Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun] [vb past] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A junior spin doctor wandered down the aisle of bus and aeroplane using the language which presumably they drum into them at medical school : ‘ I will certainly convey your request to the Prime Minister for a comment on these polls , but I think you will find him taking the view that after April 9 you will all be writing about him winning the only poll that matters . ’ |
| 2 | A TEENAGE computer hacker knocked out a vital cancer treatment database when he keyed into a computer at a world famous centre for medical research , a court heard yesterday . |
| 3 | In another case Mansfield spelt out the advantages of certainty , that merchants could then depend upon rules , ‘ easily learned and easily retained ’ , rather than upon ‘ subtleties and niceties ’ or ‘ upon speculative refinements from the law of nations or the Roman jus post liminii ’ . |
| 4 | In response to this enthusiasm Tosteson set up a planning group to design an acceptable curriculum for an experimental track within the school . |
| 5 | British car manufacturers built up an unenviable reputation over the late 1940s and in the 1950s in both respects [ Bhaskar , 1979 ; Pagnamenta and Overy , 1984 ] . |
| 6 | Originally an old coaching inn set round an ancient bowling green , now carefully developed to provide up-to-date comforts in the centre of this prosperous town to the South of the City . |
| 7 | The negotiations for the purchase of the aircraft culminated in the offices of the London lawyers , Freshfields , with representatives of five companies and some six different law firms clustered around a table in the conference room . |
| 8 | Glancing round Nutty saw some skinhead joker put out an enormous boot and trip Hoomey as he came by . |
| 9 | More than 1.5 million calls have swamped a free telephone bank set up a month ago by his employees to sign up volunteers . |
| 10 | During this period Churchill took over the coal negotiations and displayed a vigour for settlement which had been entirely lacking in the Prime Minister . |
| 11 | Another rain squall blotted out the harbour and water cascaded down the window panes . |
| 12 | In the 59th minute Ironside brought off a full-stretch save to touch the ball away when Wilkinson was perilously close to heading into his own goal from Thompson 's free kick . |
| 13 | One German dog breeder worked out a way to have his cake and eat it . |
| 14 | With a shaking hand Isabel picked up the goblet . |
| 15 | When we got to Nelly 's the fire was low , but while she was collecting newspapers I filled the kettle and using the old leather bellows stoked up the heat . |
| 16 | A few emergency circuits gave off a faint glow . |
| 17 | At the end of 1944 the goal posts once again replaced bean poles and ‘ The Tip ’ staged its own international fixture when a combined German and Italian team from the nearby POW camp took on the ‘ Whads ’ , who for this match played under the name of England . |
| 18 | And then the multi-lingual Entertainment Team put on a great show . |
| 19 | French film makers broke up the Cannes festival in solidarity . |
| 20 | Around this time Heather took on a philosophical mood and confided all she wanted out of life was ‘ to be on dry land with a dry pair of knickers , clean teeth and to be able to wash in fresh water ’ . |
| 21 | Early Punk clothing mixed up every youth style since the war and joined them together with safety pins ; as its radical content faded , this was to supply a rich compost for new styles to grow , as each constituent part — Mod , Ted , skinhead — was unravelled in a series of revivals . |
| 22 | Inside the panelled room Buckmaster picked up a malacca cane , pointed to the wall over the fireplace . |
| 23 | A silver and tawny tree creeper spiralled up a tree trunk , probing for beetle larvae with its long thin bill ; it dropped down to the roots of the next tree — and edged its way up once more . |
| 24 | The following day Maureen brought out a black bottle of medicine from the cupboard in her mother 's room . |
| 25 | Protesters on April 5 disrupted a march organized to show support for the President , and on the following day police broke up a protest in Adzope , 100 km north of Abidjan , shooting dead a student . |
| 26 | His most effective early church planter laid down the great missionary principle of becoming all things to all men that by all means he might win some . |
| 27 | He subsequently served as Chief Royal Engineer of 1st Airborne Division in Normandy , and after the Second World War took up a string of staff appointments . |
| 28 | The Second World War broke out the day before the majority of deaf schools were due to reassemble after the summer holidays . |
| 29 | Many aircrew musterings , such as air gunner , became redundant and the entire bombing technique took on a new chapter . |
| 30 | The entire Met staff climbed up the ladder to the roof to check on the visibility — well , that 's a laugh , we could n't even see the runway , and I do n't suppose the pilots could either . |