Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knitters unpicked old jumpers , washed or seamed the unravelled wool and reknitted it . |
| 2 | Such calls are usually of an offensive sexual nature , e.g. heavy breathers and also come under point 3 , but could be offensive in other ways , e.g. telling a woman that her dead husband was having an affair , was homosexual or had a criminal record etc . |
| 3 | ‘ However the document granting the Licence gave Mr Manners the right to exclusive occupation of the land and it was this that persuaded the High Court that occupation rights under Licence are no different from those under tenancy , ’ explained Mr Hewitt . |
| 4 | Er there were very very few that had a regular job , really . |
| 5 | This trend was confirmed by a report published by the URA in 1985 that found no low income homebuyers moving into the area during the Programme period . |
| 6 | But the court disregarded this and imposed a heavy sentence on the 27-year-old from north Staffordshire . |
| 7 | MacMillan and Ashton understood this and emphasised the main action . |
| 8 | Hastings Borough Council had been pursuing compulsory purchase of the building but , in the light of surveyors ' reports apparently quoting costs of £2.5 million for repairs alone , made a last-minute decision against this and served a Dangerous Structures Notice instead . |
| 9 | After a couple of moves I gained the crest of this and draped a big sling over its tip before setting off on a journey of discovery down the other side of the offending obstacle . |
| 10 | Hilda , deep in her reading , nevertheless perked up at this and shot a sharp glance in Mr Kronweiser 's direction . |
| 11 | Then scratchmen Scott and Monaghan , along with Downey ( Clann Eireann ) , broke clear and opened a small gap . |
| 12 | Two hundred drinkers were forced to run for cover but she was unable to get clear and caught the full force of the blast . |
| 13 | After that maryed to William Lambarde , Gent the 28th July 1583 and died the 1st Sept. 1587 , leaving on lyve by William Dalyson , Sylvestre , a daughter and Maximillian a son ; and by William Lambarde , Multon , a son , Margaret a daughter and Gore and Fane sonnes and twins " . |
| 14 | Patients were seen weekly and kept a daily symptom diary . |
| 15 | The post was very interesting and involved a good blend of research , teaching and clinical work . |
| 16 | Never the most fluent of jumpers , she put in some unnecessarily extravagant leaps before settling down on the second circuit , but then met the final open ditch all wrong and deposited the hapless Mullins on the floor . |
| 17 | Police have accepted their officers were in the wrong and sent a written apology to the family . |
| 18 | Lady was old and followed the Great Dane 's example because she was too stupid to know any better . |
| 19 | Joanne was 4 years old and attended a private nursery in a private housing estate within a large city . |
| 20 | Ben Sira praised the fathers of old and described the High Priest Simon son of Jochanan in his majestic appearance when he went up to the altar ( 50.11 ) . |
| 21 | Partridge had got all angry and upset soon too because as he was struggling with Steven a magazine fell out of his trousers on to the towpath of the canal and the other men had picked it up and it had been a spanking magazine so all the other men who were n't laughing and shouting already started teasing partridge ; Partridge started trying to wrestle Steven to the ground but Steven had got free and clouted the other man with the shovel , which was still bloody from hacking the cat to bits , and after that , with the magazine coming apart as the other men grabbed at it and Partridge rolling about dazed on the towpath in the cat 's blood and almost falling into the canal , Dan Ashton had said soberly that enough was enough and they 'd better go and see Mr Smith the supervisor because they just could n't go on like this . |
| 22 | Runaways were commonplace , and I remember when a bull , on its way back to Milford Station , thought enough was enough , broke free and terrorised the neighbouring streets for about half-an-hour before recapture . |
| 23 | He was illiterate and possessed a limited knowledge of English , and had a partner who was unscrupulous ; he was utterly vulnerable , a lamb to the slaughter , taken in by a rotter . |
| 24 | Wendy was twenty-one and wore an apricot-coloured shortie nightie in brushed nylon . |
| 25 | The team won the first leg 2-1 and drew the second leg in Belfast on Wednesday night to qualify for the first round of the tournament . |
| 26 | Serbia was occupied in 1439 and became a Turkish province , but Murad 's siege of Belgrade in 1440 was repulsed by the Hungarians . |
| 27 | William II was not popular and offended the monastic chroniclers , but he met with an accident and died on a hunting trip in the New Forest , in August 1100 . |
| 28 | Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , which introduced the quota system , amended article 100 of the Act of Accession 1972 and formed an important part of the Act of Accession 1985 . |
| 29 | Edward Heath disbanded the government and parliament of Northern Ireland in March 1972 and created a new post of secretary of state for Northern Ireland . |
| 30 | He looked slightly embarrassed and made no answering comment . |