg to move , ’ That this House deplores the excessive centralisation of government in the United Kingdom since 1979 and the failure to decentralise and devolve power to the nations and regions of the United Kingdom ; notes that this is in direct contrast to the general trend towards decentralisation evidence elsewhere in Europe ; furthermore deplores the severe cuts in the regional assistance budget since 1979 together with the failure to enact dynamic and effective regional economic policies which would have promoted balanced economic growth and prosperity ; expresses alarm at the regional divisions which continue to characterise the United Kingdom economy ; and considers that the creation of a regional tier of government in the English regions as well as national devolution to Scotland and Wales is now vital to the United Kingdom 's future economic and political well-being . |
| 9 | I 'd be in a club till 2 o'clock in the morning and then come home , sit down and be bored until the morning started and then I 'd be walking round , taking the dog for a walk in the park . |
| 10 | Rigge v. Bell ( 1793 ) 5 Durn. & E. 471 a parol agreement for a seven-year lease did not comply with the Statute of Frauds 1677 but the tenant entered and paid a yearly rent and it was held that he was tenant from year to year on the terms of the agreement . |
| 11 | Beyond the breakwater the waves were getting bigger as the Pirate effed and cee-ed , bent over the uncovered inboard engine . |
| 12 | I was relieved when the daylight came and I could surrender to the exhaustion in my brain . |
| 13 | Well we finished that and the door opened and er Do you know Once In Royal David 's City ? |
| 14 | Yes and eventually Shirley and I thought , well I mean , we spent weeks grouting , we grouted and we grouted and still water was coming through and we grouted and at last it seemed to be dry and the man came and did the re-artexing on the insurance and I had wa new wallpaper put up , for which I paid extra because he only allowed eight pounds a roll , the insurance company only pays eight pounds a roll and I had eleven pound wallpaper and a border and having got the whole thing up the s the patches have appeared again ! |
| 15 | The pages of the book were dog-eared and the cover scored and discoloured . |
| 16 | The boy said he was sorry but the attack continued and the defendant said : ‘ It 's Mr Catherwood to you ’ . |
| 17 | The boy said he was sorry but the attack continued and the defendant said : ‘ It 's Mr Catherwood to you ’ . |
| 18 | Self closing doors with magnetic gaskets make sure that the door shuts and stays shut . |
| 19 | It was an appalling journey ; the sea was very rough and the frigate pitched and rolled throughout the night . |
| 20 | The television was not very good and the voice crackled and faded from time to time . |
| 21 | But by that time er we were n't there very long and the war finished and I was there in for a year after that in , in er Germany . |
| 22 | Awareness of opinion polls was most predictable in the Pre-Campaign Wave and became steadily less predictable as the election approached and awareness became more widespread . |
| 23 | Public awareness of opinion polls was most predictable in the Pre-Campaign Wave and became steadily less predictable as the election approached and awareness spread throughout the electorate . |
| 24 | My own conclusions , which in this case are probably completely worthless , are that this ticking represents a period of grace — I mean that it can not explode — as long as the ticking lasts and that it 's not designed to explode when the ticking stops but is then activated and ready to explode when triggered by passing engines . |
| 25 | As long as the sun shines and the waters flow , this land will be here to give life to men and animals . |
| 26 | Hence , a pound paid out is worth more than a pound retained and reinvested . |
| 27 | It took more than a month to find and sign a contract with another company to complete the remaining work . |
| 28 | There is a range of topics requiring little more than the ability to recognise and identify the prey being attacked . |
| 29 | If someone is given too much change in a supermarket , for instance , they might keep the money claiming that they need it much more than the supermarket does and , anyway , nobody would find out . |
| 30 | In 1933 its total membership was believed to be about 300 , but the cost of a fund-raising appeal for £25,000 proved to be more than the sum collected and the movement went £800 into debt . |