Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now in that case we had to select those measures er by knowledge of the problem . |
| 2 | She told him that as soon as she had some money she wanted to buy some decent clothes , the kind that she could wear to her work in the evenings . |
| 3 | Captain Tupper , calling off a strike of fishermen in which he was engaged in August 1914 declared simply that " our fight was not with the employers but with another force which had attacked all that was ours " . |
| 4 | All the week the receipts had been unusually high , but this evening he expected to break all records . |
| 5 | This evening I tried to read some of Alcestis , but it was n't the same . |
| 6 | Alongside the increasing prosperity was a widespread belief that the system of free enterprise which had produced this was not only efficient but just . |
| 7 | Mm , mm I 'd of put them in the , even with these new glasses I these dark ones , you know the dark ones I had to put them on this morning I had to put these dark glasses on cos the light hurt me eyes , so I had to put these on |
| 8 | The British cabinet itself wished to avoid any precipitate action . |
| 9 | In the absence of appropriate provision by other bodies , the WEA had grown as a social movement which sought to provide those opportunities for people , denied access to further and higher education , either through its own efforts or cooperatively , but without patronage , in partnership with the universities , LEAs , and other agencies . |
| 10 | This man who had strangled another with his bare hands to avenge her , who had faced danger and death without flinching , was trembling with the need to have her as close to him as possible . |
| 11 | I recalled an old man I had seen that afternoon , standing by a well . |
| 12 | In anticipation that the same problem might recur this summer I tried sowing some sweet peas with the runner beans . |
| 13 | You will recall that the first task we set ourselves , in default of any clear instructions in the matter , was to decide what exactly we were doing , and that to this end we proposed to examine some of the various concepts involved . |
| 14 | And school was another thing I 'd had enough of . |
| 15 | Ever since he had been at high school he 'd found some enjoyment and relief by getting back at them in ways they obviously did n't expect . |
| 16 | He was the enemy , and at least this way she got to score some points ! |
| 17 | Nevertheless there was one event of this year which seemed to lift such worries front him , and to help cure all his infirmities except that of age . |
| 18 | ‘ For the past five years we have been working hard to turn the London International Book Fair into a major event in the publishing calendar , rather than just another exhibition , and I think this year we managed to achieve that aim , ’ reflected LIBF director Brian Bradford at the end of the 22nd fair . |
| 19 | So erm the surrogate was artificially inseminated herself erm er , it took us seven months to achieve a pregnancy , and during this time we got to know each other very well |
| 20 | He had separate orders , each locksmith and at this time I 'd done all the ord whatsit er and this and that and the other and I said what 's next ? |
| 21 | By this time it had lost most of its effect because of the introduction of a personal non-delegable duty on the employer in Wilsons and Clyde Coal v English ( 1938 ) . |
| 22 | This time she had squashed some of her clothes inside , and several of the lighter books , the paperbacks . |
| 23 | Kathleen had warned her countless times in the past , but this time she had had enough . |
| 24 | However , from this time she began to eliminate any suggestions of depth and perspective in her paintings . |
| 25 | During this time she wanted to exploit all the constitutional possibilities and consolidate a broad-based support around the civil rights demands . |
| 26 | Mark drove home along the M1 reflecting that the French and Germans in particular would be pleased to erect monuments to the idealistic young English politician who had said all the things that Britain 's trade competitors wanted to hear . |
| 27 | By December of the same year they had two similar groups and by March 1988 , three and at this stage they began to meet all together monthly for a celebration . |
| 28 | But what is of greater Baldwin significance is the clear indication that at this stage he had developed little of the pervading antipathy to wards Lloyd George which was to be the making of his own career . |
| 29 | Though 1660 marked the end of feudalism in its political aspect , in the sphere of private law it continued to cause many difficulties , which were not removed until 1925 . |
| 30 | And the scope of that work I had enrolled all the the lady workers both on the confectionery side and the dispatch side and that made it what you would term as a closed shop . |